Fellowship Grant in Battery Energy
A programme by AIC Banasthali
A two-phase fellowship for community battery energy storage innovations in Rajasthan, run with the Royal Norwegian Embassy; applications closed in February 2025.
At a glance
| Best for | Indian innovators working on community battery energy storage with a Rajasthan connection |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – MVP |
| Duration | 6 months in two phases |
| Format | Online |
| Cost | Free, no equity |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
| Run with | The Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, Innovation Norway, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi |
About Fellowship Grant in Battery Energy
Run with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi and Innovation Norway, with fellows hosted at an Atal Incubation Centre and at TERI in New Delhi. Applications closed on 25 February 2025, so this is a past round — the page is worth reading if you work in energy storage and want to know what the next one would look like.
What you get
- Phase one, three months: mentoring from the incubation centres and TERI on the Sustainable Development Goals, entrepreneurial skills and life skills. Mentoring is online, so no relocation is needed.
- Phase two, three months: an additional grant to develop a prototype, commercialise the innovation or implement it in the community.
- Twelve fellowships are awarded in total.
Who can apply
- Indian citizens aged 18 or over, with a valid PAN card.
- Innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers in energy storage; students and working professionals are eligible, and applicants from underserved regions are encouraged.
- Women innovators and startups are preferred; a man may be the co-founder.
- Open to all educational backgrounds.
- You must live in Rajasthan, currently work in the state, or have an idea already implemented there or implementable there.
- Ideas at MVP stage are given preference.
How selection works: at the end of phase one, candidates are judged on whether the innovation is useful and implementable for the local community, sustainable and environmentally friendly, contributes to the circular economy, and shows potential to commercialise or scale. Those who pass move to phase two.
Where to apply
Other AIC Banasthali programmes
- IncubationThe centre's main incubation programme for women-led startups in science, technology and deep tech.
- Banasthali Alumni Startup Incubation ProgramA four-month hybrid incubation programme for startups founded or co-founded by Banasthali Vidyapith alumni.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 — Entrepreneur-in-Residence grant and seed fundGrant and seed funding for women innovators taking a technology idea from concept to MVP, run with MeitY.
- DST NIDHI PRAYASA prototyping grant with lab access for women-led innovators building a physical product.
- NIDHI Seed Support SchemeEquity-based seed support from DST for women-led startups already incubated at the centre.
- Startup India Seed Fund SchemeDPIIT seed funding for early-stage women-led innovators, delivered through the centre.
- MeitY SAMRIDH Accelerator ProgramA four-month acceleration programme with MeitY Startup Hub for DPIIT-registered, woman-founded startups that are raising.
- GDC I-NITIATEA two-week hybrid entrepreneurship immersion run with the Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre at IIT Madras.
- Stanford Seed Spark ProgramA five-month part-time online course from Stanford Graduate School of Business, offered through the centre; the listed intake has closed.
- Women Entrepreneurship Development Program (WEDP)A four-week entrepreneurship course for Banasthali Vidyapith students and research scholars, supported by DST; the listed edition closed in November 2024.
- Banasthali Innovation AwardAn annual innovation award for Banasthali Vidyapith faculty, scholars, college students and school students; the 2025 edition closed in November 2025.