Deadline: August 15, 2025
Are you passionate about agriculture, innovation, and startups? This is your chance to showcase your ideas, secure Grant support, and get mentorship from industry experts. Register now open for the SKUAST K Agrithon: A Grand Challenge for Quality of Life under the JKCIP Startup and Promotion Component.
The Incubation and Start-up Cell Under JKCIP, SKUAST-K in collaboration with SKUAST K Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship Centre is organizing a Mega Grand Challenge/Agri-Thon for Agri-Start-ups aimed at identifying, mentoring, handholding and supporting innovative entrepreneurs/Startups in the agriculture and allied sectors.
Themes
- Sensor based quick testing method
- Real time assaying and quick grading
- Dissemination of Information to the last mile
- Yield estimation modelling at village or farm level
- Use of technology in sorting/ grading/increasing shell life of agriculture Produce
- Use of technology to test adulteration of Irish produce
- Pest and Disease Management
- Quality assessment of agricultural output
- Efficient Biological production technologies
- Genomics knowledge driven precision breeding for climate resilient agriculture
- Farm to Fork model
- Custom Hiring Center
- Technology to prevent pre-harvest losses
- Products and distribution management
- Resource management
- Weed control technologies
- Farm Mechanization and Pervasive Automation
- Digital Farming/Smart Agriculture
- Livestock technology
- Feed and feed supplements
- Agri-fintech solution
- Emerging agricultural technologies
- Harvesting and Post-Harvest Loss Management
- Farm level storage, processing and warehousing
Scope of Support
- 1.25 Crore Seed Capital Support
- Networking Opportunities with Government & Agriculture Stakeholders
- Mentorship with Indian an Global Expert
Eligibility Criteria
- Young Agri-entrepreneurs, Agri-start-ups, FPOs, SHGs, and innovators from rural and semi-urban areas.
For more information, visit SKIE.
