EdTech and Education Incubators and Accelerators
136 incubators, accelerators and programmes that name EdTech and Education among the sectors they support. Open a profile to see the programme's stage, location and how to apply.
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Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
DPIIT, under India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, runs Startup India: it issues startup recognition and operates the seed, loan-guarantee, IP and tax schemes that recognition unlocks.
NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
IIM Bangalore's startup incubator: free programmes for founders at idea, prototype and growth stage, plus sector tracks in climate, mobility, fintech and healthcare.
NITI Aayog
The Government of India's policy think tank, home to the Atal Innovation Mission and its incubator, challenge and fellowship programmes.
Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub)
Gujarat's state incubation hub for student founders, running seed grants, incubation and mentoring under the Student Startup and Innovation Policy from Ahmedabad.
GUSEC
Gujarat University's zero-cost startup council in Ahmedabad, with co-working space, mentorship and a route into DST, MeitY and Gujarat government funding schemes.
IIT Mandi Catalyst
IIT Mandi's technology business incubator on its Kamand campus — Himachal Pradesh's first, running staged startup programmes alongside DST, MeitY and BIRAC-backed funding schemes.
Deshpande Startups
Technology business incubator in Hubballi with a second campus in Nizamabad, running incubation, acceleration and government funding programmes for non-metro founders.
COEP Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
A DST-supported technology business incubator on the COEP Technological University campus in Pune, running incubation, prototyping and seed support programmes for startups.
Bhau Institute, COEP
Startup incubator at COEP Technological University in Pune, running physical, virtual and pre-incubation tracks plus DST and Maharashtra government funding programmes.
IIMA Ventures
IIM Ahmedabad's startup incubator and seed investor, formerly IIMA-CIIE (CIIE.CO), with offices in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Indore and Guwahati.
IIMV FIELD
The incubation and startup hub of IIM Visakhapatnam, running women-focused, social and emerging-tech programmes from pre-incubation to acceleration.
Bihar Entrepreneurs Association
A not-for-profit entrepreneurs' association in Patna, founded in 2011, running an incubation centre, a coworking office, training and a business helpline for founders in Bihar.
AIC Banasthali
Atal Incubation Centre at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan — an incubator for women-led startups in science, technology and deep tech.
IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre
IIM Lucknow's incubator at its Noida campus, running 24-month incubation, sector accelerators and three seed-funding routes for DPIIT-recognised technology startups.
VentureLab Thapar (STEP-TIET)
The incubator on the Thapar Institute campus in Patiala, set up with DST's NSTEDB in 2005 as STEP and now running as VentureLab Thapar, open to founders across the Punjab region.
IIITB Innovation Centre
IIIT Bangalore's startup incubator in Electronics City, running ATOM pre-incubation, Orbit incubation, FLASH acceleration and MeitY TIDE 2.0 grants — open to outside founders.
JECRC Incubation Centre
Incubation centre at JECRC University, Jaipur — a MeitY TIDE 2.0 G2C centre running GENESIS grant routes for founders nationwide and a student-only incubation cohort.
AIC RAISE
An Atal Incubation Centre in Coimbatore backing startups building toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
AIC ISB
The Atal Incubation Centre on the ISB Mohali campus, running government-funded grant and fellowship calls for founders in Punjab and beyond.
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.
CMRIT Incubation Center
Incubator at CMR Institute of Technology in east Bengaluru, open to outside founders and recognised as an MSME Host Institute.
InFED, IIM Nagpur
The business incubator of IIM Nagpur, running national and state startup schemes plus district business centres across Vidarbha.
KIT's Innovation and Research Foundation (KIT's IRF)
DST NIDHI i-TBI incubator in Kolhapur, hosted by KIT's College of Engineering, open to outside founders in agritech, manufacturing and healthtech.
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.
RIDE Incubator
Jaypee Edusphere's startup incubator at JIIT Noida, open to early-stage founders across India, with campus labs and a twelve-month programme.
Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Haryana
Haryana's nodal industries department, running Startup Haryana: state registration, seed grants, cost reimbursements and incubator support.
Department of IT and E-Governance, Government of Jharkhand
The Government of Jharkhand's IT department, which runs the Jharkhand Startup Policy 2023 through the ABVIL startup portal in Ranchi: idea-stage stipends, prototype and scale-up grants, and reimbursements of rent, power, internet and patent costs for Jharkhand startups.
NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Service Companies runs DeepTech Club, Emerge 50, AI Gamechangers and InnoTrek for India's deeptech and AI startups.
Department of Industries, Government of Bihar
Bihar's industries department, which runs the Bihar Start-up Policy 2022 and the Mukhyamantri Udyami Yojanas: seed and early-stage support for start-ups, and part-grant schemes for individual entrepreneurs.
