Innovation Mission Punjab

पहले सही कार्यक्रम चुनें

IMPunjab के कार्यक्रम एक सीढ़ी पर हैं, और हर एक अलग चरण माँगता है। पहले अपना चरण मिलाएँ:

• एक विचार, या early MVP, जिसे आप परखना चाहते हैं: Fail Fast।
• पंजीकृत कंपनी जिसने एक executed pilot चलाया है और pre-seed पूँजी जुटाना चाहती है: Decode।
• काम करता उत्पाद और early traction वाला स्टार्टअप जो निवेशकों से संपर्क करने के लिए तैयार है: GTFO।
• DPIIT-मान्यता प्राप्त स्टार्टअप जिसके पास early revenue या commercial pilot है और पंजाब में उपस्थिति है: IMPunjab Accelerator।
• water, sanitation, hygiene या waste में स्टार्टअप: SWACH Accelerator।
• पंजाब में कॉलेज छात्र: Campus Ambassador Program। स्कूली छात्र: Eureka, या कक्षा 8 से 12 के लिए School Internship Program।

आवेदन कैसे काम करते हैं

• Fail Fast और Decode के अपने पंजीकरण फ़ॉर्म हैं, जो कार्यक्रम पेज से जुड़े हैं। Fail Fast क्रमांकित cohorts में चलता है, और जब हमने जाँचा तब इसका बारहवाँ cohort 9 October 2026 से शुरू होना सूचीबद्ध था।
• GTFO rolling आधार पर आवेदन लेता है, बिना निश्चित window के, और उन्हें आने पर समीक्षा करता है। आवेदन GTFO कार्यक्रम पेज से करें। जब हमने जाँचा, homepage पर GTFO बटन ने Decode फ़ॉर्म खोला।
• Accelerator पेज अपने अगले cohort के लिए आवेदन आमंत्रित करता है। जब हमने जाँचा, उसका online फ़ॉर्म काम नहीं कर रहा था, इसलिए किसी तारीख़ पर योजना बनाने से पहले पेज जाँचें।
• Fail Fast और Decode भुगतान वाले पर equity-रहित हैं, और Accelerator तथा कोई भी fundraising कार्यक्रम एक मानक सफलता शुल्क रखता है। आवेदन से पहले फ़ॉर्म पर शुल्क की टिप्पणी पढ़ें।
• सवाल info@impunjab.org पर भेजे जा सकते हैं।

समीक्षक क्या देखते हैं

• Decode के लिए: पंजीकृत कंपनी, मूल्यांकन के लिए पहले से चलाया गया एक pilot, मौजूदा समाधानों पर कुछ वास्तविक मूल्य-वृद्धि, और कम से कम एक पूर्णकालिक संस्थापक।
• Accelerator के लिए: DPIIT मान्यता, पंजाब में उपस्थिति, मज़बूत तकनीकी या व्यावसायिक विशेषज्ञता वाले प्रतिबद्ध संस्थापक, और एक वास्तविक समस्या का तकनीक-संचालित समाधान। शुरुआती revenue या commercial pilot को प्राथमिकता दी जाती है।
• SWACH के लिए: बाज़ार के लिए तैयार उत्पाद या prototype, आदर्श रूप से एक commercial pilot के साथ, पाँच वर्ष से अधिक पुरानी न हो ऐसी कंपनी में।
• GTFO के लिए: स्पष्ट business model और value proposition, काम करता उत्पाद या MVP, और early traction जैसे users, pilots या revenue।

आवेदन से पहले

• Decode या Accelerator के लिए आवेदन करें तो अपना पंजीकरण और DPIIT के कागज़ात तैयार रखें।
• Decode प्रतिभागियों को तीन सप्ताह के लिए निःशुल्क co-working मिलता है, इसलिए अगर आप इसका उपयोग करना चाहते हैं तो उस अवधि के लिए Mohali में रहने की योजना बनाएँ।
• कार्यक्रम पेजों में कुछ विवरण आपस में मेल नहीं खाते, जैसे Fail Fast की लंबाई और Decode को कैसे प्रस्तुत किया गया है। जिस कार्यक्रम के लिए आप आवेदन कर रहे हैं उसके लिए लाइव पंजीकरण फ़ॉर्म को अपना संदर्भ मानें।

Innovation Mission Punjab, also written IMPunjab and named Punjab Innovation Mission in its policy documents and payment forms, is a public-private partnership that runs programmes for startups, student innovators and school students in Punjab. It is headquartered at Kalkat Bhawan in Aerocity, Mohali. It was launched on 1 September 2021 and describes itself as a catalyst organisation established through collaboration between the Government of Punjab and private-sector stakeholders, and as a dedicated and independent body rather than a government department.

How the programmes work

The mission says it works through three levers: Pollination, meaning mindset and ecosystem building; Acceleration, meaning structured scaling support; and Capital Access, meaning venture funding pathways. Its startup programmes follow roughly that order of maturity.

