A Year-Round
Innovation Platform

Kumbhathon brings together startups, students, mentors, governments, and CSR partners to build, pilot, and scale solutions for real urban and societal challenges continuously, not as a one-time event.

Our Approach

An innovation ecosystem where bold thinkers collaborate to create impactful solutions for society.

City as a
Sandbox

Live urban challenges become real testing grounds.

Year‑Round
Incubation

Teams don't stop at demos they build, pilot, and
scale.

Multi‑Stakeholder Collab

Students, startups, mentors, government work together.

Impact Driven Outcomes

Solutions measured by adoption, outcomes, and social value.

Create Culture of Entrepreneurship

Solutions measured by adoption, outcomes, and social value.

How we work

Our incubation runs throughout the year, across multiple problem tracks and cities.

Discover Problems

Real challenges sourced from cities, institutions, and communities.

Build Solutions

Teams receive mentorship, structure, and domain access.

Pilot in Cities

Solutions tested in live environments like Kumbh,urban systems, and public infrastructure.

Scale with Partners

Successful pilots scale through government, CSR, and industry partnerships.

Why Kumbhathon Exists

1

Cities Need Real Solutions

Urban challenges require scale, speed, and accountability

2

Talent Needs Real Exposure

Students & startups need more than theory and pitch decks

3

Impact Needs Continuity

Long-term change cannot come from one-time events

Who Is This Platform For?

A problem-first incubation ecosystem where real city and societal challenges are
continuously discovered, incubated, and deployed.

Startup

Build solutions for real problems. Pilot with cities. Scale with credibility.

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Students & Volunteers

Learn by working on real-world challenges, not simulations.

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Mentors

Guide meaningful innovation and see your expertise create real impact.

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CSR & Public Partners

Fund and support measurable, transparent, deployment-ready impact.

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Our Impact So Far

A problem-first incubation ecosystem where real city and societal challenges
are continuously discovered, incubated, and deployed.

Startups Engaged

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Students & Volunteers

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Problem Tracks

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Projects Undertaken

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Clients & Institutions

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Real People. Real Work. Real Impact.

The DISQ story

The efforts from Kumbhathon 2015 led to the setting up of Nashiks first innovation centre Digital Impact Square supported by TCS Foundation.

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Ashioto-Crowd Steering using Footmat

8th grade student Nilay Kulkarni deployed innovative foot mat at 2015 Kumbh Mela in Nashik. Became successful startup founder today and nutures young talent as a mentor. An example of how our ecosyatem worksa nd builds.

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City Stack Initiative

The initiative builds on the foundational belief that “Smart Citizens create Smart Cities,” emphasizing citizen empowerment in the age of AI agents. With city-stack, we seek to create a replicable model for citizen-centric self-orchestration that can be adapted and implemented worldwide

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