About CIIF

About CIIF

Entrepreneurship culture is of key importance to Chitkara University. With the vision “To promote entrepreneurial spirit amongst youth, researchers, engineers and society at large by promoting cutting edge technology & non -technology start-ups which will lead to economic and social development of the country” Chitkara University has opened its first incubator “Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF)” in the year 2013 which provided a platform to the budding startups, innovators & entrepreneurs of the region.

On October 30, 2015, CIIF got registered as a company under section-8 of the Company Act. A month later CIIF got recognition as a Technology Business Incubator from, DST, Govt. of India. Currently, we have over 3 incubators in the Tricity and around 120 startups raised and mentored by CIIF in the last 5 years.

Startups incubated with CIIF are from diverse fields like Agritech, Healthtech, Edtech, SAAS, Fintech etc.