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Accelerators

NIDHI Accelerator

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Cohort-based acceleration run by DST-selected accelerators, generally with a small cash grant to each participating startup plus intensive mentoring and investor connects. Amount is set per accelerator.

Funder

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Each NIDHI Accelerator announces its own cohort dates.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Indian technology startups with a working product seeking market traction.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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