
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre
Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute (DBDI), Gurugram
DBDI गुरुग्राम में एक IP-संचालित इनक्यूबेटर, जो डीप टेक, बायोटेक और सस्टेनेबिलिटी स्टार्टअप्स को लैब इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर के साथ सहायता करता है।
DBDIC at a glance
| Full name | Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre |
|---|---|
| Part of | Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute (DBDI), Gurugram |
| Address | Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute, Plot No 76 D & E, Near HIPA, Sector 18, Gurugram, Haryana 122015 |
| Programmes | 2 standing programmes · 1 open call right now |
| Stages supported | Idea, Prototype, MVP, Early revenue, Growth |
| Official website | drbansidharinstitute.org |
| info@drbansidharinstitute.org |
Programs by Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)
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Programmes they run
Standing programmes at Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC), separate from the funding calls above.
One programme is open, as a rolling call with no stated deadline. Terms are not published: ask about fees, equity, how long incubation lasts and who owns IP developed in the institute's labs before you commit.
DBDIC Incubation Program
IncubationRolling call for applications from idea-stage innovators and early- and growth-stage startups in deep technology, with workspace, lab access and mentorship in Gurugram.
Best for: Idea-stage innovators, early-stage startups and growth-stage startups in deep technology and related sectors
- Idea – Growth
- In person
What you get, who can apply and how to applyHide details
DBDIC's incubation programme is open as a standing call for applications, with no closing date, cohort size or intake window published. It is described as a structured path through technology development, validation, funding access and progress towards market readiness, run inside the institute's research environment.
What you get
- Co-working space, research labs and prototyping facilities on site in Gurugram
- Mentorship from industry experts, researchers, domain specialists and experienced entrepreneurs
- Funding-support pathways, including guidance on government grants and investor connections
- Industry linkages for collaboration, pilot projects and commercialisation
- Access to the institute's networking and engagement events
Who can apply
- Innovators at the idea stage who want to validate a concept and build a prototype
- Early-stage startups that need structured technical support, mentorship and advanced infrastructure
- Growth-stage startups improving product performance, building partnerships and preparing to scale
- Sectors: clean energy, deep tech, sustainability, biotech, food tech, agritech, and innovative materials and infrastructure
- No incorporation requirement, geography restriction or institute affiliation is stated
How selection works: DBDIC does not publish its selection process, how long a decision takes or how long incubation lasts.
How to apply: Use the Apply Now button on the incubation call for applications on the institute's website; it opens an online application form that asks you to sign in with a Google account. The call also gives info@drbansidharinstitute.org and a phone number as contacts. Nothing on the site says whether the programme is free or charged, or whether DBDIC takes equity, so ask before you commit.
Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program
FellowshipFellowship for founders under 30 building sustainable technology ventures; applications closed in May 2024 and it has not reopened.
Best for: Founders under 30 with a degree and a full-time commitment to their venture
- Idea – Prototype
- In person
What you get, who can apply and how to applyHide details
This fellowship was announced as a route for young founders to take research towards a market-ready product at DBDIC. Applications closed on 30 May 2024 and the centre has not announced another round, so treat it as a past programme.
Who could apply
- Founders under the age of 30
- At least a bachelor's degree in technology, sustainability, business or a related field
- An innovative business proposal with market potential, ready to be developed
- Candidates not employed elsewhere, able to commit full time to the venture
- Focus areas: deep tech and sustainability, health tech and biotech, food tech and agritech, clean energy, and sustainable business software
What fellows got: access to the centre's facilities, a network of industry leaders and introductions to venture capital.
How selection worked: applicants submitted a business proposal with the application form, showing how it fitted the focus areas.
How to apply: closed. Watch the institute's news pages, or write to info@drbansidharinstitute.org to ask whether another round is planned.
Labs & facilities
Equipment and space on campus.
The laboratories and the Central Instrumentation Facility belong to the Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute; DBDIC lists them as available to incubated startups.
Co-working space and meeting rooms
DBDIC describes around 1,000 sq ft of incubation space, with co-working desks and meeting rooms for investor, client and team sessions.
Fab lab and prototyping workshop
3D printers, CNC and milling, a soldering station and electronic workbenches, plus storage and warehousing.
Central Instrumentation Facility
Access via host institution
Open to startups as well as researchers and outside institutions. Instruments listed include X-ray diffraction, BET surface area analysis, UV-Vis, FT-IR, simultaneous thermal analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, GC-MS with headspace, ICP-OES and analytical and preparative HPLC.
Institute laboratories open to incubated startups
Access via host institution
Named as available to incubated startups: Nano Material and Polymers Lab, Phytochemical Lab, Central Instrumentation Lab, Fuel Cell Lab, Clean Energy and Hydrogen Lab, and Civil Engineering Lab.
Electronic workbenches
Soldering station and electronic workbenches listed in the centre's fab lab equipment.
Support services
Help offered alongside funding and space.
Described by DBDIC on its own pages. The centre also mentions an in-house associated seed fund but does not explain anywhere what it is or how a startup reaches it.
