
Cochin Shipyard Ushus Startup Programme
Closed Cochin Shipyard Limited (Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways) All of India
Seed grant up to ₹50 lakh; pilot grant up to ₹1 crore
- Grants for maritime, shipping, port and inland waterway startups to build MVPs and run pilots
- Startups with maritime, port, shipbuilding or waterway technology
- Focus: decarbonisation, autonomous vessels, AI, simulation, coastal livelihoods
- Closed
- Register through the partner incubators (IIMK LIVE or IIT Madras) linked on the CSL startup page when a call opens
- Prototype, Early revenue stage
- Government of India
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Oil India Limited (OIL), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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