Tagore Medical College and Hospital

Who can apply

• Early-stage healthcare startups.
• Medical researchers with commercializable innovations.
• Healthcare professionals with novel solutions.
• Academic spinoffs in the biomedical space.

How to apply

• Send your idea by email to tagbioinc@tagoremch.com.
• The centre then runs an initial screening, a presentation to a selection committee, and final selection and onboarding.

What the page does not say

• Whether the centre takes equity or charges a fee.
• Whether an intake is open, or when the next one is.
• Whether founders outside Tamil Nadu or outside India can apply.

Ask the centre these questions in your email.

Tagore Bioincubation Centre (TagBioInC) is an incubation facility set up at Tagore Medical College and Hospital in Rathinamangalam, Chennai. The centre says it is recognized and approved by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, and it is run from the college campus.

It is aimed at healthcare startups and medical innovators. The centre lists four groups it welcomes: early-stage healthcare startups, medical researchers with commercializable innovations, healthcare professionals with novel solutions, and academic spinoffs in the biomedical space.

What the centre offers

The centre describes fully equipped wet and dry laboratories, dedicated office spaces and meeting rooms, prototyping and testing equipment, and access to hospital resources for clinical validation. It also lists business development and strategic planning, intellectual property guidance, regulatory compliance help, market research and clinical trial design support, along with mentoring from experienced healthcare entrepreneurs and connections to clinicians and industry partners.

On funding, the centre says it offers connections to venture capitalists and angel investors, help with government grant applications, and access to CSR funding networks. It does not state how much support any startup receives.

Partners

The centre reports memorandums of understanding with Padmaseetha Technologies (medical device development), Asthagiri Herbal Research Foundation (herbal and marine drug research), Agni College of Technology in Chennai, and B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology.

Who runs it

The centre sits within Tagore Medical College and Hospital, which is affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University. Its page names Dr. J. Muthukumaran, Dean of the college, as the lead on its partnership work.