Buddha Innovation Council

Before you contact BIC

• It is a campus centre. It sits inside Buddha Institute of Technology in Gorakhpur and says it supports student-led and early-stage startups. It does not publish a rule for outside founders, so ask before assuming either way.
• There is no application page or cohort calendar. Entry is by enquiry, so the first step is to write or call.
• Fees and equity are not published. Ask both questions up front.

How to reach them

• Email the centre at info@buddhainnovation.in or ic@bit.ac.in.
• Call +91-9794849804.
• Or fill in the workspace enquiry form on the Coworking page. It asks what space you want, when, for how many people and for how long.

What to bring

• A line on your product and its stage. Several startups it lists are hardware or IoT products at prototype stage, and the Fab Lab is built for that kind of work.
• Whether your team is registered as a company, and whether any member studies at the host institute.

Good to know

• Space is limited: the centre has room for 20 start-ups.
• The Fab Lab, called Tinker Hub, has 3D printers, CNC machines and PCB, IoT, drone and GPU computing facilities. Ask how outside teams book it.

Buddha Innovation Council (BIC) is the innovation and incubation centre of Buddha Institute of Technology in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2023 and works from the institute's campus in Sector 7, GIDA. Its stated vision is to build a sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Some pages of its website call it BIF, and the institute's own site lists it as its Institutes Innovation Cell, but its name, its About page and the state register all say Buddha Innovation Council.

What it offers

BIC says its mission is to support student-led and early-stage startups through mentorship, infrastructure and industry linkage. It also says it connects startups with mentors, investors and industries. The centre covers 10,000 sq. ft. and has space for 20 start-ups. The building has a reception, cubicles, co-working spaces, a meeting area, a cafe and a Fab Lab.

The Fab Lab is run under the name Tinker Hub. BIC describes it as having digital fabrication tools including 3D printers and CNC machines, plus facilities for PCB design, IoT development, drone technology and GPU computing. Founders and makers can use it to build and refine prototypes.

Who can apply

BIC does not publish an eligibility rule, an application form, a cohort calendar or a fee list. Its mission points at student-led and early-stage teams, but nothing on its pages limits entry to students of the host institute, and nothing asks for a registered company. The startups it lists are mostly private limited companies, so some teams have registered before joining. Treat the gate as unconfirmed and ask BIC before you plan around it.

Startups it lists

The website names eight startups. They include a college ERP and software services company, an AI and IoT training startup, a legal and civic services app, a smart dustbin maker, an AI symptom-checker chatbot, a smart lifebuoy for drowning rescue, a low-power electric lift, and an IoT railway-track crack detector. Several are hardware or IoT products, which fits the Fab Lab. The state register of recognised incubators gives a count of nine startups.

Recognition

BIC appears in the Recognized Incubators list kept by StartinUP, the Uttar Pradesh startup portal run by the state's Department of IT and Electronics. That list is a register of recognised incubators in the state. It does not say how long any support lasts, and BIC's own pages do not claim any national scheme status.

Contact and location

The centre is at Buddha Institute of Technology, CL-1 Sector 7, GIDA, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh 273209. For how to apply, write to the centre or call it, or send an enquiry through the form on its Coworking page. The form asks what you want (office space, coworking, a virtual office, membership, a meeting room, a half-day coworking pass or space to launch a startup product), when you need it, how many people, for how long and your company size.