Rajiv Gandhi Entrepreneurship Program (RGEP), Karnataka
Closed Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka (KITS) Karnataka
₹25,000 a month for 12 months
- Monthly stipend for young science and engineering graduates working full time on an early idea
- Indian citizen domiciled in Karnataka, 30 or younger
- 3 or 4 year science or engineering degree; not employed and no stake in another startup
- Idea at ideation or early prototype stage with no revenue
- Not more than ₹5 lakh in earlier grants
- Closed
- Apply when a call opens on Startup Karnataka; shortlisted innovators pitch to a jury
- Idea, Prototype stage
- State governments
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