Samriddhi Program for Women Entrepreneurs
A programme by IIM Udaipur Incubation Center
A free 4-month programme for women-led ventures, with a track for founders who already have a startup and a track for founders who have an idea.
At a glance
| Best for | Women founders with a startup or an idea |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 months |
| Format | Hybrid |
| Cost | Free |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
About Samriddhi Program for Women Entrepreneurs
Samriddhi, meaning prosperity, is the centre's programme for women founders. It is run as a 4-month programme with a Startup Track for founders already building a company and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence Track for founders who have an idea but have not yet started.
What you get
- Workshops and weekly coaching sessions led by industry professionals and domain experts
- Startup grant support for the startup track and stipend support for the residence track
- A demo day at the IIM Udaipur campus, with travel and accommodation provided
Who can apply
- A woman founder or co-founder of a startup, or a woman with an idea to build into a startup
- Startup grant recipients must register the startup as a company and attend at least 90 percent of sessions
How to apply
Apply online. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis, and the centre states that responses take about 3 to 4 weeks. The programme is free of cost.
Where to apply
Other IIM Udaipur Incubation Center programmes
- Deep Rural Impact ProgramA 6-month programme for startups working on education, health and livelihood outcomes in rural communities, with mentoring, a demo day and committee-recommended grant support.
- Genesis EIR ProgramClosed call. An entrepreneur-in-residence programme for early-stage deep-tech startups under the GENESIS scheme, with funding support, mentoring and access to the centre's co-working space.
- MeitY SAMRIDH Accelerator ProgramA 4-month acceleration programme run with the MeitY Startup Hub for DPIIT-registered technology startups at MVP or early traction stage.
- Startup India Seed Fund SchemeClosed call. Financial support for proof of concept, prototype, product trials, market entry and commercialisation, with 12 months of incubation and acceleration support.
- NIDHI EIR ProgrammeClosed call. An entrepreneurship fellowship paid as a monthly stipend for a graduate with a technology business idea, with pre-incubation and mentoring.
- NIDHI Seed Support SchemeClosed call. Seed support for incubated technology startups with customer traction and initial revenue, provided as equity financing after incubation.
- Women-in-Tech Startup AcceleratorClosed call. A paid 15-week cohort accelerator for women-led technology startups, with business coaching, mentoring, investor-readiness support and a dedicated fund manager.
- Idea to Startup ProgramClosed call. A paid online programme with Moonpreneur for students and working professionals who have a startup idea, ending in a pitch session.
- Social Impact Innovation Grant ProgramClosed call. Seed investment and 12 months of incubation and acceleration for a small cohort of social impact startups with early customer traction.
- MSME Idea Hackathon 2.0Closed call. A theme-based idea hackathon run under the Ministry of MSME, where selected ideas receive development funding through a host institute.
- Incubator Support Programme under SVEPClosed call. Business capacity building and scaling support for women-led rural enterprises in Rajasthan, run with Rajeevika under DAY-NRLM.