National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) is inviting applications for MANAGE Agri Eureka 2022, a National level Agri Innovation and Business Challenge.The participants will have the chance to demonstrate their cutting-edge methods and technological advancements in order to advance India’s agriculture and related industries at this event.
Winning teams will be eligible to get grant-in-aid up to 25 lakhs from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India. Students, Innovators, Researchers, and Startups who have innovative ideas in the area of Agriculture and Allied sectors can apply on or before October 15, 2022. No payment is required to participate. Click here to apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdssSFB-0WxFc_NmvUYPURNETsoh8fA7u4jqT6yWUJpstFA/viewform
Participants will be challenged to conceive a novel business (product, solution, service) idea which can be developed into a commercial Agri-Startup venture. The novel idea can either be a fresh innovation or an improvement over an existing product, solution or service.
Eligibility terms and conditions are:
1. Indian nationals only.
2. Students studying at any Indian university/ institute/College.
3. Start-ups, farmers, and professionals/employed individuals and rural innovators.
4. Aspiring entrepreneurs, and other individuals.
Some general criteria for application submission:
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- All entries obtained through unauthorised sources or which are incomplete, illegible, reproduced, forged, irregular, or fraudulent in any way or otherwise not in compliance with the rules are automatically void.
- The form should be submitted in English.
- It is strongly advised not to wait until the deadline for the submission of entries. MANAGE shall not be responsible for non-receipt of entries on account of server errors/ traffic.
- The organiser reserves the right to select or reject any submission without assigning any reasons whatsoever and without thereby incurring any liability to the participant(s) whatsoever.
- Applicants should avoid uploading any proprietary information on the platform as the submitted entries shall be shared with evaluators and mentors for the purpose of evaluation and mentoring
- The participants represent that the submission is original, and is not copyrighted by anyone or any firm.
- Any decision made by the MANAGE on any aspect of the contest at any moment during the course of the event is final and enforceable against all competitors, without exception.
- All communications and information must be kept confidential by the Participants, and they are not allowed to use it for anything else.
- If any question, dispute or difference (hereinafter referred to as a ‘Dispute’) between the participant and the MANAGE hereto arises, the decision of the Director (Agricultural Extension), MANAGE will be final and binding.
- The competition’s organisers reserve the right to alter the competition’s rules and dates at any moment. The Organiser shall have no liability whatsoever for any inconvenience/loss directly or indirectly caused to any Participant due to such modification of rules/cancellation of competition and the Participants shall accordingly not be entitled to raise any claims pertaining to the same.
- Removal/ voluntary withdrawal of members from any team is not encouraged. No other form of team modification will be entertained at any point.
Communication
For any questions, participants can send an email to ceomanagecia@gmail.com nd mark cc to bmrkvy.manage@gmail.com and fmrkvy.manage@gmail.com. The event organisers will reply as soon as they can.
MANAGE Agri-Eureka 2022 is the National level Agri Innovation and Business Plan Challenge organised by the MANAGE-Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE). The challenge intends to provide a platform to present innovative ideas and technology solutions to the inherent problems underlying in Agriculture and allied sectors in India. The goal of MANAGE Agri-Eureka 2022 is to encourage an innovative and entrepreneurial attitude among the participants
Natural/ organic farming, precision farming, agricultural supply chains, agricultural biotechnology, post-harvest and food technology, agri-input tools and technologies, farm mechanisation, waste to wealth, secondary agriculture, and other topics are among the areas that are being concentrated on.
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