CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) is setting up a “BioNEST Bio-incubation Centre” at IIIM, Jammu. This is the first of its kind incubator in the region which is  financially supported by DBT-BIRAC.

The objective of this incubator is to ignite the entrepreneurship mindset and to nurture start-up culture among youth, local farmers and entrepreneurs of Jammu & Kashmir. The incubator will offer intellectual, infrastructural support and do hand holding of start ups to create their own business and livelihood. This would help in developing successful business ventures that would create jobs and generate wealth in the J&K region.