Deadline: 30 September 2023
Open call for student-led startups or ideas from Europe to apply for the DeepTech Accelerator Program.
This programme aims at providing an opportunity to students/ youth to work on the innovative ideas by imparting two months training cum hands on internship with other start-ups. Guided by experienced and innovative startups, they will be able to understand business concepts/nuances, strategy and practical insights of specific industries or markets, challenges and strategies to resolve them.
After successful completion of the two months orientation programme, the NIAM Centre of Excellence Incubation Committee (CIC) will recommend the selected start-ups for Idea/Pre-Seed Stage Funding grant-in-aid up to Rs. 5 lakhs to Nodal Division, Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW).
Objectives
- To nurture potential agripreneurs by providing training cum internship with other startups to provide them practical, technical and business insights.
- To create and nurture a pipeline of agripreneurs for incubators.
- To make pursuing entrepreneurship related to innovative ideas an attractive career option among other available career choices.
Funding Information
Each selected startup will be provided a maximum limit of Rs 5 lakh as grant in aid under the scheme for working on their idea to convert it into a marketable product. The amount of Rs. 5 lakh is the upper limit of the seed fund assistance.
Broad Activities
- These young agripreneurs will receive up to 60 hours initial training along with hands on trainingcum internship with other startups.
- They will refine/ work on their innovative idea simultaneously.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant should propose one innovative idea based on technology, service, business platforms etc. for increasing efficiency in agriculture and allied sector.
- The applicants are expected to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations full time.
- The applicant should have an initial business plan/ proposal for the idea they intend to pursue.
For more information, visit CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing.
