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🌍 Energy Launchpad 2025

Organised by: Social Innovations & CoE for Clean Energy and Green Hydrogen Innovations @ Venture Center
Supported by: Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS), Govt. of Maharashtra

🔋 About the Program

The Energy Launchpad is a 3-month guided mentoring program designed to hand-hold budding entrepreneurs, innovators, and researchers in the Clean Energy and Green Hydrogen domain.

The program helps participants transform ideas into need-based impactful projects and potential startups by providing mentorship, expert guidance, field immersions, and exposure to funding opportunities.

🌱 Focus Areas / Sub-Themes

  • Clean Energy (CE)

  • Green Hydrogen (GH2)

  • Energy generation (solar, wind, hydro, waste-to-energy, biomass, etc.)

  • Energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, charging & swapping technologies)

  • End-use sectors (mobility, industrial and urban power needs)

  • Fuel cell technology

  • Electrolyzers for hydrogen generation

🎯 Program Gains

By joining the Energy Launchpad, participants will:

  • Get an overview of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, key challenges & emerging opportunities in energy.

  • Explore industry–academia–research partnerships for technology advancement.

  • Interact with a network of innovators, experts, and entrepreneurs from across India.

  • Participate in field immersion visits for real-world problem validation.

  • Receive guidance on entrepreneurship essentials – IP, regulatory approvals, business planning, funding readiness.

  • Pitch ideas at a Demo Day and get recognition for best business cases.

👩‍🔬 Who Can Apply?

  • Innovators and technologists

  • Budding entrepreneurs in the clean energy space

  • Researchers and students keen to explore entrepreneurship

  • Eligibility: Graduates in Science, Engineering, or Medicine

đź—“ Program Details

  • Call for Applications: 2–20 Sept 2025

  • Program Duration: 3 months (4 hrs/week)

  • Start Date: 15 Oct 2025

  • Mode: Online sessions + immersion visits

  • Seats: Limited to 15 (Selection by committee)

  • Registration Fees: â‚ą1050/-

👉 Apply Now

🏆 Benefits for Participants

  • Certificate of Completion

  • Recognition for the best business case presentations

  • Mentoring support for early-stage funding applications

  • Access to Venture Center’s facilities and services (as per applicable terms)

  • Priority consideration for pitching to Venture Center’s funding and investment committees (for 6 months)

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