MSME-Accredited HEIBI · Ministry of MSME, Government of India · June 2025
CIIC · Active & Funding-Ready

Nurturing student innovators,
faculty entrepreneurs, and
regional startups.

CIIC supports ideas, prototypes, startups and rural enterprises through mentoring, incubation, IPR support, funding facilitation, market linkage and ecosystem access — from the campus laboratory to the national startup stage.

Twelve months in. The portfolio speaks.

[ 2025 Incubation Report ]
20+
Startups Incubated
9
Active Ventures
25
MSME Hackathon Ideas Received
13
Ideas Recommended for Funding
15
Smart India Hackathon Teams
45
Government Schools Mentored
47
Students Exposed to Startup Ecosystems
9
Innovation Ambassadors
Continuing Pipeline · 2026
[ 01 ] About CIIC

The institutional platform for enterprise-led impact.

Centurion Innovation and Incubation Centre is CUTMAP's platform for nurturing ideas, innovations, startups and enterprise-led impact. It supports students, faculty, alumni and community entrepreneurs across the complete innovation lifecycle — from ideation and validation to incubation, funding, market linkage and scale-up.

Anchored by MSME HEIBI accreditation, recognised by the AP Innovation Society, and connected to a national mentor network, CIIC is built to convert curiosity into capability — and capability into capital.

[ 02 ] The Incubation Pipeline

Five stages. One continuum.

CIIC provides structured support across the entrepreneurial lifecycle. Every stage has its own mentors, milestones and measurable outcomes — so founders move forward only when they're ready, not on a calendar.

/ Stage 01

Ideation

Problem identification, design thinking, idea validation, customer-discovery sprints.

/ Stage 02

Pre-Incubation

Business model, customer interviews, lean-canvas, early market study, prototype scoping.

/ Stage 03

Incubation

Mentoring, workspace, technology support, legal & IPR, structured cohort programming.

/ Stage 04

Acceleration

Investor connect, market linkage, corporate partnership, pitch preparation, growth metrics.

/ Stage 05

Post-Incubation

Alumni network, scaling guidance, follow-on capital, regional and national visibility.

[ 03 ] Incubatee Portfolio

Founders building for coastal Andhra and beyond.

A growing portfolio across agri-tech, rural fintech, edtech, healthcare and creative industries. Profiles include founder, sector, stage, support received, traction and SDG alignment.

/ Agri-Tech

Smallholder Credit Scoring

Stage: Incubation · MSME Hackathon

Alternative-data and explainable ML for smallholder farmer credit assessment across North Coastal AP.

/ Rural Fintech

BC Agent Network

Stage: Pre-Incubation

Last-mile banking correspondent network for women SHGs across Vizianagaram and Parvathipuram districts.

/ Agri-Allied

FPO Market Linkage

Stage: Acceleration · Active

Farmer Producer Company aggregation, primary processing and direct B2B linkages, in MoU with Mentada FPC.

/ Drone-Tech

Precision Agri Drone Services

Stage: Incubation · DGCA RPTO

Drone-as-a-service for spraying, mapping and crop-health analytics, anchored to DGCA-authorised RPTO.

/ HealthTech

Rural Diagnostics Network

Stage: Pre-Incubation

Hub-and-spoke diagnostics for under-served mandals, anchored to the Centre for Medical Diagnostics.

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Full Portfolio →

20+ Startups · 9 Active Ventures

Browse the complete incubatee portfolio with founders, traction, funding status and SDG alignment.

[ 04 ] Hackathons & Innovation Challenges

Where the next cohort is discovered.

CUTMAP hosts internal and national-level innovation challenges as the front door for the pipeline. Every challenge is paired with mentors, prototyping support, and a path into incubation.

Smart India Hackathon
15
Teams selected for national-level competition · 2025
MSME Idea Hackathon
25
Idea submissions · 13 recommended for funding
Avishkar Andhra
Innovation Hub host institution · 2025
Viksit Bharat Buildathon
+
Annual builder challenge for student innovators
[ 05 ] IPR & IIC

From research to commercialisation.

CIIC supports faculty and students in converting research outputs into protectable, market-relevant innovations — prior-art search, patent documentation, copyright and trademark facilitation, technology transfer and research-to-startup pathways. Anchored by KAPILA resources and a patent-attorney network.

Institution's Innovation Council: 9 faculty members — 3 Advanced Level Innovation Ambassadors, 6 Basic Level Innovation Ambassadors — running an annual calendar of innovation talks, entrepreneurship awareness, and mentoring of 45 government schools.

[ 06 ] Ecosystem Partnerships

A national network at the founder's back.

CIIC connects every founder to a multi-tier ecosystem — government, industry, capital, mentors and academia — so the path from prototype to market is mapped, not improvised.

Ministry of MSME · HEIBI Accreditation
AP Innovation Society
Andhra Pradesh Hub for Startups
Tech & Deep-Tech Network
Ratan Tata Innovation Hub
MoE Innovation Cell
Union Bank of India · Banking Partner
Angel investors, corporate mentors, industry partners
[ 07 ] Services

For startups. For corporates. For CSR.

For Startups

  • · Incubation membership
  • · Pre-incubation bootcamps
  • · Business model validation
  • · Pitch deck & investor readiness
  • · IPR support
  • · Market linkage
  • · Workspace & legal guidance

For Corporates · CSR · Govt

  • · Startup challenge design
  • · Hackathon management
  • · Innovation bootcamps
  • · Rural enterprise incubation
  • · School innovation mentoring
  • · Technology scouting
  • · CSR-linked entrepreneurship
[ 08 ] NAAC · NIRF · SDG

Evidence the Centre provides for accreditation.

CIIC produces verifiable evidence for institutional accreditation frameworks and SDG reporting — from patent counts to startup jobs to regional enterprise creation.

NAAC
Innovation ecosystem, IIC, incubation, research commercialisation, extension.
NIRF
Research and professional practice, patents, startups, entrepreneurship outcomes.
SDG 4
Innovation education and student exposure.
SDG 8
Startup jobs and entrepreneurship.
SDG 9
Industry, innovation and infrastructure.
SDG 11
Regional innovation and local enterprise.
SDG 17
Partnerships with MSME, APIS, RTIH, NASSCOM, banks and industry.