Manufacturing Incubators and Accelerators
106 incubators, accelerators and programmes that name Manufacturing 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.
SINE, IIT Bombay
SINE, IIT Bombay's technology business incubator since 2004, has backed 550+ startups including Gupshup, ideaForge and ImmunoACT, and now also runs Y-Point, its own early-stage deep-tech VC fund.
AIC BAMU Foundation
Atal Incubation Centre at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, running pre-incubation, resident and virtual incubation with intakes twice a year, open to founders with no university link.
AIC Anand Foundation
Agri and food business incubator at Anand Agricultural University, and Gujarat's state-level RKVY agribusiness incubation centre.
IIT Madras Incubation Cell
The deep-tech incubator of IIT Madras in Chennai. It takes outside startups with a strong technology base, and gives 18 months of incubation support.
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.
Cultiv8 (CIET-TBI)
Cultiv8 is the technology business incubator of Coimbatore Institute of Engineering and Technology, running an open incubation intake, a four-week founder sprint and seed support through DST and Startup India schemes.
Kongu Engineering College
DST-backed technology business incubator on the Kongu Engineering College campus in Erode, open to outside founders and Tamil Nadu MSMEs.
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.
AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum
Pune Atal Incubation Centre hosted by Pinnacle Industries, running pre-incubation, a 12-month incubation, a 6-month accelerator and a women founders' track in EV, cleantech, healthtech, AI and robotics.
AIC Anna Incubator
Atal Incubation Centre hosted by Anna University in Guindy, Chennai, with a hardware prototyping lab, coworking and a recurring pitch competition run with PALS.
AIC-ADT Baramati Foundation
Atal Incubation Centre for agri and allied startups at Baramati, with a makerspace, a NABL-accredited analytical lab and a food innovation lab.
Nasscom AI Centre of Excellence, Gandhinagar
Government-backed AI and Industry 4.0 centre at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, running the GrowX accelerator and the AI Innovation Challenge for deep-tech startups.
IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation
DST Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Madras backing cyber-physical systems startups in sensors, networking, actuators and control systems.
ACIC IIT (ISM) Foundation
The Atal Community Innovation Centre at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, incubating community-focused start-ups and innovators across Jharkhand.
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.
NETRARIT Foundation TBI
Section 8 technology business incubator hosted by Rajarambapu Institute of Technology in Islampur, Sangli district, funded by the Maharashtra State Innovation Society and supporting 30+ startups.
St. Peters Institute of Higher Education and Research
SPIHER, a deemed university in Avadi, Chennai, runs the SPEC Technology Business Incubator and a Ministry-backed MSME Business Incubator for technology ventures.
SPEC-TBI — St. Peter's Engineering College Technology Business Incubator
DST-supported technology business incubator at St. Peter's campus in Avadi, Chennai, open to any founder over 21, with workshops, labs and a seed support scheme for its incubatees.
Ministry of Textiles
Central ministry running NTTM and the GREAT scheme providing grants to startups innovating in technical textiles for commercialisation.
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.
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.
IHFC, IIT Delhi
IIT Delhi's DST-funded Technology Innovation Hub for cobotics — pre-seed, incubation and deep-tech funding calls for robotics, AI and drone founders.
StartupTN
Tamil Nadu's state startup mission — seed funding, mentoring, procurement access and ten regional hubs, for startups registered in the state.
ARTPARK, IISc Bengaluru
Not-for-profit technology business incubator at IISc Bengaluru for deep-tech in AI, robotics and cyber-physical systems, with a residency for researchers and an equity investment programme for startups.
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 MSME, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh's state department for MSMEs, which runs the state startup policy and its seed, patent, lease, incubator and accelerator support.
Amazon India
Amazon India's routes for startups: the Smbhav Venture Fund for early-stage companies, the Propel accelerator for D2C brands going global, and Saheli Accelerate for women entrepreneurs.
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.
CEAT Limited
Leading Indian tyre manufacturer under RPG Group, operating across 120+ countries with focus on innovation in sustainable mobility and smart manufacturing.
CII Centre of Excellence
CII's startup centre at T-Hub, Hyderabad: corporate pilot and market-access programmes for growth-stage startups, plus a paid affiliation certificate for Indian startups.
FICCI
India's oldest and largest apex business organization established in 1927, representing 250,000+ companies and driving the FICCI for Startups initiative.
Government of Gujarat
Gujarat's state startup support, run by the Industries Commissionerate: seed funding and a sustenance allowance through approved nodal institutions, plus accelerators.
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 Maharashtra
Maharashtra's state government supporting startups through its Startup Policy, seed funding, and incubation infrastructure across the state.
ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI
The RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator at ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai, funding agri startups from student idea through prototype to seed stage.
IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation
IIT Indore's Technology Innovation Hub, now focused on digital-healthcare startups and technology commercialisation.
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.
Labour & Employment Department, J&K
Jammu & Kashmir government department behind seed money, soft loans and a credit guarantee for entrepreneurs, and Mission YUVA, a UT-wide enterprise programme.
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Central Government ministry driving entrepreneurship and the North East Venture Fund across 8 NE states.
Ministry of MSME
Government of India ministry for micro, small and medium enterprises. Runs PMEGP, ZED certification, the credit guarantee, design and IP support and the MSME Idea Hackathon.
National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM)
Government mission run by the Ministry of Textiles in New Delhi. Its GREAT scheme gives milestone-based grant-in-aid to individuals and startups building technical-textile products through an incubator; its other components fund institutions.
SSU Innovation Tech Foundation
The DST NIDHI inclusive Technology Business Incubator of Sri Sri University in Cuttack, Odisha, running an 18-month incubation cycle for startups in IT, advanced manufacturing and electronics.
Shree Cement Limited
India's third-largest cement producer supporting innovation in climate-tech and sustainability, with CSR programmes across skill development and rural empowerment.
T-Works
Telangana's hardware prototyping centre in Hyderabad, with nine workshops and monthly passes for startups.
Engineers India Limited
Navratna company wholly owned by the Government of India, with a Start-up India procurement route for startups and an enlistment process for suppliers.
AIC Mahindra e-Hub Foundation
The Atal Incubation Centre established by Mahindra University and supported by the Atal Innovation Mission at NITI Aayog, giving startups mentoring, workspace and access to the university's labs.
A sector label on a directory is a starting point, not a promise. An incubator that names Manufacturing may run a dedicated track with mentors and customers from the industry, or it may simply accept Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing 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
- 106 of the 2429 incubators, accelerators and programmes we list in India (4%) are on this page.
- By organisation type, the most common are Incubator (72), Government (36) and Academic (30). One organisation can carry more than one type.
- By stage focus, the most listed are Ideation (87), Validation (82) and Early Revenue (63).
- These organisations also name AgriTech (45), Deep Tech (35) and CleanTech (34) most often, so a Manufacturing founder will find programmes that cross sectors.
- By state, most are in Tamil Nadu (20), Maharashtra (15) and Delhi (12).
- By city, most are in Delhi (12), Chennai (9) and Mumbai (7).
- 43 of 106 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 Manufacturing?
We list 106 organisations in India that name Manufacturing among their sectors. The count changes as profiles are added and checked.
Does an incubator that lists Manufacturing only take Manufacturing 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 Manufacturing 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.