A central platform for student founders, run by MIT India — funding, mentorship and incubation for ideas born on campuses across the country.
groups Leadership
Guided by institution-builders who have dedicated their lives to education, innovation and purpose-driven learning.
Founder & Chief Patron — MAEER's MIT Group of Institutions
A visionary educationist and institution-builder, he has dedicated his life to nurturing generations of learners with knowledge, character, purpose and peace.
Executive Director, Treasurer & Trustee — MIT Group of Institutions, Pune
A progressive education leader and institution-builder, he brings together strategic insight, global academic exposure, and innovation-led learning.
apartment Unit Leadership
Edugild is one platform, but each unit has its own leadership and incubation team that you'll work with on the ground.
CEO, MITAOE-EDF (Entrepreneurial Development Foundation)
Assistant Professor at MIT Arts, Commerce & Science College
Asst. Director, Innovation & Incubation, Avantika University
Pro Vice Chancellor, MIT University of Meghalaya
Head, Centre for Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
lightbulb Why we exist
Most student founders fail for the same three reasons: they never got a first cheque, they never got matched to a mentor who had actually shipped something, and they never got a room to work out of.
Edugild is built to remove all three — a program, a network, and an incubation stack open to every student in India with a credible idea.
Our Principles
account_balance Backed by MIT India institutions
Edugild sits on top of MIT India's academic spine. Accepted students unlock labs, mentors and incubation support across campuses — regardless of where they study today.
Engineering
Pune's most proven student startup ground, NAAC 'A' accredited, MSME-recognised Business Incubator Host, and winner of the National Entrepreneurship Challenge at IIT Bombay.
MITAOE's Entrepreneurial Development Foundation (EDF) is one of only 19 institutes across India and 2 in Maharashtra, approved as an MSME Business Incubator Host by the Development Commissioner MSME. The institute received the Wadhwani Foundation Start-Up Club Award (2019), the Gold Institute Award 2021 for NEN courses, and was ranked in the Top 3 institutes in India for Wadhwani Foundation Programme Impact.
Online & Distance
The network's home for working-professional founders. AICTE-approved PGDM programs designed for people building their career and their startup at the same time.
MIT School of Distance Education (MITSDE) was recognised as one of India's Top 10 Most Promising Distance Education Institutes by Higher Education Review. As an Edugild participant, you get full network access — mentors, pitch events, investor connections — without stepping off the career ladder.
Design & Multi-disciplinary
India's first design-centered university, UGC approved. Where product thinking, engineering, and enterprise collide through the DICE framework.
Avantika's DICE framework is the curriculum architecture. Learners tackle real-world challenges through ideation, synthesis, prototyping, and testing, with faculty as facilitators. The Avantika Innovation and Incubation Centre supports student-founders through bootcamps, mentorship, and business model development.
Arts, Commerce & Science
A multi-disciplinary campus, NAAC 'A' accredited, ranked in India Today 2025, and awarded the SPPU Best College Award for Student Development.
MIT ACSC's Start-Up & Innovation Cell Lab closes the gap between classroom and market. With students across arts, commerce, and science streams, it is the most cross-disciplinary campus in the Edugild network — diversity of thinking investors look for in founding teams.
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