JIC Incubation Program (Cohort 8.0)
A programme by JECRC Incubation Centre (JECRC Incubation Centre)
JIC's flagship incubation cycle for JECRC students, taking a prototype to a market launch.
At a glance
| Best for | Current JECRC University students with an idea, prototype or early revenue venture |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – Early revenue |
| Format | In person |
| Cost | Paid |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
About JIC Incubation Program (Cohort 8.0)
The JIC Incubation Program is the centre's flagship cycle and it is open to JECRC students only. It is sector agnostic and runs from idea to early revenue. The most recent call, Cohort 8.0, listed a deadline in September 2026 that has now passed, so treat it as between intakes and check for the next call.
What you get
- Idea-to-MVP validation: problem-solution fit diagnostics, customer discovery sprints and a rapid prototyping framework
- Weekly one-to-one office hours, a paired domain expert and an alumni founder advisory network
- Grant access through JIC's internal corpus and government schemes
- Co-working, prototype and lab access, high-performance compute and workstations, hardware and IoT maker labs, and a 24/7 dedicated co-working zone
- Trademark and patent advisory, Private Limited incorporation support, founder agreements and regulatory filings
- Campus customer testbeds, corporate partner pilot deployments and B2B vendor onboarding guidance
- Pitch clinics, including live mock pitches before angel networks
- A slot at JIC Demo Day
Who can apply
- All current students of JECRC, from any year and any department
- An innovative idea, a prototype or an early revenue venture. A finished product is not required
- Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged
- A commitment to attend mentoring sessions and diagnostic sprints
How selection works: registration, then a masterclass, then one-to-one mentorship, then mock pitching.
How to apply: through the cohort page on JIC's site. There is a programme fee, with a scholarship for JECRC students.
Where to apply
Other JIC programmes
- JIC Accelerator ProgramAn in-person accelerator that walks new founders through the basics, from design thinking to an investor-ready deck.
- Virtual AcceleratorA four-week online accelerator, run twice a year, open to startups anywhere in India.
- TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant ProgramA MeitY TIDE 2.0 grant route for early-revenue tech startups in smaller cities, decided by a pitching demo day.
- TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence ProgramA full-time residency for early-stage tech founders working on emerging technology, with grant support and incubation.
- GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) GrantA MeitY Startup Hub grant that takes a student or first-time founder from an idea to a working prototype, with residency at JIC.
- GENESIS Pilot FundFunding to run a real pilot of your MVP with a corporate or PSU that has already issued you a work order.
- GENESIS Investment Scheme 2.0Matching equity investment from MeitY Startup Hub against private capital a revenue-generating startup has already raised.
- JIC Demo DayJIC's annual pitch day, where startups from its programmes present to investors and a jury for cash prizes.
- RISE — Rising Inventors Summit on EntrepreneurshipJIC's summit for founders, mentors and investors, with a startup expo and an overnight Ideathon.
- JIC Startup SchoolA free introductory series for JECRC first-year students on how startups work.
- IdeathonAn annual student competition that follows Startup School, with the top teams pitching to a jury.