NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Fellowship

What it is

Reduce the personal risk of pursuing a technology venture by combining a fellowship with TBI infrastructure, mentoring, technical and financial advice, and industry connections.

What you get

• NIDHI-EIR fellowship of INR 10,000 to INR 30,000 per month through a selected TBI

Who it is for

• applicant must be an Indian citizen
• applicant must meet the formal education or equivalent education-plus-work-experience condition in the current guideline
• applicant must propose one promising technology business idea and be committed to exploring it full time
• applicant must be admitted to or registered in the pre-incubation/incubation programme of a selected NIDHI-EIR TBI for the support period
• support cannot be treated as concurrent with another remuneration or fellowship and the applicant must disclose material prior company ownership or support
• selection is made by the selected TBI under the current NIDHI-EIR process

How to apply

1. 1
   Find a current NIDHI-EIR centre or call

   Use the official NIDHI page and the current list of centres to find a technology business incubator (TBI) with an open call.

   Official step
2. 2
   Verify founder eligibility

   Prepare Indian citizenship, science/engineering education or alternative education-plus-work evidence, full-time commitment and non-concurrent-fellowship declarations.

   Official step
3. 3
   Prepare the technology venture dossier

   Document the promising technology idea, business plan, presentation, technology uncertainty, market path, founder background and any IP or research linkage.

   Official step
4. 4
   Apply and complete TBI selection

   Apply through the selected centre, complete its committee and pre-incubation route, and track fellowship instalments, mentoring, reporting and any conditional extension separately.

   Official step

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