Rural Incubation Centre

The Rural Incubation Centre is how CSVTU-FORTE describes its own incubation work at the CSVTU Bhilai campus. It supports entrepreneurs building rural or socially inclusive business models, and engages students from CSVTU-affiliated colleges alongside people from the surrounding communities. Rural Entrepreneurship Development Centres at affiliated institutions are described as the wider network, though no individual centre is named on the foundation's site.

What you get

• Mentoring organised through the incubator, plus knowledge sessions run as capacity-building
• Introductions to investors
• Use of the campus incubation space: co-working, fabrication workshop, electronics and computer labs, meeting rooms and an exhibit room
• Induction training for selected startups covering funding, pitching, market research, intellectual property and branding

Who can apply

• The stated sector focus is agriculture, food processing, green energy, manufacturing, textiles and services
• The incubation form accepts private limited companies, LLPs, sole proprietorships and unregistered ventures
• Stages accepted run from idea and proof of concept through prototype, product development, early adopters and paying clients
• The foundation says entrepreneurs from across India are welcome

How selection works: The foundation's pages describe the need for a standard sourcing and screening procedure but do not publish the procedure itself, so expect to be assessed case by case.

How to apply: Fill the incubation form reached from the "Apply for Incubation" button on csvtuforte.com. General questions go to info@csvtuforte.com.