Incubation and Pre-incubation at SANDIP TBI
A programme by Sandip TBI
The incubator's own rolling programme — six months of pre-incubation for individual innovators, then twelve months of incubation for registered entities.
At a glance
| Best for | Founders in and around Nashik at any stage, from a first idea to an operating business |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – Early revenue |
| Duration | 6 months pre-incubation, then 12 months incubation |
| Format | In person |
| Cost | Paid |
About Incubation and Pre-incubation at SANDIP TBI
This is SANDIP TBI's general route in, and the one most founders will use. It runs on a rolling basis with no published deadline, and it is a paid programme.
What you get
- Co-working space on the Sandip Foundation campus at Mahiravani, Nashik
- Access to the Makers Space and to the campus infrastructure
- High-speed internet
- Mentorship from industry domain experts and the incubator's senior-executive network
- Advisory services, marketing assistance and networking assistance
- Legal and IPR support, and accounting and financial management help
- Workshops
- Funding and seed funding support
Who can apply
- Anyone with an innovative idea, a prototype model, a product in development, a minimum viable product, a ready-to-market product or an established organisation
- Pre-incubation, the first six months, is for individual innovators, proprietorships and partnership firms — you do not need to be incorporated
- Incubation, the following twelve months, is for LLPs, private limited companies, limited companies and partnership firms
- No age, category or district restriction is stated, and you do not need to be a student or a member of staff at the host colleges
How selection works: you send the application form and documents, and the incubator verifies and approves them before enrolment.
How to apply: email manager@sandipincubator.org asking to enrol as a startup under SANDIP TBI, then send the incubation application form with all the required documents to the same address. Ask for the fee schedule at the same time — the charges are not published.
Other Sandip TBI programmes
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR)A twelve-month fellowship for young innovators with an ICT-enabled idea or prototype in a national priority area, funded by the electronics and IT ministry.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 GrantA twelve-month grant route that takes an ICT-enabled proof of concept to a minimum viable product, funded by the electronics and IT ministry.
- MeitY TIDE 2.0 Scaleup Investment GrantA twelve-month scale-up grant, open only to startups already incubated at SANDIP TBI, decided by the electronics and IT ministry.
- Startup India Seed Fund Scheme through SANDIP TBISANDIP TBI says it is a recognised incubator under the national seed fund scheme, so you can name it as your incubator when you apply on the government portal.