Pre-Incubation Program — From Idea to Impact
A programme by AIC-ADT Baramati Foundation
A ten-week track that takes an idea through validation to a first MVP and a demo day pitch.
At a glance
| Best for | Students and researchers, first-time founders, teams of two to four people, and anyone still at the idea stage. |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea |
| Duration | 10 weeks |
About Pre-Incubation Program — From Idea to Impact
The centre's entry programme, for founders who have an idea but not yet a company. It runs for ten weeks: idea screening and market sizing in week one, customer discovery and defining an MVP in weeks two to four, revenue model and unit economics in weeks five to seven, and deck refinement and demo day preparation in weeks eight to ten.
What you get
- Idea validation — testing your assumptions and running customer interviews to find product-market fit
- Weekly one-to-one sessions with founders, investors and industry experts
- An investor-ready pitch deck by week ten
- Access to the co-working space and the community there
Who can apply
- Students and researchers wanting to turn academic work into a business
- First-time founders — the programme states no prior experience is needed
- Teams of two to four people with complementary skills
- Idea-stage innovators
How selection works: a short online application with your idea and team details, an internal screening, a twenty-minute video interview with the programme leads, and then final selection into the cohort.
How to apply: through the pre-incubation application form on the centre's site. Questions go to aicadt@adtbaramati.com.
Where to apply
Other AIC-ADT Baramati Foundation programmes
- Incubation ProgramThe main track, taking a venture from ideation through prototype and strategy to market access and scale.
- Acceleration ProgramA three to six month hybrid track for registered startups with a product in the market that want to scale.
- MeitY GENESISThree government-funded routes for electronics, deeptech and ICT startups from tier II and tier III cities, run with MeitY Startup Hub.
- Startup India Seed Fund SchemeThe national seed fund route, which the centre's site describes itself as running as the incubator that screens and mentors applicants.
- Millet Entrepreneurship Development ProgrammeA recurring three-day hands-on training in millet processing and millet-based products, at the centre's millets facility.
- Dairy Entrepreneurship Development ProgrammeA recurring three-day training on milk processing and dairy farm management at the dairy centre of excellence in Baramati.
- Makerspace training — PCB design, laser cutting, 3D printing and CNCShort paid hands-on courses in the Fab & Makerspace Lab, open to students, makers and founders.