Deadline Date: July 26, 2026
The APIC ProtoHub Innovation Challenge is seeking solutions to develop a unified digital platform for Andhra Pradesh’s Advanced Prototyping and Innovation Centres and allied innovation infrastructure.
The challenge focuses on democratizing access to advanced prototyping facilities, accelerating prototype fabrication and delivery turnaround times, optimizing infrastructure utilization, enabling real-time tracking of project status and machine operations, establishing self-service digital workflows, creating a modular statewide system, digitizing APIC ERP operations, and building a national benchmark for digital Prototyping-as-a-Service ecosystems.
The Innovation Challenge aims to create an integrated Prototyping-as-a-Service ecosystem that enables innovators to discover facilities, access shared equipment and expertise, book resources, collaborate with institutions, and manage the end-to-end prototyping lifecycle.
The proposed solution should support a scalable, state-of-the-art digital ecosystem that improves accessibility, resource utilization, and operational efficiency across innovation facilities in Andhra Pradesh.
Eligible applicants include startups, MSMEs, technology companies, academic institutions, innovators, students, research organizations, and professionals.
For more information, visit Ratan Tata Innovation Hub.
