C-DOT Samarth Incubation Programme
Closed Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), Department of Telecommunications All of India
Up to ₹5 lakh, plus 6 months of office space, lab access and mentoring
- Six month incubation with a grant, office space and labs for telecom and ICT startups
- DPIIT recognised startup
- Working on telecom software, cybersecurity, 5G or 6G, AI, IoT or quantum
- Up to 18 startups per cohort
- Closed
- Apply to the next cohort call posted on the C-DOT news page
- Prototype, Early revenue stage
- Government of India
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