PES College of Engineering, Mandya

Who this suits

• Students, innovators and startup companies, as the incubator page lists its intake groups
• Founders from MSMEs, since the business incubator names them among its intake groups

How to start

• Email incubator@pesce.ac.in with a short description of your idea or venture
• Ask whether the NAIN centre and the business incubator take applications separately, since the page does not say
• Ask about intake dates, because the page gives none

P. E. S. College of Engineering, Mandya is an engineering college in Mandya, Karnataka. It was started in 1962 by People's Education Society. Its incubation work runs through two centres: a business incubator recognised by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, and a New Age Incubation Centre (NAIN) supported by the Government of Karnataka.

What they support

The business incubator supports up to 10 entrepreneurs in a year. Its intake can come from the student community, from innovators, from startup companies and from people working in MSMEs. The NAIN centre supports 10 ideas every year.

Programmes

The college's incubator page describes two incubation centres. Its pages give two names for the incubator: the incubator page calls it the PESCE Business Incubator, while a news item on the college site says a student startup was incubated at the PES Next Innovation & Incubation Center. The research found no separate programme pages for either centre.

Track record

The incubator page does not state a count of startups supported. A news item on the college site describes one student-led startup, Amritava Private Limited, incubated at the college.

How to apply

Write to incubator@pesce.ac.in, the inbox of the college's coordinator for innovation and entrepreneurship. The incubator page gives no application form, intake dates or selection steps. General admissions enquiries go to admissions@pesce.ac.in.