Assam Startup Infrastructure & Incubation Program (ASIIP)
A programme by Department of Innovation, Incubation and Start-ups, Government of Assam
Capital and operating support for partner incubation centres and college entrepreneurship cells — for institutions, not founders.
At a glance
| Best for | Incubators and academic institutions in Assam |
|---|---|
| Format | In person |
About Assam Startup Infrastructure & Incubation Program (ASIIP)
ASIIP is the policy's programme for building incubation capacity outside Guwahati. It funds partner incubation centres with a one-time capital grant and an annual operating grant for an initial five-year period, and supports Entrepreneurship Development Cells in institutions that meet the readiness criteria. Satellite incubation centres of the foundation work in a hub-and-spoke model alongside them, and partner incubators and accelerators in Assam and elsewhere in India are empanelled to run domain programmes.
Who can apply
- Institutions, not individual founders: eligible partner incubation centres, and colleges, universities and technical institutes setting up or running an Entrepreneurship Development Cell
How selection works: proposals are appraised by the state's empowered committee. Incubators are then assessed annually under a ranking and accreditation framework on startup success rates, intellectual property creation and sectoral diversity.
How to apply: the department says operational guidelines, eligibility criteria, application forms and evaluation procedures are issued separately. No application route is published on the site yet.
Where to apply
Other Department of Innovation, Incubation and Start-ups, Government of Assam programmes
- MASI — My Assam Startup IDAssam's startup recognition, and the gate to most state funding windows.
- North East Seva First Innovation Challenge 2026 (NESFIC 2026)A national innovation challenge for solutions the North East can use, open to applicants from anywhere in India.
- Assam Startup: Call for Grant Applications 2026An open call for idea-stage and prototype or MVP-stage startups, closing 3 October 2026.
- Ideation GrantPre-incubation support for validating a concept, offered through college Entrepreneurship Development Cells.
- Prototype Development GrantFunds materials and product testing so a startup can build a minimum viable product.
- Assam Startup Seed FundA seed equity fund for startups with a tested product that need capital to grow.
- Startup Venture Capital FundGrowth capital for scaling startups, routed through the Assam Venture Capital Fund managed by SIDBI Venture Capital.
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