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NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups)

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A DST prototyping grant in New Delhi, India for young innovators and start-ups, delivered through PRAYAS centres

TrustList summary

NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups) funds prototypes as a DST grant scheme based in New Delhi, India. It funds individual innovators and young start-ups to build prototypes, and innovators apply to a PRAYAS centre. A second phase, NIDHI PRAYAS 2.0, has its own centre applications.

What NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups) offers

  • Prototyping grant: grant support for individual innovators and young start-ups to develop prototypes.
  • PRAYAS and Advance PRAYAS centres: standard centres, and advanced centres for deep-tech or advanced prototypes.
  • PRAYAS 2.0 centre route: incubators were invited to apply to become 2.0 centres.

Clients

Individual innovators and young start-ups, applying to a PRAYAS centre. Deep-tech and advanced prototype teams go through an Advance PRAYAS centre.

Key facts

  • Based in: New Delhi, India
  • Incubator call window: 19 May to 30 June 2026

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

Categories & features

Trust Score

4/ 100
Trust Score: New

An earned signal from verification, reviews, awards, transparency and engagement - the vendor can't buy it.

Verification
0/100 · 20%
Reviews
0/100 · 30%
Awards
0/100 · 15%
Transparency
18/100 · 20%
Engagement
0/100 · 15%
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Updated 9/17/2026

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NIDHI-PRAYAS (Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups) is ranked on 3 TrustList rankings: #7 on 1, #12 on 1 and #13 on 1.

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Startup funding programme · 3 rankings

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