Hardware and Electronics Incubators and Accelerators
47 incubators, accelerators and programmes that name Hardware and Electronics 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.
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Kerala Startup Mission
Kerala's government startup agency, running the state's grant ladder, incubation and acceleration tracks, and fablabs from Thiruvananthapuram.
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
The Government of India's electronics and IT ministry, which backs technology startups through MeitY Startup Hub with the TIDE 2.0, GENESIS and SAMRIDH schemes.
Gujarat Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence
iCreate, the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology, is a DST-recognised technology incubator in Ahmedabad, with a residential campus, a prototyping lab and one application route to government prototype 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.
PSG-STEP
A technology business incubator at PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore, running since 1998 with DST, BIRAC, MeitY and StartupTN grant and seed-fund schemes across IT, electronics, biotech and nanotech.
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.
RIIDL, Somaiya Vidyavihar University
The incubator of Somaiya Vidyavihar University in Mumbai, open to outside founders as well as its own students, with five bookable labs and a spread of government and corporate funding programmes.
Amrita Technology Business Incubator
A non-profit startup incubator run by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham from its Kollam, Bengaluru and Coimbatore campuses, open to founders across India.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Startup support at IIT Madras in Chennai: the Incubation Cell, the Nirmaan pre-incubator and a biotech bioincubator. Campus founders come first; the Cell also lists outside entrepreneurs.
IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center
IIIT Delhi's incubator in Okhla, New Delhi — a DST-recognised technology business incubator running pre-incubation, on-site and virtual incubation, prototype grants and seed support.
AIC Shiv Nadar University
Atal Incubation Centre at Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida — a tech-agnostic, hardware-leaning incubator set up in 2017 with Atal Innovation Mission support, taking applications year-round.
Incubation Centre IIT Patna
IIT Patna's hardware incubator for ESDM and Medical Electronics startups, hosting DST NIDHI, DPIIT Seed Fund and MeitY GENESIS schemes.
AIC IIT Delhi (Atal Incubation Centre, IIT Delhi)
Atal Incubation Centre at IIT Delhi's Technopark in Sonipat, Haryana, running deep-tech incubation labs, dedicated startup offices and a co-working floor.
Uttishthati Foundation i-TBI, NIT Hamirpur
DST-funded i-TBI at NIT Hamirpur, with a 7,118 sq ft incubation floor, fabrication and ICT labs, and fourteen registered startups.
Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Haryana
Haryana's nodal industries department, running Startup Haryana: state registration, seed grants, cost reimbursements and incubator support.
Technology Development Board (TDB)
India's statutory body for commercialising home-grown technology: it finances Indian companies mainly by soft loan, sometimes equity, rarely by grant.
Department of Science & Technology
India's apex S&T ministry funding science-driven startups from prototype to scale via NIDHI and NSTEDB.
C-DAC
Government R&D organisation under MeitY that licenses its technology, runs PG training courses and is technology partner for MeitY's Blockchain India Challenge.
KLE CTIE (KLE Technological University)
KLE CTIE, the technology business incubator of KLE Technological University in Hubballi, with incubation space on three North Karnataka campuses and an electronics testing lab for ESDM startups.
Maker Village
An electronics hardware and ESDM incubator in Kochi, run by IIITM-K with MeitY and the Government of Kerala, with a 60,000 sq ft facility of labs, prototyping shops and an industrial SMT line.
Startup Karnataka
Karnataka's state startup department, based in Bengaluru. Two ELEVATE grant calls, ELEVATE NxT for deep-tech startups across India and ELEVATE Minorities, are open from 13 October to 13 November 2026.
Andhra University
A not-for-profit startup incubator in Visakhapatnam, run by the Andhra University Incubation Council, with a stated aim of backing students and the local community.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
SINE, IIT Bombay's incubator and deep-tech accelerator for technology startups, with a Semiconductor accelerator cohort taking applications.
BITS BIRAC BioNEST, BITS Pilani Goa
Health and environment bio-incubator on the BITS Pilani Goa campus, with wet-lab benches, monthly office space and a Startup India seed fund window.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
One of India's largest private universities, with a 1,000-acre campus and an AIM-backed incubator for deep-tech startups.
Allenhouse Startup and Incubation Foundation (ASIF)
Section 8 incubator on the Allenhouse campus in Kanpur, offering resident and off-campus incubation to incorporated startups, and pre-incubation to the college's own students and alumni.
Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus
Hyderabad engineering campus in Ibrahimpatnam with an on-campus incubation hub and an MSME intellectual property centre.
Process and Product Development Centre (PPDC), Agra
Government tool room, testing lab and training centre in Agra — MSMEs and founders buy machining, testing and skills here, not a place in a cohort.
Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments (IDEMI), Mumbai
A Government of India technology centre in Mumbai for the electrical and electronics instrument industry, running design, tool room, calibration, testing and free skills training, with a two-year incubation offer at its Bengaluru extension centre.
St. Xaviers Catholic College of Engineering
AICTE-approved engineering college in Kanyakumari active in Tamil Nadu's startup bootcamps and innovation initiatives in partnership with StartupTN.
NIT Silchar
DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI)
NSIC- Technical Services Centre AJI Industrial Estate
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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.
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.
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.
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)
Maharashtra's state industrial infrastructure agency — it allots industrial plots, built-up space and small sheds through the MILAAP portal, and runs the MIDC Grand Challenge.
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.
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.
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.
MedTech CoE
Medical-technology incubator in Lucknow, run by STPI on the SGPGI campus, for start-ups in medical electronics and health informatics. Its seventh open challenge has closed.
CUSAT TBI (CUSATECH Foundation)
University technology business incubator on the CUSAT campus in Kochi, starting with CUSAT students, plus a RUSA-backed startup grant for Indian citizens.
KLS GRID (Research, Innovation & Development)
Not-for-profit deep tech incubator on the KLS Gogte Institute of Technology campus in Belagavi, for founders building in defence, semiconductors, AI, precision manufacturing and EVs.
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Calicut (CIE @ UOC)
The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Calicut runs an incubation centre and a FabLab for students, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs. Apply by email to cie@uoc.ac.in.
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.
Tamil Nadu Emerging Sector Seed Fund
A SEBI Category I venture capital fund anchored by the Government of Tamil Nadu, investing in growth-stage MSMEs and startups in emerging sectors, mainly in Tamil Nadu.
A sector label on a directory is a starting point, not a promise. An incubator that names Hardware and Electronics may run a dedicated track with mentors and customers from the industry, or it may simply accept Hardware and Electronics 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 Hardware and Electronics 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
- 47 of the 2429 incubators, accelerators and programmes we list in India (2%) are on this page.
- By organisation type, the most common are Incubator (36), Academic (17) and Government (12). One organisation can carry more than one type.
- By stage focus, the most listed are Ideation (40), Validation (32) and Early Revenue (28).
- These organisations also name Deep Tech (19), HealthTech (19) and AgriTech (18) most often, so a Hardware and Electronics founder will find programmes that cross sectors.
- By state, most are in Tamil Nadu (8), Maharashtra (7) and Kerala (6).
- By city, most are in Delhi (5), Mumbai (4) and Chennai (3).
- 19 of 47 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 Hardware and Electronics?
We list 47 organisations in India that name Hardware and Electronics among their sectors. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Does an incubator that lists Hardware and Electronics only take Hardware and Electronics 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 Hardware and Electronics 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.