Incubation at CCIE

CCIE describes a single, continuous incubation offer rather than dated cohorts. It calls itself sector agnostic and says it accepts applications from all stages — a concept, an early prototype, or a business looking to scale.

What you get

• Subsidised plug-and-play workspace, and free cloud space for a limited period
• Coworking space for incubated companies
• 3D printers and scanners, a five-axis CNC machine, and AR and VR labs
• Mentoring by industry and domain experts, with different mentors for different stages
• Structured alpha and beta testing to check product-market fit before scaling
• Workshops on business and entrepreneurial skills
• Cohort-based accelerators and pitch competitions, none of which is named or dated on the site
• Introductions to angel investors, venture capital firms, financial institutions and government grant schemes
• Personalised advisory services, charged at a fee the site calls nominal

Who can apply

• Founders in any sector. The seven named as examples are agriculture and allied fields, healthcare, education and skill development, alternate energy, waste management, art and craft, and fashion and retail
• Founders at any stage, from concept through prototype and market validation to revenue and scale
• Whether you need a connection to Centurion University is not stated either way. Nothing says outside founders may apply, and nothing says they may not. A 2022 incubation report describes the centre as supporting the university's own students and faculty. Ask before you plan around it
• No incorporation requirement, geography gate or category gate is published

How selection works: the only description is that the team reviews an application and reaches out to discuss next steps. No panel, stages, criteria or timeline are published.

How to apply: the Apply section on CCIE's own page is not wired up — nothing typed into it is sent anywhere, and it returns no error and no confirmation, so do not treat it as an application. CCIE publishes no email address or phone number of its own. The route that does work runs through the state: because the incubator's parent entity is on the Startup Odisha register, a startup recognised under the Startup Odisha Initiative can apply online to Startup Odisha for subsidised incubation and name this incubator. That scheme runs for at most one year, can be used once per recognised startup, and requires a fresh rent agreement filed with the Startup Secretariat within a month of approval.