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NASSCOM — AI for Bharat Grant

NASSCOM Foundation

Overview

Grant type: Grant + credits
Funding: Mixed
Deadline: Fixed deadline
Stage: Prototype, Early stage
Location: All India
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Edtech, Healthcare

About this grant

AI for Bharat backs startups building large-language-model and speech applications for Indian languages, or AI tools for health, education and governance at population scale. The programme provides a grant, compute credits and access to anonymised datasets from partners.

Eligibility

Company: Indian startup incorporated within the last 6 years building applied AI.
Location: India.

Company

Incorporated in India within 6 years.

Industry

Core product is an applied AI / ML application, ideally for Indian languages or public services.

Benefits

Grant of ₹20 Lakh
GPU / compute credits from cloud partners
Access to partner datasets and evaluation support

How to apply

Apply before the deadline with a technical write-up
Technical panel review
Shortlist interview
Grant and credits released on onboarding

Required documents

✓Technical approach and model plan
✓Demo or benchmark results
✓Data-handling and safety plan

Important dates

Opens: 12 Sept 2026
Deadline: 21 Oct 2026
Results expected: 10 Dec 2026

About NASSCOM Foundation

The social-impact arm of NASSCOM, running accelerators and grant programmes for tech-for-good and early-stage founders.

Grant amount

₹20 Lakh grant + GPU credits

Open21 Oct 2026

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