Samriddhi Program for Women Entrepreneurs
A programme by IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre
A free four-month online programme for women founders, with one track for existing startups and one for founders with only an idea.
At a glance
| Best for | Women founders, with or without a startup already |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea, MVP, Early revenue |
| Duration | 4 months |
| Format | Online |
| 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 is the centre's open-access programme for women founders, and it costs nothing to take part. It is between intakes; the deadline on the page has passed.
What you get
- Business skills and leadership development
- Practical work on growing and scaling the business
- A market-launch plan for your product
- Introductions to potential clients and partners
- A demo day in front of venture investors and industry leaders, held on the IIM Udaipur campus with travel and accommodation provided
- Financial support: grants on the startup track, a stipend on the entrepreneur-in-residence track
- Free access to a startup toolkit and tech credits
Who can apply
- Women founders and co-founders
- Either already running a startup, or holding an idea you want to build into one
- To qualify for the financial support you need 90% attendance and must meet the legal conditions — a startup has to be registered as a company to take the startup grant
How selection works: eight places on the startup track and eight on the entrepreneur-in-residence track. Applications are assessed on a rolling basis and you hear back within three to four weeks, so applying early helps.
How it runs: all workshops are online, roughly six hours at the weekend plus an hour of coaching midweek, with market research and strategy work on top. Only the demo day is in person.
How to apply: Through the programme page when a call is open.
Where to apply
Other IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre programmes
- Incubation ProgramResidency at the centre with workspace, mentoring and professional support.
- Pre-incubation ProgramAn online course that takes an idea to a working prototype, for people who have not started a company yet.
- NIDHI Seed Support SchemeEquity investment for startups already incubated at the centre, decided by a seed support committee.
- NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence FellowshipA twelve-month stipend for someone leaving education or a job to pursue a technology business idea full time.
- Startup India Seed Fund SchemeThe national seed scheme, delivered by IIMUIC with twelve months of incubation alongside the funding.
- Genesis Entrepreneur-in-Residence ProgrammeFunding, mentoring and workspace for very early deep-tech startups, under MeitY's GENESIS scheme.
- MeitY SAMRIDH AcceleratorA four-month accelerator that matches money you have already raised from an angel or a venture fund.
- Launch-n-Zoom AcceleratorA three-month accelerator for agritech and fintech startups, run with PI Industries and Fidelity Investments.
- Deep Rural Impact ProgramA six-month virtual programme for startups improving education, health and livelihoods in rural India.
- Women-in-Tech Startup AcceleratorA paid cohort programme for women-led technology companies that already have revenue and want to scale.
- Craft Sustainability Incubation ProgramA four-month programme with residential blocks on campus for craft and handmade enterprises working with artisans.
- Social Impact Innovation GrantSeed investment and a year of incubation for social impact startups with a working business model.
- Climate Change Innovation ChallengeA pitching challenge under the TIDE 2.0 scheme for climate tech teams with a prototype or MVP.
- Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)Incubation support for women-led rural enterprises in Rajasthan, run jointly with Rajeevika.
- MSME Idea HackathonThe MSME ministry's national idea hackathon, with IIMUIC as one of the host institutes founders can pick.