Every business agreement starts with optimism, but without proper contract management, important obligations, deadlines, and risks can easily slip through the cracks. A missed renewal deadline, an untracked obligation, or a poorly structured vendor agreement can quietly derail a fundraising round, trigger compliance penalties, or disrupt operations at the worst possible moment.
And it’s not just a startup problem. Businesses across industries have faced the same reality: contracts pile up, visibility disappears, and manual processes simply can’t keep pace with growth. The real risk isn’t signing a bad contract. It’s not knowing what’s inside the ones you’ve already signed.
To help professionals tackle these challenges, smartContract CLM and AIC-GIM Foundation have launched the Certified Contract Intelligence Professional (CCIP) workshop.
This practical certification program combines foundational contract management concepts with hands-on exposure to AI-Powered contract management, helping participants build skills they can apply immediately within their organizations.
Program at a Glance
- Certification: Certified Contract Intelligence Professional (CCIP)
- Issued By: smartContract CLM
- Program Partner: AIC-GIM Foundation, supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog
- Format: Live Online
- Dates: 23 June, 25 June, and 30 June 2026
Who Should Attend?
Whether you’re preparing for fundraising, managing vendor relationships, ensuring compliance, or scaling business operations, contracts play a critical role in your success.
This workshop is designed for:
- Startup founders approaching a funding round
- Co-founders and business heads managing vendor and customer contracts
- Operations and finance leads with contract exposure
- Legal and compliance professionals in startups and SMEs
- Incubation managers and program officers at accelerators and incubators and SMEs
- Government and institutional professionals managing program agreements
What you'll learn across the three sessions of this Certified Contract Intelligence Professional (CCIP) Workshop
The first session explores why contracts often become hidden business risks and how Artificial Intelligence is changing the way organizations manage contractual obligations and business decisions.
- Why contracts become business risks
- Common contract management challenges
- Basics of CLM and AI in contracts
- Importance of contract intelligence for startups and businesses
Many contract-related issues originate during drafting, review, and approval stages. This session focuses on improving contract-creation workflows and demonstrates how modern contract intelligence platforms can help identify and mitigate risks before execution.
Participants will learn about:
- Contract drafting and review workflows
- Approval processes and collaboration challenges
- Risk identification before execution
- AI-assisted contract review and clause intelligence
- Practical smartContract CLM workflows
The session also includes a live demonstration showing how drafting, approvals, version tracking, and workflow automation are managed within smartContract CLM.
Signing a contract is only the beginning. This session focuses on maintaining visibility into contractual commitments, managing obligations, tracking renewals, and improving post-execution compliance.
Participants will learn about:
- Obligation tracking
- Renewals and compliance management
- Contract reporting and visibility
- Managing post execution risks
- Using contract intelligence for business decisions
The session includes a live smartContract CLM walkthrough covering obligation tracking, automated reminders, renewal management, dashboards, analytics, and AI-Powered visibility.
What you'll take back to your organization
By the end of the program, participants will have:
- A practical understanding of contract intelligence
- Better visibility into contractual risks and obligations
- Knowledge of AI-Powered Contract Management workflows
- Improved preparedness for fundraising and due diligence
- Practical approaches to managing renewals and compliance
- A recognized CCIP credential issued by smartContract CLM
Why AI-Powered Contract Management matters for startup founders
Missed obligations, due diligence gaps, approval bottlenecks, and compliance blind spots don’t fix themselves. They compound over time and become increasingly costly the longer they go unaddressed. The Certified Contract Intelligence Professional (CCIP) workshop gives professionals a clear, practical path out of that chaos. Along with earning an AI-Powered Contract Management credential that validates your expertise, you’ll learn how to identify contract risks early and establish processes to manage them effectively. For professionals looking to strengthen contract intelligence capabilities and prepare for the growing role of AI in business operations, the next cohort offers an opportunity to build practical, future-ready skills.
Ready to Build Contract Intelligence Skills for the AI Era?
Explore how AI-powered contract intelligence can help your organization reduce risk, improve compliance, and strengthen investor readiness.
Register Now → https://aicgim.accubate.app/ext/form/23701/1/apply
The credential behind the certification
AIC-GIM Foundation is the Atal Incubation Center at Goa Institute of Management, backed by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog. With 181+ startups incubated, 18 investments, and a portfolio valuation exceeding ₹1,000 crore, it’s one of India’s most credible startup-focused institutions.
smartContract CLM, built by LexSmart Technologies, is a platform already trusted by leading businesses across industries and 40+ enterprise clients. It is purpose-built for Indian legal and compliance requirements. Training on it means training on what Indian businesses actually use.
Together, we’ve created the only certification in India that combines AI-Powered Contract Management education with an institutional credential from a government-backed incubator. This professional credential carries value across boardrooms, investor discussions, and compliance reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why should a startup founder attend a contract intelligence workshop?
Contracts impact fundraising, vendor relationships, customer agreements, partnerships, and compliance. The Certified Contract Intelligence Professional workshop helps founders understand how to identify contract risks early, manage obligations effectively, and build stronger investor and due diligence readiness.
2. My startup doesn't have an in-house legal team. Can I benefit from this workshop?
Yes. The workshop is specifically designed for startups that may not have dedicated legal resources. Participants will learn practical contract management approaches and how AI-Powered contract management tools can improve visibility and reduce risk.
3. How can contract intelligence help during fundraising and due diligence?
Investors often review customer contracts, vendor agreements, compliance commitments, and other key documents during due diligence. Better contract visibility and management can help startups respond faster, reduce risks, and improve readiness for funding discussions.
4. Will I learn how AI is used in contract management?
Yes. The workshop covers the fundamentals of AI-powered contract intelligence. It includes practical demonstrations showing how AI can help with contract review, clause identification, risk visibility, obligation tracking, and workflow management.
5. What will I receive after completing the workshop?
Participants will receive the Certified Contract Intelligence Professional (CCIP) certification from smartContract CLM, along with practical knowledge of contract management, AI-powered contract intelligence, and best practices they can apply immediately in a startup environment.