IP & patents
Intellectual property filing support, and advice on intellectual property management as part of business development support.
Regulatory support
Regulatory filing support is listed alongside IP filing in the centre's own list of what it offers.
Business advisory
Mentorship from industry experts, researchers, domain specialists and experienced entrepreneurs, and advice on market entry and scaling.
Market access
Industry linkages for collaboration, pilot projects and commercialisation, plus networking and engagement events.
Technology transfer
On-demand links into the institute's laboratories, and guidance on government grants and investor connections as funding-support pathways.
How to apply to Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)
Which programme to apply to
DBDIC runs one open route today: its incubation programme, advertised as a rolling call for applications with no closing date. The Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program and the two fellowship tiles on the centre's overview page are all closed, so do not build an application around them.
Read the sector list before anything else. DBDIC backs clean energy, deep tech, sustainability, biotech, food tech, agritech, and innovative materials and infrastructure. The centre sits inside a materials and clean-energy research institute, and its value is the lab bench, the instruments and the researchers next door.
How applications work
- Apply through the Apply Now button on the incubation call for applications on the institute's site. It opens an online application form.
- The form asks you to sign in with a Google account, so use one you can access.
- If the form does not open, write to the institute's general inbox, info@drbansidharinstitute.org, or call the number on the call for applications. The same inbox and number are the contacts given for the programme.
- Older pages on the site still link to two earlier application routes. Use the one on the current call for applications, not those.
What to put in front of them
- Say which stage you are at in their words: idea and needing concept validation, early stage and needing infrastructure and mentorship, or growth stage and preparing to scale. The call is organised around those three groups.
- Name the equipment or lab you actually need. A request that maps onto their nanomaterials, phytochemical, fuel cell, hydrogen, civil engineering or instrumentation facilities is far easier for them to say yes to than a general ask for space.
- Show what you want to validate or test, and over what period. The programme is described in terms of technology development, validation and progression to market readiness.
- If you need analytical work rather than full incubation, the Central Instrumentation Facility takes startup users directly and is worth asking about on its own.
What to settle before you sign
The centre does not publish its terms. Ask, in writing, whether incubation is free or charged, whether DBDIC takes equity, how long a startup stays, who owns intellectual property developed using the institute's labs, and what the in-house seed fund it mentions actually is. None of this is on the site, and all of it matters.
Worth knowing
DBDIC does not publish a startup count or a portfolio, so ask to speak to a company already in the centre before you commit. Its agreement with the Atal Incubation Centre at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is recent, so ask what co-incubation through that route would give you.
About Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)
डॉ. बंसी धर इनक्यूबेशन सेंटर (DBDIC) गुरुग्राम, हरियाणा में स्थित एक प्रौद्योगिकी इनक्यूबेटर है, जो डॉ. बंसी धर इंस्टीट्यूट फॉर इंडस्ट्रियल रिसर्च (DBDI) के तहत संचालित होता है। यह केंद्र डीप टेक्नोलॉजी, बायोटेक्नोलॉजी, सस्टेनेबिलिटी, हेल्थकेयर, फूड टेक्नोलॉजी, एग्रीकल्चर और क्लीन एनर्जी के क्षेत्र में काम कर रहे स्टार्टअप्स को सहायता प्रदान करने पर केंद्रित है। DBDIC एक अनुसंधान-उन्मुख इनक्यूबेशन वातावरण प्रदान करता है जहां स्टार्टअप्स बौद्धिक संपदा-संचालित उत्पादों और समाधानों का विकास और व्यवसायीकरण कर सकते हैं।
भूमिका
DBDIC एक IP-केंद्रित इनक्यूबेशन प्लेटफॉर्म के रूप में कार्य करता है जो शुरुआती चरण के उद्यमों को प्रयोगशाला अनुसंधान को बाजार-तैयार उत्पादों में बदलने में मदद करता है। सामान्य-उद्देश्य वाले इनक्यूबेटर के विपरीत, DBDIC बौद्धिक संपदा के विकास पर जोर देता है, स्टार्टअप्स को अनुसंधान इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर, पेटेंट फाइलिंग सहायता और तकनीकी मेंटरशिप प्रदान करता है। यह केंद्र संस्थापकों को DBDI के अनुसंधान नेटवर्क से जोड़ता है और उन्हें नियामक रास्तों (regulatory pathways) को समझने में मदद करता है, विशेष रूप से बायोटेक, हेल्थटेक और फूड टेक्नोलॉजी में, जहां नियामक अनुमोदन बाजार में प्रवेश के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं।
कार्यक्रम
