Program Objectives:

• To train the graduates in Science and Technology stream in the essentials of conceiving, planning, initiating and launching a venture


• To expose them to a new body of knowledge or emerging trends and the opportunities in various sectors


• To network them with financial institutions, entrepreneurship enablers and innovative and successful entrepreneurs


• To advance their ideas towards a sellable product or service with proven customers

Program Outcomes:

• The participants will be able to ideate, brainstorm, and finetune their ideas for venture creation


• The participants will be able to add an innovative dimension either to their business models/products/services/revenue streams or conceive a new sustainable venture idea


• The participants will be able to network, introduce, and engage themselves to representatives of financial institutions, entrepreneurship enablers and founders of existing ventures


• The participants will submit an initial feasibility report and final business plan in consultation with mentors and domain experts

Women Startup Programme  (with NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore as programme partner for the state of Maharashtra)

The Women Startup Programme at InFED, IIM Nagpur is a fully dedicated programme to support aspiring women entrepreneurs to realise their dreams of starting and scaling their enterprise. The program identifies women entrepreneurs from diverse sectors through a rigorous screening process, offering them access to training and mentorship by domain experts and business mentors, market linkages, and access to exclusive networking events are some of the features of this programme. InFED is currently incubating its 2nd cohort of 32 incubates under this programme:

Women Startup Programme 2018-19 (1st Cohort)

InFED routinely collaborates with several organizations for promotion of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the ecosystem in India and abroad

• InFED hosted the iDEX DISC IV Virtual Roadshow as an outreach activity for the Defence India Startup Challenge, conducted by the Ministry of Defence, GoI. The event was aimed at attracting researchers and entrepreneurs to create prototypes and solutions for strategic military needs.
• InFED was the ecosystem partner for BIGShift Nagpur – an initiative to enable, engage and empower India′s Tier 2 startups, organized by Inc42, a digital media startup. The event offered a platform to bring forth the innovation, business acumen and creativity of startups in Nagpur.
• InFED collaborated with Zone Startups for the event Next BIG Idea. An Indo-Canadian Bilateral Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program, the event aimed to select 13 start-ups to travel to Canada, and enable market access as well as mentoring and networking opportunities for them.