Galgotias University Grants INR 10 Cr to Startups
Galgotias University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, felicitated the student innovators who represented India at the EDVentures 2026 competition in Hong Kong, where Project TACTO was declared the overall winner among 19 teams from 10 countries and also received the AWS Championship Prize for its tactile learning system for visually impaired learners.
During the ceremony the university announced that three student‑led ventures – CarbonSync founded by Pushkar Singh, Agri Rover founded by Satyam Kumar, and Project TACTO founded by Gaurang Pant – will receive funding from the INR 10 crore Galgotias Innovation Fund to develop and scale their solutions in sustainability, agritech, robotics and inclusive learning technologies.
Dr Dhruv Galgotia, CEO of Galgotias University, stated that the funding ensures promising ideas move beyond recognition to real‑world impact, while Rachit Mathur, Advisor to the Galgotias Incubation Centre, highlighted the university’s end‑to‑end support including world‑class infrastructure, industry‑linked labs, maker spaces, Centres of Excellence, advanced computing, incubation, mentorship, international exposure and direct investor network access through a partnership with 247VC.
The university’s innovation ecosystem is supported by collaborations with Cisco, Salesforce, Tata Technologies, Capgemini, IBM, L&T EduTech, Apple’s iOS Developer Center, Infosys and a High‑Performance Computing platform anchored by NVIDIA DGX H200, providing facilities for artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, immersive technologies, electric mobility, advanced manufacturing, 3D printing and applied innovation.
Through the Galgotias Incubation Centre for Research Innovation Startup & Entrepreneurs (GIC RISE), more than 135 startups have been supported to date; earlier in the year CyberGenix Security Pvt. Ltd., a student‑founded venture, secured INR 3 crore in funding.
Galgotias University serves over 50,000 students and a global alumni network of more than 100,000 graduates. In the QS World University Rankings 2026 the university placed in the 1201‑1400 global band, ranked 15th among private universities and 43rd in India, while the Times Higher Education Rankings 2026 placed it in the 1201‑1500 band, 27th among private universities and 65th in India, and it holds a NAAC A+ accreditation. In 2026, its students obtained more than 5,100 job offers from over 1,250 recruiters.