CSIR Innovation Fund

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research's fund supporting startups and MSMEs for technology development and commercialization of CSIR-developed technologies. CSIR runs six specialized incubation centres and maintains a technology showcase portal listing over 800 CSIR-developed technologies available for licensing, which is the typical entry point for a startup or MSME seeking to commercialize CSIR IP under this fund. Because CSIR's 38-plus national laboratories each manage their own technology transfer relationships, the specific funding terms, milestones and equity/royalty arrangements are negotiated at the individual lab level rather than through a single centralized process.