Siemens Bhau Entrepreneurship Promotion Program
A programme by Bhau Institute, COEP
A corporate incubation programme run with Siemens. Applications are closed.
At a glance
| Best for | Founders building on Siemens design and industrial tools |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – Prototype |
| Format | In person |
| Cost | Free |
| Run with | Siemens |
About Siemens Bhau Entrepreneurship Promotion Program
This was Bhau's corporate incubation programme with Siemens, giving young entrepreneurs Siemens and Bhau resources behind the research and development of a product and then incubating it. Applications for it are closed; it is listed here because it recurs as the shape of Bhau's corporate work rather than as something you can apply to today.
What you get
- Pre-incubation mentoring to shape the idea
- Access to Siemens design software at no charge
- Incubation space at no charge
- Technical mentoring and training from experts, and business mentoring from Bhau and Siemens
- Access to COEP labs and faculty
- Support towards proof-of-concept development
Who can apply
- Anyone with a product idea in the listed technologies who can use Siemens design software, training and mentoring alongside COEP and Bhau resources
- Categories covered artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, healthcare, Internet of Things, cyber security, social innovation, and ideas built on Siemens tools
How selection works: applications were evaluated towards an elevator pitch day.
Where to apply
Other Bhau Institute, COEP programmes
- Pre-IncubationAn entry track for students and first-time founders who are still working out whether their idea holds up.
- Physical IncubationThe selective, intensive on-site incubation track with structured training, targeted mentoring and funding support.
- Virtual IncubationIncubation for startups that cannot take, or do not want, space in the building.
- Corporate IncubationCustom programmes where a company uses Bhau as its external innovation and startup-creation arm, including a CSR route.
- NIDHI PRAYASA prototyping grant for individual innovators turning a new idea into a working prototype, run under the Department of Science & Technology's NIDHI umbrella.
- NIDHI EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)A fellowship that lets a graduate or experienced professional work full time on a technology business idea instead of taking a job. Between intakes — the last call is closed.
- NIDHI Seed SupportEquity investment for startups already incubated at Bhau that need capital to bridge development and commercialization. Between intakes — the last call is closed.
- Startup India Seed Fund SchemeNational seed funding for proof of concept, prototype, product trials, market entry and commercialization, disbursed through Bhau as an implementing incubator.
- SARTHI-Bhau Incubation ProgramA twelve-month fellowship for Maharashtra graduates from the Maratha, Kunbi, Maratha-Kunbi and Kunbi-Maratha communities building a technology business.
- AMRUT-Bhau Incubation ProgramA twelve-month fellowship for Maharashtra graduates from the economically weaker section of the open category.
- MahaJyoti-Bhau Incubation ProgramA one-year programme for OBC, VJ, NT and SBC entrepreneurs in Maharashtra with a technology-based idea. The last intake has closed.