College and University Incubators in India (Page 2)

FIED, IIM Kashipur

IIM Kashipur's incubation centre for agri-tech and rural entrepreneurship in Uttarakhand, running RKVY-RAFTAAR agri-business incubation and the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme.

IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation

DST Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Madras backing cyber-physical systems startups in sensors, networking, actuators and control systems.

AIC IIT Delhi (Atal Incubation Centre, IIT Delhi)

Atal Incubation Centre at IIT Delhi's Technopark in Sonipat, Haryana, running deep-tech incubation labs, dedicated startup offices and a co-working floor.

VJTI TBI Foundation

Technology business incubator on the VJTI campus in Matunga, Mumbai, supported by the Department of Science and Technology, taking cohorts of energy, clean-tech, IoT and cyber security startups.

InFED, IIM Nagpur

The business incubator of IIM Nagpur, running national and state startup schemes plus district business centres across Vidarbha.

NSUT Innovation and Incubation Foundation (NSUT-IIF)

The incubator of Netaji Subhas University of Technology in Dwarka, New Delhi — a Section 8 company running two-year incubation with seed support.

IIPHG NIDHI TBI for Public Health

DST NIDHI-supported technology business incubator for public health startups, hosted by IIPH Gandhinagar.

AIC Mahindra University

Atal Incubation Centre at Mahindra University in Hyderabad, running idea bootcamps, pre-incubation and an 18-month incubation programme.

AIC-MUJ Incubation Foundation

An Atal Incubation Centre at Manipal University Jaipur, supporting tech startups from idea to scale.

FIST IIT Patna

DST NIDHI technology business incubator at IIT Patna for engineering and deep-tech startups.

St. Peters Institute of Higher Education and Research

SPIHER, a deemed university in Avadi, Chennai, runs the SPEC Technology Business Incubator and a Ministry-backed MSME Business Incubator for technology ventures.

Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science

Section 8 incubator at MITS Deemed to be University, Madanapalle — open in policy to any founder, but almost every recorded incubatee is an MITS student or faculty member.

AIC-AMTZ MediValley

Medtech incubator and test-lab centre on the AMTZ campus in Visakhapatnam, run as an Atal Incubation Centre.

Uttishthati Foundation i-TBI, NIT Hamirpur

DST-funded i-TBI at NIT Hamirpur, with a 7,118 sq ft incubation floor, fabrication and ICT labs, and fourteen registered startups.

IHFC, IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi's DST-funded Technology Innovation Hub for cobotics — pre-seed, incubation and deep-tech funding calls for robotics, AI and drone founders.

ACIC VGU Foundation

Atal Community Innovation Centre at Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, backed by AIM and NITI Aayog and focused on Rajasthan's smaller cities.

ACSEL Technology Forum

AI centre under the IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru, running the Avinya accelerator for Karnataka-based AI startups.

Sharda Launchpad

Sharda University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida, with idea-stage, resident and acceleration tracks open to outside founders.

Dr. Bansi Dhar Incubation Centre (DBDIC)

Incubation centre of the Dr. Bansi Dhar Institute in Gurugram, offering lab and prototyping access to clean energy, deep tech and biotech startups.

SIIC IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur's incubator, running national deep-tech, defence, drone, AI and MedTech programmes from campuses in Kanpur and Noida.

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.

IKN Innovation Foundation, IMI Kolkata

The NEEV Incubation Center at IMI Kolkata, running a three-step ladder for founders in Eastern India from idea validation to fundraising.

PIEDS

BITS Pilani's technology business incubator, running government schemes and CSR-funded accelerators for hardware, deep-tech and climate startups from Pilani, Rajasthan.

ACIC-BMU Foundation

The Atal Community Innovation Centre at BML Munjal University in Haryana, backed by NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission and open to innovators from the campus and the community around it.

AIC GGSIPU

Atal Incubation Centre at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, New Delhi, running the Aspire, Spark and Ignite programmes for founders.

AIC-BIMTECH

Atal Incubation Centre at BIMTECH, Greater Noida — a sector-agnostic incubator that runs its own Khoj to Gurukul pipeline and delivers MeitY, Startup India and Uttar Pradesh government schemes.

AIC-IIITH Foundation

Atal Incubation Centre at IIIT Hyderabad for tech-based social enterprises, running the Akash acceleration and GreenTech innovation programmes.

AIIMS Patna Incubation and Innovation Council (APIIC)

The healthcare incubator at AIIMS Patna, backed by DST's NIDHI i-TBI programme, with labs, prototyping bays and clinical validation inside the hospital.

Agri Innovation Hub, PJTAU

AgHub is the agri and food innovation hub of PJTAU in Hyderabad. It supports food and agritech startups, student entrepreneurs and rural entrepreneurs in Telangana and across India.

Amity Innovation Incubator

University-campus incubator in Noida that takes technology startups on rent-plus-equity terms, in person or virtually, with an in-house patent team.

Anupam Innovation & Incubation Centre (AIIC)

Incubation centre of the LNCT Group in Bhopal, running MeitY's GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence programme for early-stage deep-tech and IT founders from Tier-II and Tier-III cities.

BGIIES

The BITS Goa society that runs the BITS BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator, for health and environment startups in Zuarinagar, Goa.

CSVTU Foundation

Section 8 company of Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, running the university's DST NIDHI i-TBI incubator and grant support for rural and grassroots technology ventures.

Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation

Chitkara University's incubator in Rajpura, Punjab — a DST-recognised technology business incubator that hosts NIDHI, MeitY and Startup India funding schemes.

GDC, IIT Madras

Entrepreneurship centre at IIT Madras running customer-discovery bootcamps for STEM research teams from across India.

GINSERV

Bengaluru technology business incubator and accelerator backed by DST, running incubation and acceleration cohorts since 2010.

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.

IIIT Delhi Innovation & Incubation Center

IIIT Delhi's technology business incubator, running physical and virtual incubation, a pre-incubation track and seed funding for tech and deep-tech founders.

IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre

IIM Udaipur's incubation centre, backed by the Department of Science and Technology, running grant, fellowship and accelerator programmes open to founders across India.

IIMK LIVE

IIM Kozhikode's incubator in Kozhikode and Kochi, running incubation, deep-tech, maritime, textile and women-entrepreneur programmes.

IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF)

IIT Palakkad's DST-backed technology innovation hub in Kerala, running deep-tech funding calls and a hardware prototyping lab.

IIT Ropar Technology Business Incubator Foundation (TBIF)

IIT Ropar's technology business incubator — a Section 8 non-profit set up under the DST NIDHI-TBI scheme, backing deep-tech startups in manufacturing, defence, IoT, AI and healthcare from the Rupnagar campus.

IIT Tirupati Navavishkar I-Hub Foundation

DST-backed technology innovation hub at IIT Tirupati incubating startups in mapping, satellite navigation and precision sensing.

IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation

IIT Indore's Technology Innovation Hub, now focused on digital-healthcare startups and technology commercialisation.

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.

KLE CTIE (KLE Technological University)

KLE CTIE, the technology business incubator of KLE Technological University in Hubballi, with incubation space on three North Karnataka campuses and an electronics testing lab for ESDM startups.

Runway Incubator, UPES

UPES Dehradun's incubator, running non-dilutive stage-based grants and an 8-to-10-week blended cohort open to founders anywhere in India.

SSU Innovation Tech Foundation

The DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator of Sri Sri University in Cuttack, Odisha, running an 18-month incubation cycle for startups in IT, advanced manufacturing and electronics.