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NIT Agartala's DST-iTBI incubator offers early-stage hardware/deeptech startups an equity-free ₹2–5 lakh ignition grant plus a 6-month incubation program.
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DST-iTBI NIT Agartala — Call for Incubation & Ignition Grant NITA-FIIE (NIT Agartala Foundation for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship) invites early-stage startups to apply for incubation support and an Ignition Grant of ₹2–5 lakh at the DST-iTBI Incubation Centre, NIT Agartala (Tripura).
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Between ₹2 lakh (minimum) and ₹5 lakh (maximum), equity-free.
Early-stage startups less than 2 years old, with annual turnover under ₹25 lakh in every financial year since inception, whose product has not yet crossed the prototype level.
Pure software development, e-commerce, app-based and service-only solutions are excluded, as are products that have already crossed the prototype level and proposals purely for research or student internships.
Up to 20 startups are admitted to incubation; up to 10 of them receive the ignition grant based on merit.
A minimum 6-month incubation program. Registered startups can avail incubation benefits for up to 3 years.
No. It cannot be used to pay rent, build movable or permanent infrastructure, repay existing loans, pay the grantee or relatives, or fund pure research or internships.
Possibly. If any founder or co-founder has already availed a similar grant, the final decision rests with the incubation centre.
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