Healthcare Incubation Program , NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore

• Healthcare founders and innovators seeking IIM Bangalore incubation support.

About this scheme

NSRCEL at IIM Bangalore offers a specialized Healthcare Incubation Program, actively supporting founders and startups dedicated to innovating India's healthcare sector. This comprehensive program provides essential resources including expert one-on-one mentorship, vital access to hospital networks, and critical regulatory, IP, legal, and finance advisory services. Participants also gain access to product innovation labs, lab suites, and dedicated co-working spaces.

The program is structured to assist startups across four distinct healthcare focus tracks. These include pioneering healthcare innovators, biotech and medtech companies developing devices, diagnostics, or therapies, and initiatives addressing public health issues or seeking to reduce healthcare costs. Additionally, the program supports ventures focused on elderly and chronic care solutions, aiming to foster advancements that tackle significant healthcare challenges and enhance delivery systems across India.

Who can apply

• Founders and co-founders of healthcare startups or early-stage ventures working on solutions in the healthcare domain are eligible to apply.
• Healthcare Innovators , individuals or small teams developing pioneering ideas that address significant healthcare challenges through new treatment methods, unique healthcare delivery models, or health-enabling technologies are encouraged to apply.
• BioTech and MedTech startups focused on biotechnological advancements or the development of medical devices, diagnostics tools, therapeutic equipment, patient monitoring systems, drugs, vaccines, gene therapies, or other biological products are eligible.
• Startups and teams working on public health challenges and affordable healthcare solutions, particularly those improving healthcare access in underserved communities, driving preventive care, or reducing costs through innovative business models or health education, may apply.
• Startups building innovations for elderly and chronic care patients , including care management solutions, remote monitoring systems, assistive technologies, and chronic disease management programs , are eligible for this program.

Eligible entity types: Individual Innovator

Benefits & funding

• Expert one-on-one mentorship, vital access to hospital networks, and critical regulatory, IP, legal, and finance advisory services.
• Participants also gain access to product innovation labs, lab suites, and dedicated co-working spaces.

How the application process works

The journey below is informational, compiled from the official program guidelines. Applications are submitted directly with NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore, in your own name.

1. 1

   Applications undergo an initial review, followed by a conversation with the NSRCEL team.

2. 2

   A panel review evaluates candidates before successful applicants are onboarded.

Frequently asked questions