Incubation at TBI@KEC

Becoming a resident incubatee is the main way in, and it is open all year — TBI@KEC publishes an enrolment form rather than running dated intakes. Every funded scheme it hosts expects you to be an incubatee, or to become one.

What you get

• Workspace in the incubator building on campus, open twenty-four hours, with computing, high-speed data and voice links, meeting and training rooms and on-campus accommodation.
• Access to the common development centres for embedded systems, digital signal processing, electronic card design, assembly, testing and repair, wireless embedded systems and multimedia, and to the PRAYAS prototyping lab.
• Business planning, engineering and design, testing, prototyping and packaging of the concept.
• Marketing and legal help, assistance with licences, finance and clearances, and support on IP.
• Mentoring, help validating problem-solution and product-market fit, introductions to other agencies and help pitching to investors.
• Post-incubation support after you graduate, plus round-the-clock security and confidentiality over your product work.

Who can apply

• Aspiring techno-entrepreneurs with business acumen, and entrepreneurs already running a small industrial unit who have a specific product idea.
• Outside founders, not only the college's students.

How selection works: the incubator selects on educational background and experience, against stated entry criteria — business plan, clarity of ideas, aptitude, qualification, experience and financial status. Exit is judged on the incubation period agreed for your venture, your performance during incubation and how marketable your product is.

How to apply: download the incubatee enrolment form from the TBI downloads page and send it to the Executive Director, TBI@KEC (tbi-kec@kongu.ac.in).