Incubation

Incubation is NGI TBI's main way in for teams past the idea stage. Applications are rolling — there is no published cohort window — and an expert panel reviews ideas on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

What you get

• Space at the Coimbatore centre: co-working with fingerprint access, a board room, and the MIND HUB seminar hall for events and workshops.
• Lab access for healthcare and IoT work, a design and development lab for prototyping, and a computation lab with AI and machine learning frameworks and high-performance computing.
• Mentoring from the incubator's mentor network, plus a patent facilitator clinic on the first Wednesday of each month and a chartered accountant clinic on the second.
• Help identifying and applying to government funding schemes.

Who can apply

• Startups and entrepreneurs from anywhere in India. NGI TBI's own pages invite applications from across the country, and the companies it has graduated are not drawn only from the Nehru Group's colleges.
• Its focus is healthcare and the Internet of Things, so proposals in those areas fit best.
• No incorporation requirement, age limit or geography restriction is published.

How selection works: an expert panel validates ideas on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

How to apply: use the Apply Now link on NGI TBI's Connect or Incubation page, or contact the incubation manager at tbimanager@nehrucolleges.com.

NGI TBI does not publish the length of incubation, any fee, or whether it takes equity. Ask before you commit.