Fail Fast is a two-week, fully virtual programme for founders who want to validate an idea before building. It uses structured frameworks, workshops and mentor office hours, and it runs in numbered cohorts. Its homepage card describes it as a six-week sprint, while the programme page and the live registration form both say two weeks. Decode is a programme for early-stage startups that already have a registered company and one executed pilot. Its application form describes a 12 to 14 week programme with a deck audit, work on the value proposition, one-to-one strategy sessions and pitching to raise pre-seed capital. The Decode programme page frames the same programme as validation of customer needs and product-market fit, so read it as a mix of both.

GTFO is a fundraising-readiness programme with rolling intake. It covers investor-ready materials, pitch decks, financial models, investor mapping and warm introductions, with support continuing until a term sheet closes. The core programme runs for about four weeks, followed by investor engagement support. It is not equity based.

The IMPunjab Accelerator is a four-month programme for startups with early traction, a strong team and ambitions to grow from Punjab to global markets. It combines mentorship, execution support, partnerships and investor access. The SWACH Accelerator is a separate programme for startups working in water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management. It offers structured mentorship, pilot opportunities and ecosystem support, and it is presented as a joint initiative with collaborating organisations rather than an IMPunjab-only product.

Three programmes are for students. The Campus Ambassador Program lets college students in Punjab represent IMPunjab on their campuses and organise startup events. Eureka helps school students turn ideas into ventures through hands-on learning and mentorship. The School Internship Program is a four-week experience for students in Classes 8 to 12.

Who can apply

Eligibility differs sharply by programme. Fail Fast accepts idea-stage and MVP-stage founders, alone or in teams, and its form asks whether you or your startup is based in Punjab. Decode needs a registered company, at least one executed pilot, some value addition to an existing product, process or business model, and at least one full-time founder, in any sector. The IMPunjab Accelerator requires DPIIT recognition and a presence in Punjab through operations, registration or incubation. Startups with early revenue or at least one commercial pilot are preferred, and it is open to every sector. SWACH is for startups in water, sanitation and waste with a product or prototype ready for market or scaling. Startups that have run at least one commercial pilot are preferred, startups up to five years old are eligible, and women founders are strongly encouraged. GTFO is for startups with a working product, early traction and a clear intent to raise.

The student programmes are open to enrolled students: college and university students in Punjab for the Campus Ambassador Program, school students for Eureka, and Classes 8 to 12 for the School Internship Program. Eureka does not require a startup idea or prior experience, and it is designed to fit alongside school hours.

Fees and equity

Fail Fast and Decode are paid programmes, and both are equity-free. Fail Fast charges a subsidised fee for participants from India and a higher fee for international participants, and prices per startup whether you join alone or with a team. Decode also charges a subsidised programme fee. The Accelerator, and any other programme that involves fundraising, carries a standard success fee. The Campus Ambassador Program is free for selected participants. The pages for Eureka, the School Internship Program, SWACH and the Accelerator do not state a participation fee, so confirm that with the team before you apply.

Facilities

Decode participants get free co-working space for three weeks, which they can use at any time during the programme. The School Internship Program runs its sessions at the IMPunjab Innovation Space and follows a hybrid format, with offline sessions and periodic online mentor conversations. A Co-Working Space link appears in the site navigation, but no separate page describes it, so do not assume desks are available outside Decode.

Scale, as the programme pages report it

All figures below are the mission's own and have not been checked independently.

Fail Fast reports 11 cohorts completed, 206 startups validated, participants from 10 countries and 7 Fail Fast Fairs. Decode reports 3 cohorts, more than 66 startups supported and 41 percent women-led startups. The Accelerator reports 43 startups, with more than 100 investor partners, more than 100 deep dives and more than 1,200 mentoring hours. Its page names three cohorts of startups, and those lists add up to one more than the counter. For the mentor network, the Accelerator page says more than 180 mentors and experts, while the homepage says more than 200 mentors across product, engineering, go-to-market, legal and fundraising.

The Campus Ambassador Program reports over 200 ambassadors, 240 campus events, over 16,500 students engaged, 30 partner colleges and 15 districts covered. Eureka reports 180 students enabled and more than 50 ventures initiated. SWACH reports more than 100 direct jobs created and more than 420 mentoring hours.

Who runs it

The mission was conceptualised in 2020. A Group of Experts chaired by Montek Singh Ahluwalia recommended a structured innovation mission as a response to entrepreneurial talent leaving the state. Pramod Bhasin, founder of Genpact, Asha Impact and Clix Capital, is Chairman. The board includes senior industry figures and two senior Government of Punjab officials from the Indian Administrative Service. Somveer Anand is CEO and Mission Director, and Ashish Mehta is Chief Operating Officer.

Location and contact

The office is at Kalkat Bhawan, Block-C, Aerocity, Airport Road, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 140603. The general inbox is info@impunjab.org. Individual programmes publish their own registration pages, and several of the student programmes run public events and campus activities across Punjab.