i-Hub Gujarat and India Accelerator Launch ‘Sanjeevan Healthcare Accelerator Program’ to Empower Healthcare Startups

i-Hub Gujarat, the state’s flagship startup and innovation hub under the Education Department, Government of Gujarat, in collaboration with India Accelerator (IA), India’s leading fund-led accelerator, has launched the Sanjeevan Healthcare Accelerator Program—a 12-week initiative to nurture and scale promising healthcare startups.

The program is designed to strengthen India’s healthcare ecosystem by helping startups achieve market readiness, access funding, and grow sustainably. Selected ventures will benefit from structured capacity-building sessions, one-on-one mentorship with healthcare experts, tailored go-to-market strategies, and access to industry networks and investors. The program will conclude with a high-impact Investor Demo Day, giving founders a platform to showcase their innovations to top venture funds and healthcare leaders.

Hiranmay Mahanta, CEO, i-Hub Gujarat, said: “At i-Hub Gujarat, our vision is to create pathways from ‘Mind-to-Market’ by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship across the state. The Sanjeevan Healthcare Accelerator, in collaboration with India Accelerator, marks an important step in empowering innovators to deliver impactful healthcare solutions that strengthen India’s healthcare ecosystem and reinforce Gujarat’s position as a leading hub for innovation.”

Munish Bhatia, Co-Founder, India Accelerator, added “At India Accelerator, we believe in fund-led, ecosystem-driven growth. Sanjeevan is designed to empower healthcare entrepreneurs with the right mix of mentorship, networks, and capital. This accelerator will act as a catalyst for early and growth-stage startups, helping them scale innovations that can touch lives at large.”

The 12-week Sanjeevan Healthcare Accelerator will provide startups with expert mentorship, tailored go-to-market support, and access to networks, markets, and strategic partners. The program will conclude with an Investor Demo Day, giving founders the chance to pitch to leading funds and healthcare stakeholders.

Applications are open for early and growth-stage healthcare startups until 15th September 2025, with the cohort starting in September 2025.

• More details: indiaaccelerator.co/sanjeevan-accelerator-program.

About i-Hub Gujarat

i-Hub Gujarat, established under SSIP by the Education Department, Government of Gujarat, is a Section 8 company envisioned as a catalyst for building an end-to-end innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Gujarat. With modern infrastructure, focused mentoring, and access to networks and capital, i-Hub empowers young innovators to transform ideas into impactful enterprises. Gujarat’s pioneering efforts through SSIP have earned it the title of Best Performer in State Startup Ranking 2018 by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

About India Accelerator

Founded in 2017, India Accelerator is a multi-stage, fund-led accelerator recognized as one of India’s leading platforms for nurturing startups across diverse sectors. With expertise spanning Defense Tech, AI, Energy, Mobility, Sustainability, Healthtech, Consumer and more, IA provides startups with mentorship, industry linkages, capital access, and global networks. Through its fund-led model and collaborative ecosystem, IA has emerged as a key player in supporting early-stage and growth-stage startups in India and abroad.

India Accelerator and Gujarat’s i-Hub Join Hands to Nurture the Startup Ecosystem in India

The Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) and India Accelerator have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create and curate a pipeline of early-stage startups that can be mentored, supported and financed by investors.

sIndia Accelerator, India’s only GAN partnered accelerator has recently partnered with Gujarat government’s vibrant incubation setup, i-Hub to fuel and foster the startup ecosystem in India, with a special focus on Gujarat.

India Accelerator and i-Hub have both agreed to develop joint programs and initiatives that bolster the startup ecosystem of the country while creating win-win situations for both parties. As per the MoU, both i-Hub and India Accelerator will jointly develop a pipeline of early-stage startups in India that can be mentored and prepared for funding by investors

i-Hub, a vibrant incubation setup, established under Student Startup Innovation Policy (SSIP) by the Gujarat government’s education department will facilitate alliances between potential investable startups and the India Accelerator. It aims to create more awareness about financing innovation and startups by joining hands with organizations like India Accelerator. Additionally, India Accelerator will help in the efforts of i-Hub in mentoring the startups in their forward integration journey of mind-to-market.

Delighted with the recent partnership, Ashish Bhatia, Founder and CEO of India Accelerator said, “We are thrilled to have joined hands with i-Hub to provide a conducive ecosystem for the innovative and budding startups of India. We are looking forward to putting the startups of Gujarat and India on the map and generating employment within the country. Our partnership will help early-stage startups to get the right mentorship, support and resources at the right time which will help them raise capital and succeed. With this association, we believe we can propel the startup ecosystem in India to new heights.

Commenting on the partnership, Hiranmay Mahanta, CEO of i-Hub said, “Having worked closely with so many promising young entrepreneurs and startups in Gujarat, we want to create a trajectory for them to advance from mind-to-market. Our collaboration with India Accelerator will help the innovative startups of India to overcome the early-stage challenges and raise capital. We are committed to furthering the growth and development of student startups and building India’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Founded in 2019, i-Hub is a vibrant incubation set up, focused on catalyzing the creation of a strong startup ecosystem across the state of Gujarat by inculcating entrepreneurial spirit in the youth of the state. The Student Startup and Innovation Hub has undertaken strategic interventions to develop an exemplary incubation support system by linking students, academia, industry and society at large.

Being India’s only GAN partnered mentorship-driven accelerator, India Accelerator has empowered over 100 diverse startups to grow into successful ventures across the country. A leading seed-stage accelerator in India, the company helps startups grow from ground zero by providing them with building blocks like capital, mentorship, network and technology, among others. The company has also been recognized as the ‘Best Accelerator of India’ by Startup India.