FUNDING & STARTUP SUPPORT
NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Fellowship
Programme overview
Provides subsistence support while an aspiring founder pursues a technology venture full-time, particularly where technical uncertainty or a longer development period makes early entrepreneurship difficult.
Eligibility and conditions
- Indian citizen; four years of full-time degree education, or a three-year degree/diploma plus two years of work experience, with a science/engineering foundation.
- Full-time commitment and incubation for the support period.
- No concurrent salary or fellowship; no promoter role or significant shareholding above 10% in another company.
What support is offered?
- Fellowship, incubation and expert feedback.
- Preference for technically innovative, research-derived or socially useful ideas; minimally innovative or very short commercialisation projects are discouraged.
Application and selection
Submit a business plan, investment presentation, citizenship proof, photograph and applicable SC/ST certificate. The incubator checks eligibility and an expert committee evaluates qualifying applications.
Speak to the programme team
Ask KIIT-TBI for the current call and application route. A listing here does not indicate that applications are open.
Programme details adapted from MTIF’s linked KIIT-TBI NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence information. Campus 11, KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751024.
Information checked on 26 September 2026. Awards depend on the current call, assessment and scheme terms.