Entrepreneurship in India

National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG)
Government-industry initiative to promote better corporate governance practices in India; based in New Delhi; organises meetings, conferences, workshops seminars etc; partnership between government & CII, ICSI, ICAI

National Innovation Foundation Tel: +91-79-2673-2456
Premchand Nagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Foundation in Ahmedabad established by the Department of Science & Technology; aims to provide institutional support in scouting, spawning, sustaining & scaling up grassroots green innovations & helping their transition to self supporting activities

National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board Tel: +91-11-2651-7186
Technology Bhawan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110016, India
Agency established by the Govt of India under the aegis of Dept of Science & Technology to promote & develop high-end entrepreneurship for S&T manpower and self-employment by utilising S&T infrastructure & methods; HQ: New Delhi

Mumbai Angels
Sion East, Mumbai 400022, India
Forum for start-ups & very early stage companies to meet successful entrepreneurs, professionals & executives who are interested in & have the funds available to invest; many members have prior Silicon Valley experience

The Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning Tel: +91-80-2699-3701
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076, India
Centre of excellence for seeding, nurturing and promoting entrepreneurship; set up by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore; facilitates business growth by combining academic research with practical experiences

StartupDunia
Ft. Lauderdale-based Pranav Dharma's blog focusing on Indian startups, Web 2.0, Indian internet industry, broadband, VC activity, startup resources, technology infrastructure, gaming, mobile, and entrepreneurship in India

Startup Village Pvt Ltd Tel: 0484-211-0799
Kinfra High Tech Park, Kalamassery, Kochi, Kerala
Organisation in Kochi, incubating student start-ups from college campuses to create breakthrough technologies for global telecom sector; a partnership between Dept of Science & Technology (Govt of India), Technopark Trivandrum, & MobME Wireless

Franchise Business India
Official directory of Franchise Association of India, country's peak industry body committed to strengthening and promoting the best practices in franchising; site contains sections on finding, buying and running a franchise etc

Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society
Society providing self-employment opportunities for professionally qualified women through the organisation of environment-friendly biotechnological enterprises in Women's Biotechnology Park in Kanchipuram; chairman: Prof. M.S. Swaminathan

Sherpalo Ventures
Enterpreneurial services company based in Saratoga, California; helps start-ups raise money, identify & hire top management personnel, make the right product choices etc; portfolio includes Google, Naukri.com, Elance etc; started by Ram Shriram

The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay
Student organisation that provides young aspiring entrepreneurs a platform to turn their vision into reality; based in Mumbai; initiatives include Eureka (a business plan competition), Ideaz (Pan-IIT Business Idea Competition) etc

Working Women's Forum (India)
Social organisation started in 1978 in Chennai to help poor, unorganised women workers through micro-credit, training, social mobilisation etc; works in tandem with Indian Co-operative Network for Women & National Union of Working Women