Pitch competitions
5 programmes. Of these, 1 says it takes no equity, and none has applications open.
Infosys Foundation awards for working social innovations in education, healthcare and environmental sustainability. Winners receive up to ₹50 lakh each from a ₹2 crore prize purse, plus mentorship and incubation.
Funding not published · equity not published
E-Cell IIT Bombay's free business model competition, open to anyone with an idea or startup, running from online registration through offline zonal rounds and a VC round to finals and a demo day in December.
Funding not published · equity not published
Maharashtra State Innovation Society's startup showcase in which 24 selected startups across 8 sectors win state government work orders of up to ₹15 lakh each to pilot their solutions with departments.
Funding not published · equity not published
A national business-plan challenge for early-stage social enterprises run by IIM Calcutta and Tata Sons. Cash rewards of up to ₹10 lakh for the top three, and finalists can pitch for seed funding of up to ₹1 crore.
Funding not published · equity not published
A national challenge for youth-led social enterprises run by UNDP and Atal Innovation Mission. Up to 50 startups join a virtual programme, 20 attend a bootcamp at T-Hub and the top six win seed grants of ₹2.2 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh.
Funding not published · equity-free
We list 5 programmes: Aarohan Social Innovation Awards, Eureka! (E-Cell IIT Bombay), Maharashtra Startup Week, Tata Social Enterprise Challenge and Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge (India). Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
1 of the 5 says it takes no equity: Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge (India). 4 do not publish their equity terms.
None of them has applications open at the moment. 5 publish when they usually open; see each listing.
Kolkata (1), Maharashtra (1) and Mumbai (1). Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
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