Bridging Innovation and Market Readiness for Young Innovators The Virtual Student Innovator Program (SIP 3.0) is a flagship initiative at Atal Incubation Centre β Sri Krishnadevaraya University (AIC-SKU) in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog. This program is designed to support young student innovators in transforming their ideas into marketable products with a strong business foundation. Under SIP 3.0, AIC-SKU is mentoring four student teams (each comprising three students and one teacher) through a 10-week structured program, which includes: π 9 weeks of virtual mentoring by industry experts and startup mentors π 1-week residential boot camp at AIC-SKU for intensive prototyping and business strategy development π Access to relevant industry and academic networks for expert guidance π Prototyping support to enhance the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to at least TRL-5