AI and Machine Learning Incubators and Accelerators (Page 2)

Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus

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

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.

RNS Institute of Technology

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

Newton School of Technology

StartX is the entrepreneurship programme at Newton School of Technology. It offers mentorship and a pre-seed grant route, and only enrolled NST students can apply.

Scaler School of Technology

On-campus incubator at Scaler School of Technology in Bengaluru, helping students build deep-tech startups before they graduate.

Locus

Locus is an enterprise logistics-software company. It runs no startup programme; the only way in is a sales demo request.

STPI CoE-EA, Bengaluru

STPI's Bengaluru centre for efficiency-augmentation startups — Industry 4.0 incubation in Jayanagar, run with the Government of Karnataka.

UPES

Runway Incubator, run by UPES in Dehradun, offers equity-free grants, mentoring and AI-focused angel investment to Indian startups from idea to early revenue.

DTU Innovation and Incubation Foundation (DTU-IIF)

The official incubator of Delhi Technological University in north-west Delhi — sector agnostic, open to founders from anywhere, with a women-led seed support track backed by DST.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

IIT Delhi drives deep-tech entrepreneurship through FITT, one of India's oldest and largest academic incubators.

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

PIEDS, the technology business incubator of BITS Pilani, runs mentorship, co-working and government-backed funding programmes for early-stage startups.

Center for Incubation, Adamas University

Kolkata university incubation centre open to any Indian founder, with a BIRAC-supported E-YUVA Centre for biotech fellowships.

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.

AVN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Campus incubation unit at AVNIET, Ibrahimpatnam, recognised by the Ministry of MSME as a Host Institution and Business Incubator.

Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology

A Kerala Startup Mission IEDC and a KSIDC-sanctioned incubation centre on the ASIET campus at Kalady — for the college's own students, faculty and alumni.

Startups Valley (AJCE Technology Business Incubator)

Technology business incubator at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering in Kanjirappally, Kerala, open to students, faculty, alumni and the public.

nasscom CoE – IoT & AI

MeitY and nasscom's Centre of Excellence for IoT & AI — deep-tech incubation, an in-house electronics lab and enterprise pilot connects, from centres in Gurugram, Bengaluru, Gandhinagar and Visakhapatnam.

CURAJ Incubation Foundation

Section 8 incubator hosted by Central University of Rajasthan at Bandarsindari, Ajmer; listed on DST's NIDHI inclusive TBI register.

LEAF – GLS University Incubator

DST-supported technology business incubator at GLS University, Ahmedabad, for IoT, analytics and mobile-first startups.

Symbiosis Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

DST-recognised technology business incubator at Symbiosis, Lavale, Pune, with two-year incubation and online entrepreneurship courses.

i-RISE — Technology Business Incubator, IISER Mohali

DST-supported technology business incubator at IISER Mohali, backing science and deep tech startups from idea to commercialisation.

FIRST TBI – Foundation for Innovation & Research at SASTRA

Section 8 technology business incubator on the SASTRA campus in Thanjavur, backed by DST, for 3D printing, IoT, VR, robotics and drone startups.

Vel Tech Technology Business Incubator (Vel Tech TBI)

DST-supported technology business incubator in Avadi, Chennai, running five government funding routes with no incubation charge.

International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad)

Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at IIIT Hyderabad: deep-tech, medtech and social incubators, plus DST NIDHI and TIDE 2.0 residencies for research-based startups.

SR Innovation Exchange (SRiX)

The DST technology business incubator at SR University, Warangal — open to founders from anywhere in India, not just students.

JSS STEP Noida

DST-recognised technology business incubator on the JSS Academy of Technical Education campus in Noida

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.

dhaRti Foundation, IIT Dharwad

Incubator on the IIT Dharwad campus in Karnataka, running the BIRAC-backed dhaRti BioNEST centre for biotech, medtech and healthcare startups.

Accenture

Accenture's open-innovation route for Indian founders is the Tech Next Challenge — an annual, free competition for deep-tech startups already selling to enterprises, with one winner per track and a path into Accenture's client work.

Startup Reseau

Mumbai company that designs and runs accelerator, incubation and market-access programmes for corporates, governments and universities, alongside its own founder programmes.

Flipkart Leap

Flipkart's own accelerator, running an equity investment track and a paid-pilot track for Indian tech startups, online and free to join.

Edugild

MIT India's innovation and incubation centre in Pune, open to any student in India, with rolling applications and no fee.

ML Elevate

Accelerator focused on early-stage machine learning startups

SenseAI

Startup accelerator firm focused on the AI & ML sectors

SGBAU

University incubation centre of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University in Amravati, Maharashtra. A non-profit Section 8 company offering incubation, pre-incubation and open innovation.

MATH

Provider of diversified AI services

Tata Elxsi

Global design and technology services company working across healthcare, automotive, media and consumer products.

Gyan Circle Ventures

Technology business incubator of IIIT Sri City, a MeitY TIDE 2.0 Group 2 centre with EiR and grant programmes. Calls run in windows; none open now.

Buddha Innovation Council

Incubation centre on the Buddha Institute of Technology campus in Gorakhpur, with a Fab Lab and coworking space for student-led and early-stage startups in Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

KAU RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator (KAU RABI)

Kerala Agricultural University's agri-business incubator at Vellanikkara, Thrissur, with the RAISE and PACE programmes for idea-stage and MVP-stage agri startups.

SNS Incubation Centre, BIT Sindri

Campus incubation centre of BIT Sindri, a government engineering college in Dhanbad: desks, Siemens lab access, mentoring and soft-loan seed funding, mainly for BIT students, alumni and Jharkhand-registered startups.

iHUB DivyaSampark, IIT Roorkee

Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Roorkee, backed by DST, supporting deep-tech startups and innovators in cyber-physical systems with prototype funding and incubation.

CUJ SITEC Council

University incubator at Central University of Jammu for student, faculty and outside tech founders, with resident incubation for incorporated companies.

DBT-ILS Bioincubator

Life-science incubator in Bhubaneswar, run inside the Institute of Life Sciences, with shared lab space, mentoring and tech transfer, and no equity taken.

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) Incubation Programs

Telecom-focused incubation at C-DOT's Centres of Innovation in Delhi and Bengaluru, for startups and innovators with projects at TRL-3 or below.

IMAGE Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE)

A 6-month accelerator in Hyderabad for gaming, animation, VFX, computer vision and AI start-ups, run by STPI with seed funding.

AIC-NIFIE Incubation Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Section 8 technology incubator run from IIM Mumbai, with office-based and virtual incubation and a pre-incubation programme for early ideas.

CGC VentureNest

Technology business incubator run by CGC University, Mohali, with co-working space, mentorship and investor access for startups from ideation to market entry.