IIHMR Startups

A 6-Month Healthcare Accelerator for TRL-4+ Startups to Validate in Real Environments, Scale, and Become Investor-Ready.

A hands-on innovation and entrepreneurship program designed to equip students and early-stage innovators with practical skills to build, validate, and present impactful healthcare solutions. Program Offerings: Ideation and Problem Identification, Learning from Case Studies and Industry Insights, Business Model Canvas Workshop, Pitch Development and Communication, Industry Visit to Bhamasha Techno Hub.

A flagship innovation competition designed to empower young minds and early-stage entrepreneurs to ideate, validate, and present impactful healthcare solutions. It aims to empower young innovators to develop and present impactful solutions for real-world healthcare problems. Focus is on ideating, validating, and presenting scalable, technology-driven healthcare solutions. Young innovators and early-stage entrepreneurs interested in healthcare innovation can take part. Three top teams were highlighted as winners, first runner-up, and second runner-up, recognized for vision, creativity, and execution.

UTKARSH 2024, hosted by IIHMR Startups at IIHMR University, Jaipur, concluded successfully on February 23, 2024. The event brought together 10+ investors, 30+ healthcare startups, 20+ ecosystem partners, hospitals, and healthcare leaders, with an audience of 1000+ participants dedicated to transforming the future of healthcare. Through immersive sessions, live pitches, and an innovation expo, UTKARSH 2024 created a vibrant platform for collaboration, funding, and knowledge exchange across the healthcare ecosystem. Highlights include Investor Demo Day, Healthcare Expo, and Business Baazigar Competition.

Organized by IIHMR Startups, a unit of IIHMR Foundation, CureCode is a transformative innovation initiative aimed at advancing healthcare and allied sectors through collaborative problem-solving. The program connects corporates, technology startups, and university students in an immersive 36-hour sprint to ideate, prototype, and validate scalable solutions across healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, health tech, insurance, and allied industries. Through structured mentoring, corporate collaboration, and expert guidance, participants will translate innovative ideas into functional prototypes with real-world application and commercialization potential. Who Can Apply: Technology-driven startups aligned with corporate problem statements, Students and developers with strong problem-solving skills, Tech professionals working in AI/ML, blockchain, IoT, data analytics, and digital health. Program Offerings: Recognition and rewards for top-performing teams, Mentorship from industry experts and healthcare leaders, Access to corporate networks, investors, and pilot opportunities.

Organized by IIHMR Startups, a unit of IIHMR Foundation, Jaipur, Healthathon 2022 is a high-impact innovation initiative aimed at nurturing promising healthcare startups and innovators. The program provides aspiring entrepreneurs with access to acceleration support, Entrepreneur-in-Residence (E-i-R) grants, and seed investments to accelerate prototype development and early-stage scaling in healthcare and allied sectors. Through a structured screening and pitching process, participants receive expert evaluation, mentorship, and funding opportunities to transform innovative ideas into viable healthcare solutions. Eligibility: Startups and innovators working in healthcare or allied sectors with a unique idea, PoC, MVP, or early revenue stage can apply, preferably as registered entities.

Acceleration and grant support of up to ₹2 lakhs for startups and innovators to build and validate functional prototypes.

Acceleration and seed funding of up to ₹5 lakhs for startups at MVP, early revenue, or revenue stage to scale their solutions.