Food Processing and FoodTech Incubators and Accelerators (Page 2)

ICAR-CTCRI Agribusiness Incubation (ABI) Centre

Agribusiness incubation centre at ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute in Thiruvananthapuram, set up in 2019, with three satellite centres in Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Tripura.

ICAR-CIFE Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Centre

Incubation centre at ICAR-CIFE, Mumbai, backing fisheries and aquaculture entrepreneurs with institute labs, mentoring and market links. No fixed intake: contact the Officer-in-Charge.

ICAR-CIFT Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ZTM-ABI)

Fisheries-focused incubation centre at ICAR-CIFT, Kochi, with a pilot food plant, office space and one-year residency for up to nine entrepreneurs.

Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ABI), ICAR-IIHR

ICAR-IIHR's Agri-Business Incubation Centre in Bengaluru: paid on-site and off-site incubation for ventures that license the institute's horticulture technologies, plus a mushroom spawn route.

NIFTEM-T Regional Centre Guwahati Food Incubation cum Training Centre

Cottage-level food processing incubation and training centre in Guwahati, a regional unit of NIFTEM-T, with three-day hands-on batches and food business consultancy.

SRISTI Innovations - BIRAC's BioNEST (SIIE-SRISTI BioNEST)

BIRAC-listed BioNEST bio-incubator in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, run by SRISTI Innovations, with labs and mentoring for biotech, agri, food and herbal ventures.

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.

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.

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.

PSG Food Processing Centre

A food processing R&D and business incubation centre at PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, with pilot-scale lines and FSSAI FoSTaC training.

BioNEST - CFTRI

Food bioprocessing and biotech incubator inside CSIR-CFTRI in Mysuru, for food and post-harvest startups. Runs under the BIRAC BioNEST scheme.

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.

BHARATI – Bharat's Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement, and Incubation for Export Innovation

APEDA's BHARATI initiative accelerates agri-food startups, export-enabling technology firms and SPS problem-solvers for export markets. Its 2025 application window has closed.

Periyar Technology Business Incubator

Section 8 technology business incubator in Thanjavur with a herbal health focus, online pre-incubation and residential space on rent.

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.

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.

ICAR-NDRI Agribusiness Incubation Programme

Dairy and food processing incubation at ICAR-NDRI Karnal: entrepreneurship trainings, mentor support, testing and pilot processing lines for small entrepreneurs.

Technology Innovation Foundation of IIT Palakkad (TECHIN)

Section 8 technology business incubator of IIT Palakkad, with cohorts in sanitation, medical technology and food technology, plus programmes for women and students.

BIRAC’s BioNEST Bioincubator (B3I) Facility, North-Eastern Hill University

BIRAC-supported bioincubator at NEHU Tura, Meghalaya, for North-East agri, food, nutrition and life-science startups, with labs, mentors and grant-writing help.

RGU Rural Business Incubation Centre (RuBIC)

NABARD-assisted rural and agriculture incubator at Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh, near Itanagar.