Startup Programs

Pankh Propel- An initiative to accelerate startups and unleash innovation's power via DIAL scheme. Innovation is the driving force behind progress, and Dedicated Innovation Accelerator(DIAL) scheme is here to help turn your groundbreaking ideas into reality. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment for startups to bring their Innovative Products and Technologies to the market faster and more

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups. The programme would work in line with the national priorities and goals and its focus would be to build an innovation driven entrepreneurial ecosystem with an objective of socio-economic development through wealth and job creation. NIDHI aims to nurture start-ups through scouting, supporting and scaling of innovations. The key stakeholders of NIDHI includes various departments and ministries of the central government, state governments, academic and R & D institutions, mentors, financial institutions, angel investors, venture capitalists and private sectors. NIDHI is developed keeping in line the new national aspirations and on the basis of DST’s experience of three decades, in promoting innovative start-ups. National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has promoted over one hundred sixty Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Parks (STEPs) and Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).The emphasis is to foster indigenously developed innovations and product in alignment with the nation's "AtmaNirbharBharat Mission"

Pankh Propel- An initiative to accelerate startups and unleash innovation's power via DIAL scheme. Innovation is the driving force behind progress, and Dedicated Innovation Accelerator(DIAL) scheme is here to help turn your groundbreaking ideas into reality. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment for startups to bring their Innovative Products and Technologies to the market faster and more effectively.