C-DOT's Avishkar Program

Run by Zone Startups India.

Mumbai-based and lasting 18 weeks from the selection of a cohort, C-DOT's Avishkar Program is an idea-stage incubation track for building a telecom product or solution, aimed at students, researchers and innovators working at TRL 3 or below. It is run in partnership with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), a Government of India telecom R&D centre. No investment cheque is stated and no equity percentage is published.

Investment

Not disclosed

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

18 weeks (Shorter than South Asia median 26 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

Not disclosed

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Mumbai, India

Sectors

• Hardware

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://india.zonestartups.com/cdot read 2026-09-07 — supports cheque note, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, sectors, application url, status

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Last verified 2026-09-07.