Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program

IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF)

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Details

Amount

Upto: ₹30 thousand

Deadline

January 18, 2026

Provider

IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF)

Type

grant

About this Opportunity

The Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program at IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation (IITTNiF) is designed to encourage aspiring innovators and first-generation entrepreneurs to pursue technology-based entrepreneurship by reducing early-stage risk and opportunity cost.

Powered by Operation Dronagiri and the Geo-Intel Lab at IITTNiF, the program supports individuals with high-potential, deep-tech ideas to convert them into product-driven and scalable startups. The initiative focuses on building technology strength, job creation, and social impact by enabling innovators to work full-time on their startup ideas.

Selected EiR fellows receive monthly fellowship support, structured mentorship, access to co-working spaces and prototyping labs, business and industry connect, and an opportunity for incubation at IITTNiF for further product development and commercialization.

Eligibility

  • Applicant must be an Indian citizen
  • Must have completed 4 years of full-time undergraduate or postgraduate education in science or engineering
  • OR a 3-year science/engineering degree or diploma with 2 years of full-time work experience
  • Must be a first-generation entrepreneur and commit full-time to the proposed idea
  • Must propose a scalable, technology-based business idea aimed at commercialization
  • Must be willing to register for incubation at IITTNiF
  • Applicants should not be promoters or significant shareholders (more than 10%) in another company
  • Applicants should not have availed any other startup or innovator grant earlier