Call for Applications: Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission Program (India)

This initiative is dedicated to supporting young SC or Divyang innovators working on innovative, technology-driven business ideas—whether within educational institutions or Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) to help them build successful commercial ventures.

Launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJ&E), Government of India, under the IFCI Venture Capital Fund for SCs (VCF-SC), this program is a step toward fostering inclusive entrepreneurship and empowering underrepresented communities.

Funding Information

• Up to 30 Lakhs Financial support for your Startup support given as equity, not a loan.

Eligibility Criteria

• The startup should be at the ideation, prototyping, or pre-revenue stage
• Innovators who want to help society through their ideas
• People who have won hackathons like Smart India Hackathon
• Startups getting support from companies (CSR help)
• Students or youth with new and creative idea.

For more information, visit IIT Mandi Catalyst.