Maharaja surajmal institute of technology

Choosing this programme

• NISP fits students, staff, faculty and alumni of MSIT who have a startup idea, and outside applicants the policy also allows.
• Ask the cell whether your idea fits the institute's preference for ventures that help rural development, transform lives and can last in the market.

How applications work

• Get in touch through the contact form on the cell's own website and say which group you belong to.
• Access to the incubation space needs permission, so ask before you plan to work from it.

How selection works

• The NISP committee sets the terms for each startup. Ask whether the support is fee-based, equity-based or zero payment.

What reviewers look for

• The policy gives preference to startups that are useful in rural development, help transform the lives of people, and have the potential to sustain in the market.

Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology (MSIT) runs its startup support through NISP, the National Innovation and Start-up Policy, which is run by the E-Cell and Incubation Cell at the institute's Janakpuri campus in New Delhi. The institute is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and is a non-government institute run by Surajmal Memorial Education Society.

What the programme offers

NISP supports pre-incubation and incubation for new ventures. The policy describes mentorship on a regular basis, help with ideation, design thinking, fund raising, financial management, cash-flow planning, product development and marketing, and links to seed-fund providers, angel funds and venture funds. The cell also runs workshops, seminars, industrial visits and idea competitions through the year, including the MSME Idea Hackathon held on 18 August 2026.

Who can apply

The policy allows applicants who are students (undergraduate, postgraduate or PhD), staff, faculty and alumni of MSIT. It also allows applicants from outside the institute. The pre-incubation and incubation space is open to students, staff and faculty of every department, but access needs permission.

How the cost works

The policy says services are initially free for students and faculty. It also says the institute may take equity in a startup, which the 2020 policy sets at 2% after five years. The policy also allows fee-based services. The terms for each startup are set by the NISP committee, so ask the cell which model applies before you join.

Facilities

The institute has built pre-incubation and incubation facilities on its own campus. The policy places them within the MSIT campus and under the control of the Surajmal Memorial Education Society. Intellectual property support is listed on the cell's website, and the policy allows an incubated startup to license institute IPR.

Who runs it

The E-Cell and Incubation Cell is convened by Dr Neeru Rathee, Associate Professor in the Electronics and Communication department. The cell is run by a student core team that is organised into events, technical, design, and content teams.

Locations

The cell works from the institute's Janakpuri campus at C-4 Janak Puri, New Delhi-110058.