CleanTech and Climate Incubators and Accelerators (Page 4)

Biotechnology Incubation Centre (BIC-HPU)

Himachal Pradesh University's incubator in Shimla, backing biotech, agri, food and waste-to-value ventures from the hills.

NITK-STEP (NITK Science & Technology Entrepreneurs' Park)

Campus incubator at NIT Karnataka Surathkal, taking in technology startups all year round on a rolling basis.

Technology Business Incubator, NIT Calicut

Technology business incubator on the NIT Calicut campus, open to outside founders as well as students, with a fabrication lab and rented office space.

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.

NITJ Technology Business Incubator

DST-supported incubator on the NIT Jalandhar campus, open to founders from outside the institute who already have a working proof of concept.

CU-TBI (Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator)

DST NIDHI-TBI on Chandigarh University's Gharuan campus in Mohali, open to campus and independent founders for 18 months of incubation.

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.

Agri-Business Incubator of ICRISAT (ABI-ICRISAT)

Agri incubator at ICRISAT Patancheru, near Hyderabad — DST-listed, reachable only by email.

ASPIRE-TBI, University of Hyderabad

DST-backed technology business incubator at the University of Hyderabad for pharma, biotech and renewable energy startups, with a year-round intake.

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Campus technology business incubator at BITS Pilani Hyderabad, running since 2012 with bio labs, prototyping space and student pre-incubation.

SR Innovation Exchange (SRiX)

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

Marico Innovation Foundation

Marico Limited's not-for-profit foundation in Mumbai. It runs the Indian Innovation Icons awards and Scale-Up, an equity-free mentoring accelerator for Indian startups.

FSID, IISc

IISc Bengaluru's deep science incubator and research foundation — its STEM incubator takes applications all year and is open to founders with no IISc link.

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.

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology - Technology Business Incubator (BIT-TBI)

Technology business incubator set up in 2007 at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam (Erode district), with DST support. Open to students, alumni and the public; focus on biotech, food, agri, health and manufacturing.

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.

SSIIE-TBI (SPMVV Society for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship)

NIDHI-TBI technology incubator at Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati. Open to outside founders, with four labs, mentoring and a NIDHI-PRAYAS centre.

Atal Community Innovation Centre - Jnana Prabodhini Innovation Foundation (ACIC-JPIF)

Atal Community Innovation Centre at Nigdi, Pune, for rural innovators, SHGs, FPOs and students, with a pre-incubation track and a 10 to 12 month incubation programme.

Atal Incubation Center, Banaras Hindu University (AIC-MFIE-IM-BHU)

Atal Incubation Centre inside the Institute of Management Studies at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi: an 18-month incubation programme for prototype-stage startups and a 14-week pre-incubation programme.

RISE Jhansi Incubation Centre

Business incubation centre of Jhansi Smart City Limited, listed on the UP StartinUP register, with an 8-week accelerator, a women's cohort and a startup problem-solving platform.

Entrepreneurship Promotion and Incubation Council (EPIC)

Section 8 NIDHI-TBI at Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Haryana, with stage-wise incubation programmes for technology and manufacturing startups.

Tagore Centre for Green Technology Business Incubation

Business incubator at IIEST Shibpur in Howrah, focused on green technology, mainly for the institute's faculty, students, alumni and research partners.

Incubation Center, NIT Patna

NIT Patna's own incubation centre in Patna. Open to the institute's students, alumni and faculty, and to outside entrepreneurs with a concept or early prototype.

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.

Innoscale Global Foundation

A public trust that runs a 12-month startup incubation programme across sector hubs, with a registered office in Dwarka, New Delhi, and a Gorakhpur address on Uttar Pradesh's recognised-incubator list.

EKJUT Technology Business Incubator

University technology business incubator at Jharkhand University of Technology, Ranchi, taking rolling applications from startups for on-campus office space and mentoring.

EcoHub.IN

Six-month in-person incubator in Hyderabad for early-stage climate, pollution and circularity businesses with a working MVP. Non-dilutive. Cohort 1 applications closed in July 2026.

Hero For Startups

Hero MotoCorp's 12-month accelerator for startups building mobility, clean-tech and deep-tech solutions, with paid proofs of concept.

Nashik Engineering Cluster

Nashik's Section 8 engineering cluster, with a startup incubation centre (n-InC) that takes applications for engineering, manufacturing and deeptech ventures.

IITG-BioNEST Bio-Incubation Centre

A BIRAC-supported bio-incubator on the IIT Guwahati campus for deeptech startups in healthcare, agritech and industrial biotech, mostly from North East India.

Meraki Labs

Venture studio that takes founders from paper idea to prototype, with an Incubate track for early-stage ideas and a Catalyze track for pre-seed and seed partners.

Technology Business Pre-Incubation Centre (TBPIC), Government Engineering College Wayanad

Pre-incubation centre at Government Engineering College Wayanad for technology-based start-ups, with campus working space for companies.

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.

GCE Erode Innovation Hub Foundation

Incubation and innovation centre of the Government College of Engineering, Erode, set up in 2026 as a Section 8 company for students, faculty and aspiring founders.

Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship, Maharshi Dayanand University

Maharshi Dayanand University's innovation and incubation centre in Rohtak, for students, staff, faculty and alumni who have an idea to build into a startup.

XCITE (XLRI Council for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship)

NABARD-funded rural business incubator hosted at XLRI Jamshedpur for founders in 12 eastern and north-eastern states, with a six-month hybrid programme. The first cohort's applications are closed.

TBI@KEC - Technology Business Incubator, Kongu Engineering College

DST and Kongu Engineering College technology business incubator in Perundurai, Erode, backing electronics, ICT and emerging-tech startups with space, labs and services.

Bharat Water Innovation Network (Bharat WIN)

Ministry of Jal Shakti water-innovation initiative run from NIH Roorkee, with a grant-in-aid open call for registered startups and MSMEs (closed 31 August 2026).

Precog Innovation

Venture capital-backed startup studio focused on cleantech startups

Climate Tech Investment Network

Startup incubator firm focused on climate tech companies

climateXcapital

Accelerator focused on climate tech startups