College and University Incubators in Gujarat
36 college and university incubators in Gujarat. Campus incubators sit inside a college, institute or university, so they tend to take earlier-stage teams and can give access to labs, faculty and student talent. Some admit only students and alumni while others take outside founders; check who each one is open to before you apply.
GUSEC
Gujarat University's zero-cost startup council in Ahmedabad, with co-working space, mentorship and a route into DST, MeitY and Gujarat government funding schemes.
IIMA Ventures
IIM Ahmedabad's startup incubator and seed investor, formerly IIMA-CIIE (CIIE.CO), with offices in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Indore and Guwahati.
IIPHG NIDHI TBI for Public Health
DST NIDHI-supported technology business incubator for public health startups, hosted by IIPH Gandhinagar.
Karnavati Innovation and Incubation Foundation (KIIF)
Design-and-technology incubator inside Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, open to outside founders as well as students, with a separate defence vertical.
IIEC, IIT Gandhinagar
IIT Gandhinagar's technology business incubator at Palaj, running the NIDHI PRAYAS prototyping grant and open to founders from outside the institute.
IRMA ISEED Foundation
IRMA's incubator at Anand for early-stage rural, social and collective enterprises, best known for the LIC HFL Social Trailblazer Program.
Savli Technology and Business Incubator (STBI)
A Gujarat government incubator in Vadodara's GIDC industrial estate, running biotech and deep-tech labs alongside BIRAC, NIDHI and state seed-funding schemes.
Marwadi University
MUIIR is the startup incubator of Marwadi University in Rajkot, Gujarat. It offers student founders a first office, co-working space, mentoring and funding for student ideas.
Sankalchand Patel University
Sankalchand Patel University is an institution in Mahesana, Gujarat.
Arihant School of Pharmacy & Bio-Research Institute
Arihant School of Pharmacy & Bio-Research Institute is an institution in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
IIT Gandhinagar's IIEC is a DST-backed incubator with 10,000 sq ft of lab/office space supporting deep-tech startups in Gujarat.
Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Pandit Deendayal Energy University is an institution in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
National institute for entrepreneurship education, training and research in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, which also runs CrAdLE, a technology business incubator in Ahmedabad.
Karnavati University
Business incubator of Karnavati University in Gandhinagar, for students and early-stage startups, with defence and women-led startup programmes.
Swarrnim Startup & Innovation University
A private university in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, whose on-campus incubation centre backs its own students' startups.
Antrapreneur - The Business Incubation Centre
Antrapreneur The Business Incubator is the startup incubator of LJ Knowledge Foundation in Ahmedabad, working with student-led and early-stage founders.
Nirma University
Nirma University's incubation centre offers pre-incubation and incubation funding for Gujarat-registered startups, plus Idea Lab seed support for engineering students.
Government polytechnic Ambawadi, Ahmedabad
Government diploma polytechnic in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, affiliated with Gujarat Technological University.
AIC-GISC FOUNDATION, ATAL INCUBATION CENTRE- GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Biotech and medical device incubator on Gujarat Technological University's Chandkheda campus in Ahmedabad, supported by Atal Innovation Mission.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING-AHMEDABAD
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING-AHMEDABAD is an institution in Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
Adani University
Adani University in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in engineering, management, and sciences.
GIAN GUJARAT GRASSROOTS INNOVATIONS AUGMENTATION NETWORK
Ahmedabad trust that has supported individual grassroots innovators since 1997, plus a separate Section 8 company, GIANASTRE, that incubates registered startups.
CHARUTAR VIDYA MANDAL UNIVERSITY
CHARUTAR VIDYA MANDAL UNIVERSITY is an institution in Anand, Gujarat.
Charotar University of Science and Technology
Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT) in Changa, Anand. Its startup body CIVF runs a sector-agnostic acceleration programme, open to applications through the year.
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is an institution in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Navrachana University
Navrachana University's innovation foundation runs incubation and student startup support in Vadodara, Gujarat.
BHAGWAN MAHAVIR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
BHAGWAN MAHAVIR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY is an institution in Surat, Gujarat.
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
ASHINE is the technology business incubator at SVNIT Surat. It runs incubation, proof-of-concept funding and co-working for startups and innovators.
RK University
Pre-incubation, incubation and Gujarat scheme support for innovators, run by K S Patel Centre for Entrepreneurship at RK University, Rajkot
Ahmedabad University
VentureStudio, Ahmedabad University's incubator — DST TBI, BIRAC Bio-NEST and Gujarat nodal institute, open to outside founders
Innocity
Sector agnostic startup accelerator
Vadodara Startup Studio
Academic institution backed sector agnostic startup studio
PDPU IIC
Sector agnostic startup incubator
herSTART
herSTART is a mentoring, incubation and accelerator programme for women-led startups, run by GUSEC at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad.
Surat Startup Studio
Startup studio in Surat, set up by PIERC, Parul University in 2021, with a 6-day offline entrepreneurship programme, co-working space and a startup network.
AIC RRU Incubation Foundation
Rashtriya Raksha University's Atal Innovation Mission supported incubator in Gandhinagar for defence and national security startups.
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Choosing a college or university incubator in Gujarat
College and university incubators sit inside an institute, which shapes everything about them. They are often the most accessible route for first-time founders: they take earlier-stage teams, they can offer lab and workshop access, and they put you near faculty and student talent. For a deep-tech or hardware idea that came out of research, an institute incubator can be the only place that has the equipment you need.
The main question to settle is who is allowed in. Some campus incubators take only current students, alumni or faculty-led spin-outs, and others are open to outside founders. Some are tied to one institute's research areas, and some serve a wider region. The college and university incubators above include both kinds, so the eligibility on each profile matters more than the name of the institute.
Think about what you need from the campus. If it is a lab, ask exactly which equipment is available and how it is booked. If it is a network, ask how often mentors are on site. If it is credibility, ask how many startups have come through and what became of them. A well-known institute with a thin programme is a worse choice than a smaller one that gives you what you actually need.
The numbers on this page
- 36 of the 145 organisations we list in Gujarat (25%) are tagged "Academic".
- By stage focus, the most common are Ideation (25), Validation (23) and Early Revenue (4).
- By sector, the most listed are Deep Tech (16), Social Impact (16) and HardTech (11).
- By city, most are in Ahmedabad (12), Gandhinagar (12) and Vadodara (4).
- Many are also tagged Incubator (32) and Accelerator (7), so the same organisation can appear on more than one list.
- 10 of 36 offer coworking space on site.
What to ask a campus incubator
- Is it open to outside founders, or only to students, alumni and faculty?
- Which labs, workshops and equipment can a startup use, and how are they booked?
- Is there a desk or a dedicated space, or is it mainly mentoring?
- Does the incubator take equity, and does the institute claim any rights over what you build?
- How many startups has it supported, and are any still active?
- Does the programme run during the academic calendar, or all year?
Frequently asked questions
How many college and university incubators are there in Gujarat?
We list 36 college and university incubators in Gujarat, out of 145 startup support organisations we list there. The count updates as profiles are added and verified.
Where in Gujarat are most college and university incubators based?
Counting the profiles on this page, most are in Ahmedabad (12), Gandhinagar (12) and Vadodara (4).
Can I join a college incubator in Gujarat if I am not a student there?
Some campus incubators accept outside founders and some do not. The eligibility is stated on each incubator's profile or application page, so check who it is open to before you apply.
Do college incubators take equity?
Practice varies. Some take a small stake, some charge a fee for space and services, and some take nothing. Ask for the terms in writing, including who owns intellectual property developed during the programme.