TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Up to Rs 4 lakh to take an ICT or AI idea to proof of concept, awarded through one of 51 TIDE 2.0 incubation centres.
What you get
“Entrepreneurs-in-residence (EiR): for idea to Proof of Concept upto Rs. 4 Lakh”
Can you apply
TIDE 2.0 will promote tech entrepreneurship through financial and technical support to incubators engaged in supporting ICT startups primarily engaged in using emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, Block-chain, Robotics etc. in pre-identified areas of societal relevance. Thematic areas: (i) Healthcare (ii) Education (iii) Agriculture (iv) Financial inclusion including digital payments (v) Infrastructure and transportation (vi) Environment and clean tech (vii) Clean energy solutions (viii) Other emerging areas (flexibility to support tech startups to address societal challenges in ICTE areas)
When
Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
What Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology funds
India's IT ministry. Through MeitY Startup Hub and the TIDE 2.0 scheme it funds ICT startups working on emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, blockchain and robotics, staged from idea to market outreach and delivered entirely through 51 empanelled incubators at institutes of higher learning and premier R&D organisations.
Everything Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology funds →Details
First of three staged TIDE 2.0 support levels. TIDE 2.0 has no central application route: each of the 51 empanelled incubation centres (6 Group 1, 25 Group 2, 20 Group 3) runs its own intake, so calls and deadlines vary by centre and are not published by MeitY. The scheme was approved in 2019 with a Rs 264.62 crore outlay over five years to support roughly 2,000 startups; MeitY reported 1,706 startups supported as of December 2025.
Read off the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology page on 29 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.