Feb 27: Marking National Science Day 2026, DreamXec officially launches India’s first dedicated student research and innovation crowdfunding platform –www.dreamxec.com, built to democratize access to funding for the country’s 43.3 million higher education students.
In thousands of colleges across India, brilliant ideas live inside notebooks, lab files, and student laptops. Ideas for affordable medical devices. Smarter irrigation systems. Cleaner water solutions. Renewable energy models. Most of them never see the light of day. Not because students lack talent. Not because they lack ambition. But because they lack access to funding.
The Gap Nobody Talks About
India has over 43 million students enrolled across more than 43,000+ higher education institutions. Yet meaningful research funding reaches only a tiny fraction of them.
While top-tier institutions receive significant research grants, students in Tier-2 and Tier-3 colleges often struggle to raise even ₹50,000 to build a prototype. Many never apply for funding at all because the process is complex, slow, and discouraging. As a result, innovation remains concentrated — and potential remains untapped. DreamXec was built to change that.
A Bridge Between Ideas and Support
DreamXec is India’s first dedicated student innovation funding platform. It connects verified college students directly with alumni, individual supporters, and corporate CSR contributors through a transparent, milestone-based model.
Instead of navigating complicated approval cycles, students can:
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Create a verified profile using their institutional email
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Upload their project with clear goals and funding needs
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Receive optional faculty endorsements
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Go live on the platform with transparent tracking
Supporters can browse projects, fund them directly, and track progress in real time.
“We’re building the missing bridge in India’s research ecosystem,” says Ashish Trivedi, Founder & CEO of DreamXec. “Alumni want to give back, CSR funds are available, institutions are under pressure to do more research, and students have ideas worth backing. But there has not been a transparent, structured way to connect all of them.”
“At a time when policies like NEP 2020 and RDI scheme put unprecedented emphasis on research, innovation and India’s aspiration to become a global knowledge leader, our goal is to co‑opt and support the entire ecosystem – students, faculty, alumni, institutions, CSR and government — by plugging gaps wherever they exist to work better together. DreamXec exists to make it simple, accountable and inspiring for anyone who cares about India’s future to fund the next generation of problem‑solvers.”
Designed for Trust
Trust is at the heart of DreamXec. Projects go through multi-layer verification. Funds are released milestone by milestone. Supporters can see exactly how their contributions are being used.
“India has the scale. What we needed was infrastructure,” says Sanskar Seth, Co-Founder & Tech Lead. “We’ve built DreamXec to handle millions of students while keeping accountability strong. Innovation shouldn’t depend on geography.”
Why This Moment Matters
India speaks often about its demographic dividend. But demographic advantage becomes innovation advantage only when opportunity is distributed. Across the country, students are building solutions in agriculture, climate tech, healthcare, and sustainable engineering. With the right early support, these projects can evolve into startups, patents, or scalable social impact ventures.
Without that support, they remain unfinished experiments. DreamXec wants to ensure fewer ideas are left behind.
What’s Next
At launch, DreamXec aims to onboard:
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100 colleges across India
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50 verified student projects in high-impact sectors
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Early alumni and CSR partnerships
Over the next five years, the platform envisions supporting 400,000 students and mobilizing ₹5,000 crore toward student-led innovation.