NITK Surathkal presents
INCUBATE.
Three days of audacious ideas, unlikely collaborators and the people building what comes next.
25—27
SEP 2026NITK SURATHKAL · INDIA
A launchpad
with gravity.
Where a coastal campus becomes the meeting point for founders, builders, investors and the next impossible idea.
NITK SURATHKAL · 1960—NOW
Big ideas need
open horizons.
India’s only institute with its own beach. A campus of 7,000 students, 300 faculty and 45,000 alumni, set at the edge of the Arabian Sea.
Meet the campus ↗
12°56'N74°52'E
ABHYODAI
The next starts
here.
AbhyodAI is the first light of a new idea: technology with intent, ambition with empathy, and a generation ready to build beyond the obvious.
Three ways
to move forward.
Find your entry point. Stay for the collision.
MAKE IT REAL
From blank page
to breakthrough.
Two hackathons. Four high-stakes competitions. One place to turn a problem worth solving into something people can use.
Explore hackathons ↗Build for
Billions
Tech solutions for problems that affect millions.
400+ teams ↗26TH SEP 2026 · CSR INITIATIVEProsthetics
Hackathon
Affordable, accessible design for real lives.
₹60,000+ prize pool ↗TREASURE HUNTSeed
Hunt
Follow the clues, solve riddles, and claim the treasure.
Register Now ↗PITCHING COMPETITIONIndia's Got
Investment
Got an idea nobody asked for? Pitch it anyway.
Register Now ↗GAMIFIED CHALLENGEMarketing
Sherlock
Crack the case, decode the market, and build a winning strategy.
Register Now ↗DATA/ML CHALLENGELTF Income
Prediction
Develop a data-driven model to predict farmer income.
Register Now ↗STRATEGY CASEKaaryavarta
& Incubate
Tackle real-world business bottlenecks as a strategic consultant.
Register Now ↗CASE STUDY COMPETITIONS
Four ways to
play the market.
TAKE THE STAGE
Good ideas
deserve a room.
Pitch to people who can open doors. Meet the builders already changing the map. Leave with a sharper story and a bigger next step.
Pitch
Tank.
Founders pitch live businesses and ideas to investors and mentors for feedback, mock funding and the questions that make a company stronger.
India's Got
Investment.
A talent-hunt-style startup showcase where ideas meet investors, attention and an audience ready to back the next move.
₹50K PRIZE POOL · INCREDIBLE INVESTORS · CRAZY GOODIES ↗SIGNALS FROM THE FUTURE
Keynote lineup
coming soon.
Six keynote speakers. Six panel discussions. Revealing soon.
Notify me when it drops ↗Built by a campus.
Backed by a network.
Powered by the people and communities making coastal Karnataka a serious home for ambitious ideas.
PAST SPEAKERS · PAST PARTNERS
People who have
been in the room.
Past voices, trusted collaborators and a growing community of builders give INCUBATE its momentum.
SPEAKERS
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEE
People who
make it happen.
INCUBATE is shaped by students, faculty and partners who believe the next big thing can start right here.
incub8.convenor@nitk.edu.in
incub8.marketinghead@nitk.edu.in
MEET THE WORK