CENTER FOR INNOVATION
AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AT IIIT HYDERABAD
Fostering DeepTech Innovation
Cover story
The Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT-Hyderabad has embarked on an exciting journey of collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, setting the stage for Indian startups to conquer the UK market. This innovative partnership aims to provide a pathway for ambitious entrepreneurs to transform their engineering-based innovations into thriving businesses through the Royal Academy of Engineering’s prestigious Leaders in Innovation Fellowships (LIF) program.
Happenings @ CIEIIITH
MENTOR CAFE 22.0
CIE-IIITH successfully hosted the Flagship Event Mentor Café, providing startups with a valuable opportunity to gain insights from industry experts.
Founders Round Table X T Health Cafe
CIE IIITH is back at BioAsia2024, ready to showcase our cutting-edge startups and revolutionary innovations in the world of medtech!
Spolight
Call For Applications
AVISHKAR
Harness your startup’s potential with IIIT Hyderabad’s Avishkar Accelerator Summer Cohort!Get up to 40 Lakhs in seed funding and access opportunities in MediaTech, Mobility Tech, MedTech, and Deep Tech.
NIDHI PRAYAS
Join our 12-Months Program to turn your hardware startup idea into a working prototype. With access to makers labs, prototyping machinery, and grants of up to 10L, your journey from idea to prototype begins here.
Meity TIDE 2.0
CIE IIITH presents MeitY TIDE 2.0, a golden opportunity for trailblazing minds in AI/ML, Blockchain, IoT, Data Science, and Robotics. Unlock mentorship and funding up to Rs 7 Lakhs!
Deeptech CoWorks
The ultimate workspace for AI and Deeptech startups!
Dive into a dedicated space for Gen AI, NLP, Robotics, ML, Drones, CV, Speech, and more!
Corp Corner
NIDHI PRAYAS
Join our 12-Months Program to turn your hardware startup idea into a working prototype. With access to makers labs, prototyping machinery, and grants of up to 10L, your journey from idea to prototype begins here.
DST NIDHI EIR
Calling all innovators to transform ideas into tech startups.Secure a grant of ₹ 3.6 lakh to fuel your passion. With IIITH, you can elevate entrepreneurship, create connections, and mold an endless future.
Meity TIDE 2.0
CIE IIITH presents MeitY TIDE 2.0, a golden opportunity for trailblazing minds in AI/ML, Blockchain, IoT, Data Science, and Robotics. Unlock mentorship and funding up to Rs 7 Lakhs!
Deeptech CoWorks
The ultimate workspace for AI and Deeptech startups!
Dive into a dedicated space for Gen AI, NLP, Robotics, ML, Drones, CV, Speech, and more!
CIE In News
$186,000 Qualcomm grant for Edge AI research at IIIT-H
The International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) has received $186,000 grant funding from Qualcomm Technologies Inc. for use over next three years towards research in the field of Edge AI and development of AI models as well as for an Edge AI Research Lab.
Research on Ethical AI by IIIT-H Wins Award
Our
Impact
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400+
Startups Supported
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200+ Cr
External Funds Raised
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15cr+
Invested in startups
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2000+
Jobs Created
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40+
Startup Research engagement
CIE at IIIT Hyderabad is a technology incubator with rich experience in seeding, nurturing, and growing deep-tech startups in emerging segments like med-tech, tech4social, visual informatics, data engineering, and machine learning, language technologies, gaming, and robotics. CIE IIITH, with a research-led innovation as its primary mandate, focuses on amplifying technology through research collaboration and co-creation models for startups to work with research groups at IIITH.
Under the CIE umbrella, there are 3 active incubators: deeptech incubator (Avishkar), the Medtech incubator (Ojas) & the social incubator (AIC). CIE also includes enabling labs like a well-equipped Maker Lab, a medical electronics calibration lab, and a AR/VR lab. IIIT Hyderabad also has Product Labs to seed new products from research, a pre-incubation program to seed startups from research.
In the past 15 years we have grown to be the largest academic incubator in the country, have housed over 450+ startups that have raised about 250+Cr funding, and created over 2500+ jobs. Today there are very active programs focused on emerging technology startups, research-based startups, medical technologies, and social technology startups.
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