Bengaluru, April 22 -- The government's push on entrepreneurship through the Atal Innovation Mission promised to transform Indian colleges into innovation hubs. A decade on, that ambition remains largely unrealized.

Since 2016, the Centre has established Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) in 60 institutions across the country under the initiative, spearheaded by think tank Niti Aayog.

Of these, 38 have incubated 3,067 startups. While eight don't list a specific number, Mint calculations show they've helped incubate more than 3,500 startups. Five don't list how many startups have been part of their portfolio, and nine don't have functional websites.

In total, 46 of these incubators have produced 6,567 companies-just 2.8% of the country's 22...