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PRomoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring technology innovators & Startups
Empowering innovators, grassroots creators, and early-stage tech founders to transform ambitious ideas into validated, market-ready physical prototypes with up to ₹10 Lakhs non-dilutive prototyping grant and world-class makerspace lab infrastructure at SJCE-STEP.
Detailed guidelines, eligibility conditions, funding expense breakdown, and laboratory capabilities.
Transforming an engineering concept into a tangible, functional physical prototype is one of the most vital milestones in hardware entrepreneurship. Early prototyping validates product feasibility, accelerates market testing, and builds a solid foundation for commercialization.
The Department of Science & Technology (DST) established the NIDHI-PRAYAS scheme to empower aspiring innovators with risk-free grant-in-aid funding, seasoned engineering mentors, and rapid fabrication labs directly within premier incubation centers like SJCE-STEP.
Pure prototype development funding without equity loss.
Design for manufacturing & electronic testing expertise.
Fast-track admission to seed funding & investor cohorts.
Innovators retain 100% intellectual property rights.
SJCE-STEP is one of India's pioneer Technology Business Incubators with 35+ years of legacy. Located on the premier JSS Science and Technology University campus in Mysuru, it offers unmatched academic engineering faculties, sophisticated testing apparatus, and active alumni networks.
Everything you need to know about funding, IP ownership, guidelines, and facilities.
Have questions about technical feasibility or need assistance preparing your proposal? Connect with our PRAYAS Centre coordinator or schedule a walkthrough of our makerspace.
Join the elite cohort of innovators funded under DST NIDHI-PRAYAS at SJCE-STEP. Turn your blueprint into a validated prototype with up to ₹10 Lakhs grant support.