Erode Sengunthar Engineering College

Who this suits

• Students and recent graduates from engineering, management, arts or science who have an idea.
• Early-stage founders who need mentorship, workspace and a route to a prototype.
• Faculty and researchers turning lab work into a product.

How to get in

• The incubation pages do not describe an online application or intake window.
• Email contact@esec.ac.in with a short note on your idea, your stage and what help you need.

What to ask before you join

• Whether there is a fee, and whether the foundation takes equity.
• Which services are free, and which carry a cost.
• Whether the coworking space is open to non-students.

ESEC-IIF is the Innovation & Incubation Foundation of Erode Sengunthar Engineering College. It is a Section 8 (non-profit) company set up by the college, based at Thudupathi, Perundurai, Erode.

The foundation says its aim is to nurture innovation and entrepreneurial leadership, and to help ideas grow into ventures. Its stated mission covers infrastructure, mentorship, funding access and technical guidance for startups.

Who can apply

The incubation page names several audiences. Students and graduates from engineering, management, arts and science backgrounds can join. So can aspiring entrepreneurs and the public who have an innovative idea and want guidance. Early-stage startups looking for mentorship, infrastructure and market exposure are named too, along with faculty and researchers who want to turn research into products, and young innovators and school students reached through ATL programmes.

The pages do not state eligibility criteria, fees, equity terms or whether intake is open. For those, contact the foundation at contact@esec.ac.in.

Services

The services page lists MVP development, coworking space and cubicles, industry mentorship, access to the AICTE IDEA Lab makers space for product development, funding assistance, lean business model canvas coaching, legal assistance, patent registration, pitching preparation, seed funding and venture capital, and technology transfer.

Facilities

The foundation lists a co-working space, private cabins, a meeting room, a computation lab and a fab lab for startup support.

Startups in the incubator

The incubatees page lists ten startups across drone manufacturing, food technology, sustainable construction, edu-tech, AI agents, agri-tech, biotech, bio-medical devices and industrial safety. Most are run by student founders.

Funding

The college received a grant from Startup TN, Government of Tamil Nadu, to set up a Pre-Incubation Centre.

Who runs it

ESEC-IIF operates under Erode Sengunthar Engineering College. Enquiries go to the college's main contact address.