YUVA Validate @ KREST
Methodology Training, Collective Problem Solving, Access to Mentors, and a strong Student Founder Community — all designed to help you validate your startup idea.
If you are a student founder from North Telangana with a startup idea, even if the idea feels early, unclear, or unvalidated, this program is for you.
Last Date to apply: 20 May 2026
About the Program
YUVA – Validate helps you answer one critical question: is your startup idea worth pursuing?
A 4-week cohort program designed for student founders to validate their startup ideas. You begin with core concepts, then test your startup’s problem, solution, and market. The program progresses, you refine your pitch through Collective problem solving, mentor inputs, and expert feedback, ending with a final presentation that reflects your validated learning.
- Hybrid mode of Engagement
- Self-paced learning
- 2 mandatory in-campus days at KREST
- Cohorts of 20 student startups
What Powers Your Validate Journey
A framework designed to help you take action, validate your idea, and move forward with clarity.
Methodology
Training
Learning concepts like founders’ essentials, problem, solution, and market validation.
Collective Problem
Solving
Test assumptions, see blind spots, & discover new opportunities for your startup idea with peers.
Mentors & Experts
Access
Interact with entrepreneurs, experts, and ecosystem leaders for idea validation and feedback.
Student Founder
Community
Build friendships, find collaborators, and share resources with a network of like‑minded student founders.
Mentorship That Evolves
Program mentors guide you throughout the journey, and upon progress, advanced mentors step in.
Program Mentors
Start Your Validation Journey Today.
YUVA Validate is designed for founders who are still figuring things out, questioning assumptions, and looking to build with more clarity and confidence through validation.
Outcomes of YUVA Validate
What founders gain after 4 weeks of validation, feedback, and structured learning.
Validation
Muscle
Sharpen your startup direction through problem, solution, and market validation.
Founder
Mindset
Learn how to question your assumptions and think with greater founder clarity.
Peer &
Mentor Access
Gain insights, feedback, and connections from founders, mentors, and peers.
Stronger
Startup Deck
Build a clearer, sharper, and more presentation-ready startup narrative for your pitches.
FAQs
What is the cohort size and engagement mode for YUVA Validate?
YUVA Validate runs in cohorts of 20 selected student startups, creating an intimate learning environment with meaningful peer interaction and personalized attention. The program follows a hybrid delivery model with online orientations, methodology training, and focused sessions featuring practical frameworks and activities.
Two mandatory in-campus days at KREST provide hands-on experiential learning, expert immersion, and direct exposure to the startup ecosystem, complementing the online components for a complete founder development experience.
Who can apply for YUVA Validate?
YUVA Validate Program is specifically designed for students pursuing higher education — including UG, PG, and PhD programs across engineering, arts, commerce, science, and interdisciplinary fields in Telangana who aspire to become entrepreneurs and build real startups.
These are ambitious individuals or startup teams with co founders who have identified real problems worth solving and are ready to validate startup ideas.
If you are student founder from below mentioned regions and building for that region you are eligible to apply:
- Siddipet District
- Nizamabad District
- Kamareddy District
- Adilabad District
- Nirmal District
- Kumuram Bheem
- Asifabad District
- Karimnagar District
- Mancherial District
- Peddapalli District
- Rajanna Sircilla District
Will YUVA Validate interfere with my college academic commitments or attendance?
No, YUVA Validate is specifically designed to fit alongside your college schedule without creating conflicts. The program features manageable weekly engagements of 4-6 hours, with all live sessions, interactions, and mandatory in-campus activities carefully scheduled on Saturdays to avoid academic clashes.
As a hybrid, self-paced learning program, you have flexibility to complete guided exercises, reflection assignments, and materials at your convenience during the week, while live cohort sessions happen only on weekends. This structure ensures you can maintain full attendance and focus on college priorities while steadily advancing your startup journey.
Is this program only for registered startups?
No. The program is also suitable for students with early-stage startup ideas. In fact, the validation journey is designed to help founders shape and sharpen startup ideas from the beginning.
What is the cost to be part of YUVA Validate program?
YUVA Validate is completely free for selected student founders. Deshpande Startups, KREST invested significantly in program delivery, expert engagements, facilitation, materials, and cohort support to ensure student founders can focus entirely on their startup journey without financial barriers.