NIF Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council (NIF-ientreC)

NIF Incubationand Entrepreneurship Council (NIFientreC) is the technology business incubator, registered as Section 8 Company (not for profit) under the Companies Act 2013, hosted by National Innovation Foundation - India (NIF). It was established in the year 2015 with financial support from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) for incubation and commercialisation of technological ideas and innovations of grassroots innovators and students across the country.

NIFientreC envisages creating a comprehensive support ecosystem that provides timely and necessary aid to innovators and entrepreneurs in their endeavours. NIFientreC provides both in situ and ex situ mentoring to innovators and entrepreneurs for developing and upgrading their ideas/innovations into commercially viable technology products/processes. Further, it provides business guidance and assistance to them for creating and operating a successful business venture, enabling dissemination of technological innovation across India and outside India.

Core offerings

  • Business and Technology Mentoring
  • Business Promotion and Networking
  • Capacity Building and Skilling
  • Regulatory and Compliance Assistance
  • Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
  • Technology Prototyping and Validation