"People have only as much liberty as they have
the intelligence to want and the courage to take."
―
Emma
Goldman
1. INTRODUCTION
With the success of the initial phase of the Startup India
Initiative1 and the emergence of tech focused startups,
the attention of the Government has shifted to strengthen
India's deep tech startup ecosystem. The Office of the
Principal Scientific Adviser along with the National Deep Tech
Startup Policy Consortium,2 on July 31, 2023, released
the Draft National Deep Tech Startup Policy3
("NDTS Policy") for public feedback. It
is a comprehensive framework to address the challenges faced by
deep tech startups and aims to enhance the deep tech ecosystem
through policy interventions.
