Individual innovators and pre-incorporation founders can access DST's NIDHI-PRAYAS grants, Atal Tinkering Lab programs, and state-level innovation awards. Several schemes including the Smart India Hackathon and BIRAC's Biotechnology Ignition Grant accept applications from individuals before formal entity registration.
Showing 412+ programs for Indian startups
Accel Atoms
IIM Kozhikode LIVE, Cochin Shipyard Limited
iTIC Incubator IIT Hyderabad
Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society (PIEDS)
IIT Mandi Catalyst
IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF)
Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) IIT Bombay, HDFC Bank Parivartan
Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation (TiHAN), IIT Hyderabad
BGIIES, HDFC Bank Parivartan
BRIC-Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Villgro, HDFC Bank Parivartan
PIEDS BITS Pilani, BIRAC
IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF)
ANGRAU Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Foundation
ANGRAU Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Foundation
ANGRAU Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Foundation
GINSERV
FICCI, Mercedes-Benz India
IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (IIML EIC), HDFC Bank
AIC SMU Technology Business Incubation Foundation
T-Works, HDFC Bank Parivartan
Upaya Social Ventures, Shell Foundation, Accion, UK aid