NIDHI PRAYAS
Funds prototyping for physical-product ideas through India's NIDHI PRAYAS scheme.
NIDHI PRAYAS runs through DERBI Foundation, one of several Technology Business Incubators under India's national NIDHI programme, pairing a prototyping grant with mentoring, scale-up support and lab or incubation space. Three kinds of applicants qualify: an individual Indian citizen aged 18 or older, a team (whose selected lead applicant receives any funding on the group's behalf), or an existing …
NIDHI PRAYAS is a national scheme for idea-stage innovators building a physical product prototype, spanning med-tech, mobility, wellness and nutrition tech, sports and rehab tech, mental health tech, circular economy and AI/ML or AR/VR projects. It excludes pure software projects and academic research with no physical-product output.
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