NIDHI EIR
Entrepreneurship In Residence (EIR) Fellowship program
Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR) is a co-creation model to enable entrepreneurs to leverage research output from IIIT – H labs leading to deep tech startups with social or commercial applications.
About the Program
- Provides early stage support for entrepreneurs.
- Stipend of upto 30,000 will be granted to the lead entrepreneur for a period up to 12-18 months
- Seed fund upto 25 lakhs (Upon achieving the milestones assigned)
- Access to labs
- Acceleration
Who can apply?
- Only full-time entrepreneurs can apply
- Entrepreneurs with a business model and no established company can apply
- Entrepreneurs who have a company but no revenue/investment can apply.
- Students who are graduating in 2019 can apply.
- Proposed solution must have AI/ML/VR/AR/Robotics powered tech.
Check your eligibility
What does the program provide above the grant?
- Program provides incubator type support
- Program provides access to the best mentor network.
- Program provides access to IIIT-H’s cutting-edge research and its professors(Ref IIIT Labs website https://www.iiit.ac.in and technology catalog http://tto.iiit.ac.in).
What happens after you apply?
- Our team will get in touch all shortlisted candidates, generally within a week of applying
- The shortlisted candidates will then go through a screening interview with selection committee