Indian Council of Medical Research
India's apex biomedical research body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; runs Grand Challenge calls (often with global partners like the Gates Foundation) funding health and nutrition innovation.
National Institute of Technology, Trichy (NIT-Trichy)
Technology business incubator in Tiruchirappalli, promoted by the Department of Science and Technology and the Tamil Nadu government since 1986
Shreetron IT
DST TBI: Shreetron IT UPVAN Society
Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)
Government of Karnataka mission running the Karnataka Acceleration Network and the Beyond Bengaluru Cluster Seed Fund for startups outside Bengaluru.
TIH IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay's DST-funded Technology Innovation Hub for IoT — seed investment, rolling grants and a fellowship for IoT founders, separate from the campus incubator SINE.
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) is a Ministry of Defence scheme that runs challenges to fund Indian startups, MSMEs and individual innovators working on defence technology.
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
A subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India focused on promoting innovation in the financial sector.
Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI)
Nodal agency of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir for the J&K Startup Policy: it recognises startups registered in J&K and runs the state's seed fund and startup awards.
Electropreneur Park, Bhubaneswar
STPI's electronics and hardware incubator in Bhubaneswar, taking in Odisha's ESDM founders through its Open Challenge Program.
Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI)
Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) is an autonomous R&D institute in Bengaluru under the Ministry of Heavy Industries. It runs the DRISHTI innovation platform and a national design competition for engineering students.
ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur
ICAR-CAZRI's agri-business incubation centre in Jodhpur: incubation, technology transfer, IP filing and training for agri-startups and farm enterprises.
ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB), Ranchi
Agri-business incubation centre of ICAR-IIAB in Ranchi, offering mentoring, product validation and business support to agri-entrepreneurs.
NRI TBI
Startup incubator
JLU Foundation for Incubation and Entrepreneurship
Media focused startup incubator
LEAF
Technology business incubator at GLS University in Ahmedabad, with an Internet of Things focus and government-supported status
APIARY - A Centre of Entrepreneurship in Blockchain Technology
Blockchain incubator and accelerator run by STPI at its Gurugram incubation facility, with MeitY and Haryana government backing.
Innocity
Sector agnostic startup accelerator
Innovate for Digital India
Government backed accelerator focusing on the technology sector
Zone Startups India
Startup accelerator
Tesscentino
Academic institution backed sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups
Tula's Technology Business Incubator Foundation
Academic institution backed sector agnostic incubator
AIC-Prestige
Atal Incubation Centre in Indore, run under NITI Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission, offering in-campus and virtual incubation for startups.
Startup Oasis
RIICO backed startup incubator
ISME ACE
Startup accelerator focused on Financial Services sector
Aicadtbaramatifoundation
Provider of incubation and acceleration services for early-stage entrepreneurs
NTIBIF
The incubation foundation of NIFTEM Kundli, backing Food-Agri and allied sector startups.
Vadodara Startup Studio
Academic institution backed sector agnostic startup studio
KIIT TBI BioIncubator
University backed startup incubator focused on the BioTech sector
Entrepreneurship and Incubation Cell
Sector agnostic startup incubator
B-Nest
Startup incubator firm backed by the Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation
Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre
Institution-backed accelerator focused on early-stage tech startups
PDPU IIC
Sector agnostic startup incubator
ANDC Instart Foundation
Sector agnostic startup incubator
North East Agriculture Technology Entrepreneurs Hub
Accelerator focused on early-stage agriculture sector businesses
CoE-IoT
Centre of Excellence for IoT and AI, backed by MeitY and NASSCOM. Incubation and virtual acceleration for IoT, AI and deep-tech startups, with a lab in Bengaluru.
re-search.in
Incubator firm backed by CIIE & MNRE
Educentre School of Business
Startup-focused incubator firm
CoE-Efficiency Augmentation
Bengaluru centre that helps Indian start-ups build AI, ML, Big Data and IoT products that make industry, services and government work more efficiently
PCSIC
Government-backed sector-agnostic incubator focused on Pune based startups
The Pfizer IIT Delhi Innovation and IP Program
Healthcare focused university backed startup incubator
DesignGild
MIT Institute of Design backed startup accelerator
BSC BioNEST Bio-Incubator
BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, with wet labs, a BSL2 culture facility and resident or virtual incubation.
RTBI
Goverment backed startup incubator
Innovate Delhi
University backed startup incubator
Remote Incubator
Platform offering startup education, community access, resources, and funding assistance
Bioinnovation Centre
Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre is a Government of Karnataka undertaking that incubates life-science startups in Electronic City, Bengaluru, from idea stage to market.
Ideation Innovation & Incubation (I-3) Foundation
Provider of incubation and acceleration solutions to startups
ACIC Mar Ephraem Incubation Forum
Non-profit incubation firm