DBDIC में इनक्यूबेशन कार्यक्रम स्टार्टअप्स को सह-कार्यस्थल और लैब स्पेस, प्रोटोटाइपिंग और परीक्षण उपकरण तक पहुंच, वैज्ञानिकों और उद्योग विशेषज्ञों से मेंटरशिप और पेटेंट फाइलिंग और IP रणनीति में सहायता प्रदान करता है। कार्यक्रम में स्वीकार किए गए स्टार्टअप्स उत्पाद विकास और परीक्षण के लिए DBDI की अनुसंधान सुविधाओं का उपयोग कर सकते हैं। DBDIC स्टार्टअप्स को सरकारी फंडिंग योजनाओं से जुड़ने में भी मदद करता है, जिसमें विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग (Department of Science and Technology) और जैव प्रौद्योगिकी विभाग (Department of Biotechnology) की योजनाएं शामिल हैं। यह केंद्र IP प्रबंधन, नियामक अनुपालन और प्रौद्योगिकी व्यवसायीकरण पर समय-समय पर कार्यशालाएं आयोजित करता है।
किसे लाभ होगा
DBDIC उन संस्थापकों के लिए सबसे उपयुक्त है जो बायोटेक्नोलॉजी, क्लीन एनर्जी, फूड टेक्नोलॉजी, एग्रीकल्चर टेक्नोलॉजी और हेल्थकेयर के क्षेत्र में अनुसंधान-गहन उत्पादों पर काम कर रहे हैं। जिन स्टार्टअप्स को प्रयोगशाला इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर, नियामक मार्गदर्शन और IP सहायता की आवश्यकता है, उन्हें यह केंद्र विशेष रूप से मूल्यवान लगेगा। गुरुग्राम का स्थान दिल्ली-एनसीआर स्टार्टअप इकोसिस्टम तक पहुंच प्रदान करता है, जबकि केंद्रीय दिल्ली की तुलना में अपेक्षाकृत कम परिचालन लागत प्रदान करता है।
रणनीतिक प्रभाव
DBDIC IP-संचालित और अनुसंधान-गहन स्टार्टअप्स पर ध्यान केंद्रित करके भारत के इनक्यूबेशन परिदृश्य में एक महत्वपूर्ण कमी को पूरा करता है। कई भारतीय इनक्यूबेटर सॉफ्टवेयर और डिजिटल व्यवसायों की ओर उन्मुख हैं; DBDIC लैब इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर और डोमेन विशेषज्ञता प्रदान करता है जिसकी डीप टेक और बायोटेक स्टार्टअप्स को उनके शुरुआती और सबसे पूंजी-गहन विकास चरणों के दौरान आवश्यकता होती है। गुरुग्राम में इसका स्थान, व्यापक दिल्ली-एनसीआर इनोवेशन कॉरिडोर के भीतर, स्टार्टअप्स को उद्योग भागीदारों, निवेशकों और प्रतिभा के एक बड़े समूह तक पहुंच प्रदान करता है। उन संस्थापकों के लिए जो ऐसे उत्पाद बना रहे हैं जिनके लिए कठोर अनुसंधान, परीक्षण और नियामक अनुपालन की आवश्यकता होती है, DBDIC प्रयोगशाला से बाजार तक का एक संरचित मार्ग प्रदान करता है।
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The team
Dr. Vishwal Padole
Program Manager, Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre
Dr Becky Thomas
Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute
Mr Rajesh Kumar
Deputy Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute
Dr Suphiya Khan
Deputy Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute
Alok B. Shriram
President, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute
Kanika Shriram
Governor, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute
Frequently asked questions about Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)
What is the full form of DBDIC?
DBDIC stands for Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre.
What does Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) do?
डॉ. बंसी धर इनक्यूबेशन सेंटर (DBDIC) गुरुग्राम, हरियाणा में स्थित एक प्रौद्योगिकी इनक्यूबेटर है, जो डॉ.
Where is Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) located?
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) is located at Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute, Plot No 76 D & E, Near HIPA, Sector 18, Gurugram, Haryana 122015.
What programs does Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) run?
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) currently has 1 open programme: DBDIC Incubation Cohort 2026.
Which DBDIC programme should I apply to?
It depends on how far along your startup is. Idea stage: DBDIC Incubation Program and Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program. Prototype stage: DBDIC Incubation Program and Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program. MVP stage: DBDIC Incubation Program. Early revenue stage: DBDIC Incubation Program. Growth stage: DBDIC Incubation Program. Check the programme's own eligibility before applying — several programmes are sector-specific.
What sectors does Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) support?
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) works with startups in DeepTech, Healthtech, Agritech and CleanTech.
What stage of startup does Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) support?
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) supports startups at the Ideation and Validation stages.
What facilities does Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) offer?
Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC) offers Co-working space and meeting rooms, Fab lab and prototyping workshop and Electronic workbenches. Incubatees also get access to Central Instrumentation Facility and Institute laboratories open to incubated startups through its host institution.
How do I apply to Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)?
DBDIC runs one open route today: its incubation programme, advertised as a rolling call for applications with no closing date. The Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program and the two fellowship tiles on the centre's overview page are all closed, so do not build an application around them. Read the sector list before anything else.
Who runs Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)?
Dr Becky Thomas (Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute), Mr Rajesh Kumar (Deputy Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute) and Dr Suphiya Khan (Deputy Director, Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute).
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