October 14, 2026 3:50 PM

TDB signs Rs 151 crore funding agreement with ideaForge Technology for heavy-lift logistics drone YETI

The Technology Development Board (TDB) has signed an agreement with Mumbai-based ideaForge Technology Limited to provide ₹151 crore in debt financing for the development of YETI, an indigenous heavy-lift autonomous aerial logistics vehicle. The support, under the Research Development and Innovation Fund, forms part of a ₹302-crore project aimed at advancing the platform from Technology Readiness Level 4 to TRL-9 through engineering, integration, testing and validation. YETI is being develo...

August 19, 2026 6:11 PM

TDB supports Vadodara startup OrthoGraft to commercialise advanced biological wound dressings

The Technology Development Board (TDB) under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has extended financial assistance to Vadodara-based medical device startup OrthoGraft Pvt. Ltd. to establish manufacturing capabilities for advanced tissue-derived biological dressings aimed at treating difficult-to-heal wounds. The project, titled “Production Set-up for Advanced Tissue Derived Biological Dressings,” seeks to translate advances in tissue engineering into clinically relevant wound-car...