Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) is a government-backed incubation platform established in 2019 under Gujarat's Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP). Operated by the Education Department of the Government of Gujarat and based in Ahmedabad, i-Hub serves as the state's centralized resource for student entrepreneurs. It provides a single-window system for student startups to access funding, mentorship, workspace, and institutional support across Gujarat's network of universities and colleges.
## Role
i-Hub acts as the coordinating body for all student startup activity under SSIP across Gujarat. It connects student founders with pre-incubation and incubation support from a network of nodal institutions across the state. The hub processes applications for SSIP seed grants, facilitates mentorship matching, and tracks the progress of student-led ventures. It also works with universities to embed entrepreneurship culture in academic curricula and organizes innovation challenges and hackathons at the state level.
## Programs
i-Hub manages the SSIP grant program, which provides seed funding of up to INR 2 lakh per student startup idea and up to INR 25 lakh for ventures that demonstrate commercial viability. The hub runs pre-incubation programs, innovation boot camps, and design thinking workshops across Gujarat's universities. It also facilitates access to co-working space at affiliated institutions and connects student founders with industry mentors. i-Hub maintains a network of over 60 nodal institutes across the state that serve as local incubation centers. The hub also runs annual innovation festivals and pitch competitions to surface promising student ventures.
## Notable Alumni
Alumni ventures include Indifoot, Dronelab, Uppskale, WEpaint, and SanBurn, representing a range of sectors from sports media to drones to consumer products.
## Who Benefits
Students enrolled in Gujarat's universities and colleges are the primary beneficiaries. The hub supports student founders from ideation through early revenue stages, with particular strength in providing first-time entrepreneurs with structured guidance and non-dilutive seed capital. Students in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across Gujarat benefit from the distributed network of nodal institutes.
## Strategic Impact
With over 840 student startups supported, i-Hub has established Gujarat as a leader in student entrepreneurship among Indian states. The SSIP model, which integrates entrepreneurship support into the education system at scale, has been studied by other state governments looking to replicate similar programs. For student founders in Gujarat, i-Hub provides an accessible, equity-free pathway into entrepreneurship with structured government backing.
Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) currently has 3 programs listed in this directory, including Startup Srujan Seed Support (S4) , Cohort 3, Samriddhi Acceleration Program 2.0 by i-Hub Gujarat x FundEnable, TattvaX Cohort 2. Each program page covers the funding amount, eligibility and application process.
Yes. Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) is listed under the government category. Its programs follow official government processes, and applications are submitted through official channels in your own name.
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No. Applications are always submitted in your own name with the respective program authority. IncorpX is independent of Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) and provides assistance for application preparation, document organisation and prerequisite registrations such as incorporation, DPIIT recognition, MSME and GST.
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This directory is compiled from publicly available official sources and is provided for general information only. It does not constitute legal, financial, tax or professional advice. Funding amounts, eligibility criteria, required documents, deadlines and availability are determined by each program authority and change with every cycle, so the details shown here may be incomplete or out of date. Always confirm the current terms on the official program source before you apply or take any decision.
IncorpX charges no fee for the information in this directory and does not collect, process, lodge or submit any application on your behalf. Applications are made by you, in your own name, directly with the respective program authority. IncorpX provides assistance only for application preparation and for related registrations such as company incorporation, DPIIT recognition, MSME (Udyam) and GST. Eligibility, approval, disbursement and selection rest solely with the respective program authority, and IncorpX makes no representation or guarantee as to any outcome.
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