18-month incubation programme
A programme by SSU Innovation Tech Foundation
An 18-month, milestone-based incubation cycle on the Sri Sri University campus, combining mentoring, prototyping and lab access, IPR support and investor introductions.
At a glance
| Best for | Startups in IT and hardware, advanced manufacturing and electronics that want campus lab and prototyping access alongside structured mentoring. |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea – MVP |
| Duration | 18 months |
| Format | In person |
| Grant support | For selected startups. A place in the programme does not by itself guarantee a grant. |
| Run with | Department of Science & Technology (NIDHI) |
About 18-month incubation programme
This is the Foundation's single offer, and the site says applications are open. It runs for 18 months and is built around regular review rather than a fixed syllabus: a startup gets one-to-one strategic sessions with domain mentors, quarterly milestone tracking and bi-weekly sprint checkpoints.
What you get
- One-to-one mentoring with domain-specific mentors across the full 18 months
- Go-to-market roadmapping, unit-economics modelling and competitive positioning
- Masterclasses and drills on venture finance, product development, customer acquisition, regulatory compliance and pitch decks
- Patent counselling, IPR filing and regulatory compliance support
- Makerspace, hardware prototyping equipment, prototyping labs, computational clusters, co-working desks and meeting pods on campus
- Access to Sri Sri University's research departments, analytical laboratories and testing facilities
- Demo days, closed-door pitch sessions and introductions to institutional investors and angels, plus help preparing investor updates and negotiating term sheets
- Guidance towards government grant routes, including seed funding channels under the national NIDHI framework; selected startups can receive grant support for prototyping
- A place in the alumni network after the programme, with continued mentoring
Who can apply
- The Foundation states no eligibility rule at all — it does not say whether your company must be incorporated, whether you must be based in Odisha, or whether it is open to founders from outside the university. Ask before you apply.
- Its stated focus areas are IT and hardware, advanced manufacturing and electronics, and its featured startups are mostly physical or applied ventures.
How selection works: not published. The three stages the site describes — pitching the concept, refining and prototyping, then launching and scaling — describe what happens inside the programme, not how candidates are picked.
How to apply: use the Apply For Incubation button on the Foundation's site, which opens a short enquiry form asking your name, email, phone number and what support you need, or write to ssuitf.itbi@srisriuniversity.edu.in. No deadline or intake window is published, so ask when the next cohort starts.