ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

ANGRAU - AGRI INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sectors Rejuvenation (RAFTAAR)

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’s WelfareGovernment of India

Supported & Funded Project

R-ABI’s ANGRAU POSHAN INCUBATORREGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION

TIRUPATI – 517 502, ANDHRA PRADESH

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For more details contact:

Dr. P. Rajasekhar, Ph.DAssociate Director of ResearchRegional Agricultural Research StationTirupati-517502

Dr. Kadiri Mohan, Ph.DPrincipal Investigator & Chief Executive OfficerRegional Agricultural Research StationTirupati-517502

ANGRAU - Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development Cell,

@ANGRAUPoshan Incubator

@ANGRAUPoshan

@ANGRAUPoshanIncubatorwww.angraurabitpt.org

angraurabitpt@gmail.com

PROGRAMMES

AGRIPRENEURSHIP ORIENTATION PROGRAMME

CONVERT YOUR INNOVATIVE IDEA

INTO A NEWSTARTUP

Yoch-2019 is an Agri based entrepreneurship orientation programme envisioned under (RKVY -RAFTAAR), Agri-Business Incubation scheme providing an opportunity to students, youth, smart farmers, women or any interested individuals in agri and allied sectors to w o r k o n t h e i r i n n o v a t i v e i d e a s f o r d e v e l o p m e n t o f product/service/prototype towards establishing their new Agri based startups.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

8 Weeks InternshipProgramme

Stipend of Rs.10,000/- Per Month For 2 Months

Mentorship byIndustry Experts

Access to World ClassResearch Labs

Grant- in- aid uptoRs. 5 Lakhs as pre -seed stage funding

AGRIBUSINESS INCUBATION PROGRAMME

AgriInvo-2019 is an incubation programme to provide support to the startups having innovative product, service, business process/models at Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage in the a g r i c u l t u r e a n d a l l i e d s e c t o r s w h i c h a r e r e a d y t o b e commercialized. The programme will create an ecosystem where in, it will facilitates startups to engage with industry experts, subject mentors, academicians and funding institutions under one roof for prompting startups by strengthening business plans, providing network platforms, Upscaling the budding business through in house technical support from ANGRAU Poshan Incubator.

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AWAITING

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

8 Weeks IncubationProgramme

Technical Enlightenment

Mentorship byIndustry Experts

Market & WideNetwork Access

Grant- in- aid uptoRs. 25 Lakhs as Seed Stage Funding

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R-ABI’s ANGRAU Poshan Incubator, Regional Agricultural Research Station,Tirupati-517502, Chittoor District. Andhra Pradesh, India

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To achieve “Lab to Land” by dissemination of new technologies/varieties to farmers through promoting a culture of Agri start-ups. To promote innovation, entrepreneurship and business creation in agriculture and allied sectors by skill development, capacity building and technology scale up. To create employment opportunities for youth in agriculture in the rural vicinity. To promote an integrated approach for technology acquisition, R&D, commercial technology transfer and knowledge dissemination. Capacity building of existing agripreneurs to achieve their related objectives. To generate/provide innovative solution to meet local and global agriculture and business challenges, and competitiveness. To build a vibrant agri start-up ecosystem, by establishing a network between academia,

financial institutions, industries and other related institutions.

Facilities

Well equipped and affordable shared

office space

Access to world class laboratories

Reference Library

Tele/ Video conference facilities

Capacity building infrastructure

Services

Mentoring Services

Intellectual Property Services

Technology Commercialization Assistance

Marketing & Network Assistance

Customer Relations Development

General Legal assistance & Regulatory Compliance

Fund raising & Access to Investors

Linkage to Strategic Partners

Technical Assistance

FOCUS AREAS

Agricultural Biotechnology

Organic Farming Micro Irrigation Natural Resource Management

Precision farming

Seed Production

Bioagents & Bio fertilizers Agri Extention Services Agri Clinics & Farm Health Services

Information and Communications Technology & Big Data in Agriculture

Internet of Things in Agriculture

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Agriculture

Secondary Agriculture

Food Processing

Post harvest Technology

Supply Chain Management

Farm Mechanisation & Agricultural Engineering

Farm Retailing

Waste to Wealth

Agri input tools & Technology

Other Frontier Technologies in Agriculture

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ABOUT ANGRAU AGRI INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CELL

ANGRAU Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development (AIED) Cell is a newly developing project started functioning at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati, which is supported and funded by RKVY-RAFTAAR to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and business creation in Agriculture and Allied Sectors.

R-ABI’s ANGRAU POSHAN INCUBATOR facilitates to build a strong and vibrant Agri startup ecosystem, by establishing a network between agripreneurs, mentors, investors, academicians, funding agencies, research laboratories, industry experts and other key partners.

Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Tirupati is the head quarters of Southern Zone, located in Tirupati. It was established in 1979 with a mandate to conduct research on Groundnut and Groundnut based cropping systems, soil and water management as main functions and on Pulses, Watershed management and fodders as verification functions. Institute of Frontier Technologies of RARS, Tirupati with modern infrastructure and state of the art lab facilities to support research in advanced technologies viz., Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, Bio control, Soil and Water quality analysis. This institute is acclaimed to be the best functioning labs in the university as well as in Tirupati. Now as a new initiative to promote agri-innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture and allied sectors, a project funded by RKVY-RAFTAAR, ANGRAU Agri Innovations and Entrepreneurship Development (AIED) Cell was established during June, 2019.

ABOUT REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION, TIRUPATI

Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra th Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12 of June 1964 through the APAU Act, 1963. Later,

th it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7 of November,1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader,  Acharya  N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts in the new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication.

ABOUT ANGRAU

Fostering Agri Innovations and their application through Agripreneurship support ecosystem development in Agriculture and Allied sectors.

VISION:

Supporting Innovative Agripreneurship activities for strengthening technology led innovative solutions to the agriculture sector by facilitating Agri innovations development, Technology Commercialization and promoting new Agripreneurs in agriculture and allied sectors through focused approach for innovative ideas to products of startups.

MISSION:

PROJECT OBJECTIVES :

To facilitate evolution of an Agri start-up ecosystem by support of cost effective, value added services, including technical, legal financial, intellectual property and regulatory compliance related services to Agripreneurs.

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