Nirmaan - next pre-incubation cohort

Student-team pre-incubation intake with grants, workspace and mentorship inside the IIT Madras innovation ecosystem. Registration status: unconfirmed Source checked: 2026-09-05 Official IIT Madras SIE pages confirm Nirmaan's student-team pre-incubation route: Pratham support up to ₹2 lakh and qualified Akshar progression up to ₹5 lakh (up to ₹7 lakh staged grant support), plus workspace/mentoring. No attendee/ticket cost is published. SIE says the next intake is announced on the Nirmaan portal; that portal timed out during retrieval, so the current window/deadline cannot be verified and should not be marked closed. Official source: https://sie.iitm.ac.in/events/ STATUS: Registration availability must be checked WHAT FOUNDERS GET ₹2 lakh to ₹7 lakh grants; workspace; mentorship FUNDING / PRIZE Up to INR 7 lakh in staged grant support. Selection and progression conditions apply; the stages are explained in the source review above. PITCH / DEMO OPPORTUNITY Demo/pitch format not stated for the next cohort INVESTOR ACCESS Not stated INCUBATION / PILOT ACCESS Pre-incubation and workspace explicitly stated WHO IT IS FOR Student teams and aspiring founders ELIGIBILITY Program-specific student-team criteria; current intake details are announced on Nirmaan portal SECTOR FOCUS Student innovation; technology and deep tech COST No attendee or ticket fee is published. The INR 2–7 lakh figures describe grant support, not a fee paid by applicants. FORMAT Pratham and Akshar intake; detailed call is published on Nirmaan portal HOW TO REGISTER Monitor Nirmaan portal and apply when the next intake form is published IMPORTANT NOTES The SIE events page says applications are announced on Nirmaan; current deadline and eligibility details were not exposed on the page. Source review: 5 September 2026. See the current review above; eligibility and selection still apply. Image credit: Nirmaan, IIT Madras.