College and University Incubators in India (Page 3)

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.

TBI-KIET

Technology business incubator on the KIET campus in Ghaziabad, promoted by DST's NSTEDB, backing first-generation founders in ICT, robotics and e-mobility.

TIDES, IIT Roorkee

TIDES, the technology business incubator at IIT Roorkee, running a bio-incubator and funding schemes for early-stage founders.

TiHAN, IIT Hyderabad

DST's Technology Innovation Hub for autonomous navigation at IIT Hyderabad, funding drone, robotics and self-driving startups through rolling proposal calls.

JNTUH Innovation Foundation (JNTUH TBI)

Section 8 incubator on the JNTU Hyderabad campus, taking deep-tech, drone, IoT and AR/VR startups from idea to prototype to product.

Agri Food Business Incubation Centre (AFBIC), IIT Kharagpur

Agri-food business incubator at IIT Kharagpur, set up under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme, with programmes for ideas, startups and students.

CSJM Innovation Foundation

University-backed Section 8 incubator at CSJM University, Kanpur, open to founders across Uttar Pradesh, with physical, virtual and pre-incubation tracks.

KIIT-TBI

DST-recognised technology business incubator at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, running DST, MeitY and BIRAC funding programmes for founders across eastern and north-eastern India.

Punjab Agri Business Incubator (PABI), Punjab Agricultural University

The agri-business incubator at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, set up under the central RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for idea-stage and commercialisation-ready agri ventures.

I-DAPT HUB Foundation, IIT (BHU) Varanasi

IIT (BHU) Varanasi's data-analytics innovation hub, which incubates DPIIT-recognised startups and takes equity.

Bharat Incubation Center for Futuristic and Advanced Innovations (BICFAI)

Early-stage incubation centre focused on futuristic and advanced technologies for Indian startups.

Madurai Agribusiness Incubation Forum (MABIF)

NABARD and TNAU's agribusiness incubator in Madurai, running a staged incubation programme, a food processing centre, an NABL-accredited food testing lab, and FPO support.

Greenovator Incubation Foundation (GIF), NIT Srinagar

NIT Srinagar's DST-backed technology incubator (i-TBI) in Kashmir. Runs Ignition Grant cohorts and is a Mission YUVA incubation node for early-stage founders.

ISB I-Venture

The Indian School of Business's entrepreneurship platform in Hyderabad and Mohali, running a flagship women-founder accelerator alongside student-only and sector-specific programmes.

Andhra University

A not-for-profit startup incubator in Visakhapatnam, run by the Andhra University Incubation Council, with a stated aim of backing students and the local community.

Centre for Next-Gen Entrepreneurship in Science & Technology Foundation (CNEST), KLE Tech

Technology business incubator at KLE Tech's Belagavi campus, backed by Karnataka's IT & BT department under TBI 2.0, for deep-tech founders in medtech, agritech, AI, manufacturing and electronics.

NITA-FIIE, NIT Agartala

DST-iTBI incubation centre at NIT Agartala supporting early-stage hardware & deeptech startups.

Incubein Foundation (RTMNU BIC), Nagpur

Nagpur University’s business incubation centre — a Section 8 non-profit taking applications from founders, students and unregistered teams across twelve sectors.

IEF of CCSNIAM

Agri-business incubator at CCS NIAM, Jaipur, running RKVY-RAFTAAR programmes for students, pre-seed agripreneurs and seed-stage agri-startups.

Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala's premier government medical institution, hosting a biomedical incubator for health-tech startups.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

ABIF, the agri-technology incubator hosted at IIT Kharagpur's Agricultural and Food Engineering department, takes outside founders. The institute's seed fund is for its own community.

IIM Calcutta

India's first IIM and a leading business school, fostering startups through its Innovation Park and incubation programs.

IIIT Bhubaneswar

Odisha's national IT institute fostering tech entrepreneurship through incubation and innovation programs.

Bennett Hatchery Foundation

Bennett University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida — a UP-recognised centre offering physical and virtual incubation, mostly to its own students and staff.

Geeta University

Haryana-based private university with technical programs and a startup incubation center for student entrepreneurs.

Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University

Jharkhand's security and public administration university expanding into tech innovation and startup programs.

Joy University

Tamil Nadu university with engineering and management programs offering incubation support for student startups.

Manipal University Jaipur

In-house incubation centre of Manipal University Jaipur, run with its Entrepreneurship Cell. Admission is limited to MUJ faculty, students, alumni and partners.

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.

Masters Union School of Business

Masters' Union's early-stage investment arm, MU Ventures, backs idea-stage founders under 25 from Gurugram.

Rayat Bahra University

Punjab's private multi-disciplinary university with innovation labs and incubation support for student startups.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

One of India's largest private universities, with a 1,000-acre campus and an AIM-backed incubator for deep-tech startups.

Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women

A business incubator run by IGDTUW Anveshan Foundation, the Section 8 company of the women's technical university, in Kashmere Gate, Delhi.

Baderia Global Institute of Engineering and Management

Madhya Pradesh engineering institute fostering student innovation through incubation and entrepreneurship programs.

BMS Institute of Technology and Management

Bengaluru engineering college whose BICEP innovation centre runs a campus business incubator for its students and faculty.

Buddha Institute of Technology

UP engineering institute in Gorakhpur fostering entrepreneurship and tech innovation in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

DKTE Textile & Engineering Institute

Ichalkaranji textile and engineering institute whose innovation council, AICTE-IDEA Lab and DST-listed textile TBI support its own students and faculty.

DY Patil RAIT, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai engineering college with an innovation hub and startup programs at the heart of Mumbai's tech satellite city.

GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management

Greater Noida incubator run by GL Bajaj Institute of Technology, with a prototype grant and incubation for Indian innovators and early-stage startups.

Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus

Hyderabad engineering campus in Ibrahimpatnam with an on-campus incubation hub and an MSME intellectual property centre.

Jaipur Engineering College and Research Center

JECRC Incubation Centre (JIC) is a campus incubator in Jaipur, linked to JECRC University, offering mentoring, co-working space and government-backed funding routes to founders.

JIS College of Engineering

Engineering college in Kalyani, West Bengal whose JIS Business Incubation Center is an empanelled MSME Host Institute — anyone with an innovative idea can name it as their host on the government's idea portal.

JSS Institutions

Mysuru's JSS educational group running incubation across engineering, medical, and management campuses in Karnataka.

MVSR Engineering College

Hyderabad engineering college recognised by the Ministry of MSME as a Host Institute, so innovators can route an idea through it for proof-of-concept support.

Foundation for Technology & Business Incubation (FTBI), NIT Rourkela

The incubator of NIT Rourkela — a Section 8 company on campus, open to outside founders as well as students, hosting DST, MeitY and coal-sector funding schemes.

NMIT Bangalore

Engineering college in Yelahanka, Bangalore, with an MSME-supported business incubator, an innovation council and a student entrepreneurship cell.

RNS Institute of Technology

Bangalore engineering college with innovation programs and startup incubation in VTU's technology corridor.

SJC Institute of Technology

Chikkaballapura engineering college with innovation programs and startup support in Karnataka's rural tech corridor.