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Department of Science and Technology - Technology Business Incubator

DST Technology Business Incubator (TBI)

Technology business incubator support

Incubation & mentoring Grant Opens in periodic calls
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What it is

Promote technology and knowledge-based startups, speed commercialisation of institutional technology and provide value-added incubation support.

What you get

  • Technology business incubator support

Who it is for

  • host institute must have adequate incubation expertise and infrastructure
  • a non-academic host should have a clear Indian legal purpose related to research, innovation and entrepreneurship
  • the host institution should generally be in existence for at least three years, subject to the stated government-entity exception
Academic instituteTechnical instituteR and d institutionNot for profit legal entity

How to apply

  1. 1
    Verify host-institute eligibility

    Confirm legal status, incubation experience, infrastructure and industry linkages against the current DST guidance.

    Official step
  2. 2
    Submit the current proposal

    Follow the current DST proposal route and retain the institutional and project evidence.

    Official step

Keep ready

Eligible host institute and incubation proposal