AIC-IIITH Foundation

Our flagship AIC Incubation Program provides the selected startups with necessary hard and soft skills and mentor-support to succeed as a business with social impact. At the end of the program, entrepreneurs will be provided with an opportunity to pitch for seed fund.

In line with the Institute’s emphasis on technology and applied research for industry and society at large, Social Impact Startups in the following categories will be supported through research-led (IT Technologies) engagement: • Social Impact Startups aiming to or exploring any technology to make social impact • Social Impact Startups currently leveraging or developing Mechanical/Chemical/Biological tech • Social Impact Startups currently leveraging or developing IT/Emerging Tech

Greentech startups in Circular Economy, Energy, and Green Data, join ESIIP and get Incubation support and INR 5 Lakh Equity-Free Grant!

In an effort to empower women entrepreneurs and women-led startups, FICCI FLO Hyderabad Chapter has partnered with CIE IIITH to unveil FLO Incubator@CIE. The Incubator is designed with the purpose of promoting an ecosystem that will support these entrepreneurs to thrive and take-off their startups to new heights through insights, mentoring and guidance availed through Biz Talks and Bootcamps, followed by Micro accelerator. The Centre will assist in enabling FLO members and women-led startups at early stages through Talks/Roundtables on emerging business models, strategies for scaling up, differentiating a start-up from conventional businesses, types of funding etc., workshop and case study model-based boot camps and one-on-one mentoring and guidance sessions with expert mentors. The FLO Incubator@CIE aims at facilitating 20+ women entrepreneurs with each cohort structured to run for 1 month.

The HDFC Bank Parivartan Grant Challenge invites startups, innovators, and disruptors to take center stage and redefine the future through tech-driven research startups. This is your chance to secure grants of up to ₹15 Lakhs ! Grant Challenge Domains explained We’re calling on innovators across the following transformative sectors: Tech Startups with Social Impact Usecase (Top Priority): Startups working in areas such as environment, agri-business, ed-tech, waste management, healthcare, and skill development. This domain is a focal point of the grant, emphasizing positive societal change and sustainable development DeepTech : AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, NLP, and more Emerging Technologies with Social Usecase: GenAI, LLM, Space Tourism, Industry 5.0, Cognitive Science, Cobotics, Spatial Informatics, Big Data, AI TRiSM, Signal Processing, and beyond Who should apply? The challenge is open to: DeepTech or deep IP-based, Social Impact startups Startups built on research collaborations Startups with research faculty as advisors Note: IIITH faculty engagement is highly desirable