{"id":1519,"date":"2026-02-02T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doms.iitm.ac.in\/crest\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2026-09-23T18:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:46:12","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/doms.iitm.ac.in\/crest\/index.php\/membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1519\" class=\"elementor elementor-1519\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-071ebaa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"071ebaa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e4e62 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9e4e62\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5881ed7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5881ed7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8af7c5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8af7c5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Membership Opportunities in CREST Consortium<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a86df6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a86df6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" data-safe-id=\"gmail-docs-internal-guid-1f365bdf-7fff-e255-8b7a-7834da10fda7\">To be able to effectively achieve the vision of CREST for future goals, we seek to form a consortium with select organizations whose interests are aligned with that of having a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem. Membership in the CREST Consortium offers organisations strategic access to CREST\u2019s research ecosystem, curated data resources, policy expertise, and innovation and entrepreneurship platforms. 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<td><span class=\"check-badge\" aria-label=\"Included\">\u2713<\/span><\/td>\n                <td><span class=\"check-badge\" aria-label=\"Included\">\u2713<\/span><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                <th scope=\"row\" class=\"feature-name\">Complimentary access to the Startup-Investor Intelligence Platform<\/th>\n                <td><span class=\"check-badge\" aria-label=\"Included\">\u2713<\/span><\/td>\n                <td><span class=\"check-badge\" aria-label=\"Included\">\u2713<\/span><\/td>\n                <td><span class=\"check-badge\" aria-label=\"Included\">\u2713<\/span><\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                <th scope=\"row\" class=\"feature-name\">Page mentions and acknowledgement in the Annual CREST Summary Reports<\/th>\n                <td>\u00bd Page<\/td>\n                <td>1 Page<\/td>\n                <td>2 Pages<\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                <th scope=\"row\" 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