CFAs: Agri Food Business Incubation Centre (Cohort 2.0) – India

This is your chance to apply for the Agri-Startup Incubation Programme (AIP), Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (AOP), and Student Orientation Programme (SOP), featuring grant-in-aid up to ₹25L, mentorship, workshops, and more.

Agri-Food Business Incubation Centre IIT Kharagpur (AFBIC IIT KGP) is an innovation and agripreneurship cell for supporting agribusiness incubation by exploring technological innovations for venture creation in agriculture and allied fields. It is aimed at strengthening start-up ecosystem in Agri-food and allied sectors to promote Agripreneurship by facilitating access to technology, domain experts and grant-in-aid for product and process innovation. The center has been established under RKVY-RAFTAAR program supported by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India. The Agricultural and Food Engineering dept., IIT Kharagpur is entrusted with the responsibility of creating necessary infrastructure for mentoring and nurturing Agri-entrepreneurs from the ideation to successful commercialisation phases under this centre.

What they provide?

• Agri-Startup Incubation programme (AIP):
  • Grant-In-Aid Upto Rs. 25L
  • MVP Stage/Beta stage
  • 1 Month Online Mentorship
  • 15 Days Incubation Workshop
• Agripreneurship orientation program(AOP):
  • Grant-In-Aid Upto Rs. 5L
  • Idea/Prototype Stage
  • 1 Month Online Mentorship
  • Marketing & Network Linkage
• Student orientation programme (SOP):
  • Grant-In-Aid Upto 4L
  • 1 Month Online Mentorship
  • Technical & Business Mentoring
  • Marketing & Network Linkage

Who can apply?

• Either a founder from West Bengal or a startup originating from West Bengal.

For more information, visit AFBIC IIT KGP.