StartupTN
Tamil Nadu's state startup mission — seed funding, mentoring, procurement access and ten regional hubs, for startups registered in the state.
ACSEL Technology Forum
AI centre under the IIT Alumni Centre Bengaluru, running the Avinya accelerator for Karnataka-based AI startups.
Bala Vikasa Center for Social and Responsible Business
Social enterprise incubator near Hyderabad, running the nine-month PrISE programme on a 20-acre campus.
Sharda Launchpad
Sharda University's Section 8 incubator in Greater Noida, with idea-stage, resident and acceleration tracks open to outside founders.
Ashraya Hastha Trust
Bengaluru family charitable trust that makes grants to registered nonprofits in health, education, livelihoods, animal welfare, environment and disaster relief. Startups are not eligible; a C-CAMP climate programme names it as a collaborator.
WE Hub
The Government of Telangana's incubator for women entrepreneurs, running pre-incubation, incubation and acceleration cohorts from Hyderabad.
Wadhwani Foundation
Global non-profit founded by Dr. Romesh Wadhwani that supports entrepreneurs through Liftoff, Accelerate, Ignite and a learning programme for SMEs; its India work is delivered from Bengaluru by the National Entrepreneurship Network.
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-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.
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.
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.
Government of India
DPIIT's Startup India initiative: startup recognition, a seed fund, a fund of funds, a credit guarantee and incubator schemes.
Government of Manipur
Manipur's state government promoting startups through its Startup Manipur initiative with incubation and funding support.
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.
India Accelerator
A multi-stage, fund-led startup accelerator headquartered in Gurugram, running sector accelerator tracks, a venture studio, an investment arm and mentoring for early- and growth-stage founders.
MGU Innovation Foundation
Section 8 incubator of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, running a DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator with co-working, virtual incubation, an idea grant and a seed fund open to founders from outside the university.
A sector label on a directory is a starting point, not a promise. An incubator that names EdTech and Education may run a dedicated track with mentors and customers from the industry, or it may simply accept EdTech and Education companies alongside every other kind. The first is worth far more to you than the second, so look for evidence of the former on the programme's own page: named mentors, partner companies, lab or pilot access, and past cohorts in your area.
Stage and funding route matter as much as sector. A programme for EdTech and Education that takes companies at the idea stage is a different thing from one that expects revenue, and some are funded by a government scheme with its own eligibility rules, while others are run by a college or a company for its own reasons. Use the stage, type and location on each profile to cut the list down before you apply.
Two applications to well-matched programmes beat ten to ill-matched ones. Pick the few that name your sector and your stage, read what they offer beyond office space, and ask a founder from a recent cohort what changed for them.
The numbers on this page
- 136 of the 2429 incubators, accelerators and programmes we list in India (6%) are on this page.
- By organisation type, the most common are Incubator (105), Academic (73) and Government (26). One organisation can carry more than one type.
- By stage focus, the most listed are Ideation (125), Validation (116) and Early Revenue (68).
- These organisations also name FinTech (64), Social Impact (62) and HealthTech (53) most often, so a EdTech and Education founder will find programmes that cross sectors.
- By state, most are in Maharashtra (21), Delhi (15) and Karnataka (15).
- By city, most are in Delhi (15), Bengaluru (12) and Hyderabad (6).
- 64 of 136 offer coworking space on site.
What to check before applying
- Does the programme run a track for your sector, or only accept it?
- Which stage does it take, and does that match where your company is?
- What does it give besides space: mentors, customers, labs, pilots, introductions to investors?
- Does it take equity or charge a fee, and what is the term?
- Is it tied to a scheme with eligibility rules, such as the type of company or the founder?
- Can you speak to a founder from a recent cohort?
Frequently asked questions
How many incubators and accelerators support EdTech and Education?
We list 136 organisations in India that name EdTech and Education among their sectors. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Does an incubator that lists EdTech and Education only take EdTech and Education companies?
Not usually. Many list several sectors and accept any that fit their stage and location. A programme with a dedicated track has mentors and partners from the industry, which the profile or the programme's own site should show.
Which stage should a EdTech and Education founder look for?
Match your own stage. The stage mix on this page is counted from the profiles; open a profile to see whether the programme takes ideas, prototypes or companies with revenue.
Is an incubator better than an accelerator for my sector?
An incubator usually works with a company for a longer period and often provides space and facilities, which matters when you need labs or equipment. An accelerator is shorter and more intense and suits a company that already has a product and wants to grow faster. The type of each organisation is on its profile.