AIC-CVRCE Foundation

Choosing the right route

• Pre-Incubation suits an idea at an early stage, with a Canvas business model and a team and market description ready.
• The incubation programme suits startups with a manufacturing component that need fablab and tool room access.
• The accelerator process is for startups that want structured support through to a demo day.

How applications work

• Use the Apply Now button on the relevant programme page.
• Startups apply online and go through a detailed review.

What reviewers look for

• How innovative, scalable and market-ready the startup is.
• Whether the idea has a manufacturing component, where the centre's labs apply.

AIC, C.V. Raman College of Engineering Foundation runs an Atal Incubation Centre in Mahura, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The centre is sponsored by the Atal Innovation Mission at NITI Aayog and focuses on advanced technology and manufacturing. It sits within the premises of C.V. Raman Global University.

How programmes work

Pre-Incubation is the idea-stage route. Founders submit an idea online or on paper, using a Canvas business model and a description of the team and market. The incubator management evaluates the idea, and selected ideas pitch to a jury of incubation and entrepreneurship experts. Ideas that pass move into business idea and business plan development.

The main incubation programme is a technology business incubation service. Selected startups work from the centre's facilities, develop a market test, training, a first sale, product improvement and access to finance. Tenants leave after about 12 months, or may stay for the next incubation session.

The accelerator follows a six-step process: application and acceptance, funding, focus, learning, networking, and a demo day that marks graduation. The centre says startups apply online and go through a detailed review of how innovative, scalable and market-ready they are.

Who can apply

The centre says it supports all startups with a manufacturing component, through its fablab and tool room. Its stated sector focus covers advanced technology areas, including future mobility, electric vehicles, drones, AR and VR, AI and machine learning, cyber security, electronic system design and manufacturing, and antenna and communication. Pages on the site do not set out a separate eligibility list for each programme, so founders should check the current intake with the centre before applying.

Facilities

The centre offers workstations, cabins, a conference hall, a cafeteria, a lounge and a board room. Its fablab and tool room support hands-on prototyping. Its centres of excellence are listed for AR and VR, AI and ML, cyber security, robotics, PCB and VLSI, and welding, with a Tata Technology centre among them.

Scale

The site shows self-reported counters with no reporting date. These include 200 ideas, 60 partner organisations onboarded, 2,300 jobs created by portfolio startups, 120 mentors and industry experts, 30 investors onboarded and 28 startups funded. The site's counts of startups incubated differ between pages: the home page shows 90, while the Our Impact page gives 150 for its IMPACT 2025 panel. Founders should treat these as the centre's own figures.

Who runs it

Dr. Srinivas Nagesha Rao Shroff is the chief executive officer. Shri Sanjib Kumar Rout is the managing director of the foundation. The governing council includes Prof. Banshidhar Majhi, who is listed as vice chancellor of C.V. Raman Global University.

Locations

The registered address is Mahura, Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha, 751054. The contact page lists a general contact number and role inboxes for the chief executive officer, the incubation manager and the chief operating officer. Founders who want to reach the team can write to the centre using the contact details on its website.