Marwadi University

Choosing the right route

• If you are a student with an idea, the centre's blog says you can start by attending an MUIIR event, from the ideation stage.
• If you already have an idea and need mentorship, funding, a business model or training, MUIIR takes existing ideas at that stage too.
• If you are not a student, ask the centre first. The pages do not say whether outside founders are admitted.

How to apply

• Use the Apply Now button on the MUIIR page. It opens the startup application form on the university portal.
• Register with a mobile number and an email address. The form sends an OTP to the email for verification.
• Choose 'Apply as Student' or 'Apply as Professional' on the form. Check which one applies to you before you submit.

What you get once in

• A first office, co-working space and an interaction and training zone.
• Prototyping hardware and product development space.
• Help with company incorporation and legal compliance.
• Mentoring, networking and training, plus IP support for patents.

MUIIR, the Marwadi University Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Research, is the startup incubator of Marwadi University in Rajkot, Gujarat. The centre's own blog describes it as a student startup incubator, and its work covers research, innovation, venturing, entrepreneurship training and patents.

What the incubator offers

Founders at MUIIR get a first office, co-working space and an interaction and training zone. The centre supports company incorporation and legal compliance, helps with intellectual property, and runs mentoring, networking and training. It also connects startups with angel investors and venture catalysts, and it lists government grants among the funding routes it works with.

How funding works

MUIIR says it has funded student ideas in collaboration with government initiatives. The pages give two figures that do not match. The centre's blog says it has funded 170+ innovative ideas. A university news piece on its blog says the university has funded over 190 innovation projects and that over 45 startups have been incorporated from them. Both are the university's own claims. Neither page says what each project received, so read the counts as the university's, not as audited.

Facilities

The centre has over 5000 square feet of dedicated space, with more than 35 hardware for prototyping facilities.

Intellectual property

The centre's blog says it helps with intellectual property. It reports 370 filed IPRs, of which 60% have been granted. It also says women hold a valuable presence in more than 30% of the innovations it has funded.

Who can apply

The centre's blog describes MUIIR as a student startup incubator and invites students with an idea to take part. Its pages do not say whether founders from outside Marwadi University may apply. The startup application form on the university portal offers both 'Apply as Student' and 'Apply as Professional', and the pages do not say what a professional applicant gets. If you are not a student of the university, ask the centre before you apply.

Who runs it

MUIIR sits inside Marwadi University. Its pages name an incubation team, with an incubation admin and an incubation executive. The university says the Government of Gujarat has recognised it as a Centre of Excellence, placing it among the top seven institutions in the state.