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NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups)

निधि-प्रयास

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
1,000,000 INR

The maximum funding support offered to an innovator/Startup under this program is INR 10 lakhs, to convert an idea into a working prototype. Beneficiaries also get access to TBI infrastructure, PRAYAS Shalas (Fab Labs), mentoring and industry connections.

Funder

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, implemented with SINE, IIT Bombay

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Innovators apply through individual NIDHI-PRAYAS Centres hosted at selected Technology Business Incubators; each centre runs its own call. Centres themselves are selected through open calls published on the NIDHI-PRAYAS PMU website.

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Sector-agnostic. Beneficiaries are Students / Researchers / Innovators / Entrepreneurs / Startups; a registered company is not required at application stage. Emphasis on indigenously developed innovations aligned with the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Mission. DPIIT recognition is not stated as a prerequisite on the official DST page.

How to apply

  1. Read the NIDHI-PRAYAS guidelines. — link
  2. Find a NIDHI-PRAYAS Centre (a selected TBI) near you from the official list. — link
  3. Apply to that centre when its call is open; selected PRAYASEEs receive milestone-based prototype funding and Fab Lab access. — link

What you will need

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/schemes-programmes/nidhiprayas/

"NIDHI - PRAYAS is a sector-agnostic program. The maximum funding support offered to an innovator/ Startup under this program is INR 10 lakhs. ... Interested Students and Innovators may apply for support under NIDHI - PRAYAS through NIDHI - PRAYAS Centres (at selected TBIs)."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: nidhi.dst.gov.in

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