TIDE 2.0 EiR
Pays up to INR 30,000 a month for a year to validate an early-stage startup idea.
The programme frames itself as a fellowship rather than a straight grant: selected entrepreneurs-in-residence get a technology-enabled environment alongside the monthly stipend, including a network of mentors and other founders going through the same programme. Applications are judged against five criteria: how different the idea is from existing market solutions, how relevant the problem and solu…
The programme wants recent graduates or final-year students in Basic Sciences, Engineering, Biotechnology, Medicine or Law to validate and develop their own startup idea as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. It gives access to a monthly stipend, mentors and a network, but pure software or app ideas are excluded.
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