Chitkara Xcelerator
A programme by Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation)
CIIF's own three-month cohort accelerator, taking startups from development to go-to-market and ending in a demo day. Between intakes — the last published dates are from 2023.
At a glance
| Best for | Startups past the build stage that need to get to market and to investors |
|---|---|
| Stage | MVP – Growth |
| Duration | 3 months |
| Format | Hybrid |
About Chitkara Xcelerator
Xcelerator is the one programme on this list that is CIIF's own rather than a government scheme it hosts. It is cohort-based and runs for three months, partly online and partly on campus. The only application dates published on its page are from 2023, and CIIF's navigation also lists an AgriXcelerator edition for 2025 that has no page behind it, so treat this as between intakes and ask before planning around it.
What you get
- Three months of structured work, run online and in person.
- Tailored one-to-one technical and business mentoring, plus domain-specific mentoring.
- Cohort workshops on the business model canvas, startup valuation and negotiating an investor term sheet.
- Introductions to venture capital funds and angel investors, and access to funding support for startups that qualify.
- A demo day at the end.
Who can apply
- Startups in agritech, healthtech, deeptech, the internet of things, renewable energy, electric vehicles and smart mobility, drones, edtech, fintech, e-commerce, social impact, waste management and other emerging sectors.
- CIIF publishes no further eligibility rules for this programme.
How to apply: through the application link on the programme page, when a cohort is open.
Where to apply
Other CIIF programmes
- CIIF Incubation ProgramCIIF's general, rolling intake for early-stage and growth-stage startups, in a resident or a virtual mode.
- DST NIDHI Seed Support ProgramSeed investment for startups already incubated at CIIF, decided by its seed support committee and taken as equity or a convertible instrument.
- NIDHI PRAYAS at CIIFPrototype grants for innovators building a physical product, run by CIIF under the DST NIDHI PRAYAS scheme. The last published deadline has passed.
- Startup India Seed Fund Scheme at CIIFCIIF is a portfolio incubator under the national Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, which supports proof of concept, prototyping, product trials and market entry.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at CIIFA grant for turning a proof of concept into a prototype or minimum viable product, run by CIIF as a centre under MeitY's TIDE 2.0 scheme.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur in Residence at CIIFA monthly fellowship for graduates under 25 who want to test a startup idea full time, run by CIIF under MeitY's TIDE 2.0 scheme.
- MeitY GENESIS Entrepreneur in Residence at CIIFA fellowship for first-generation founders from Tier-II and Tier-III cities, run by CIIF as an approved partner incubator under MeitY's GENESIS scheme.
- MeitY GENESIS Pilot Funding Program at CIIFFunding to deploy a market-ready product on a pilot with a large buyer, for Tier-II and Tier-III city startups that already hold the purchase order.
- MeitY GENESIS Matching Investment Program at CIIFEquity-based matching investment for Tier-II and Tier-III city startups that already have an angel or venture capital commitment.