KSHITIJ (ICAR-CIRCOT Startup Incubation Programme)
Backs Indian farm-tech and agri startups with mentoring, testing and IP support.
Selected startups go through a month of intensive training and mentoring from ICAR scientists, academics and industry experts, plus help with testing, field validation, business modelling, market linkage and IP advisory. Applications are submitted online only, either through the website's form or by scanning a QR code. There is a fixed cut-off date for each round, and CIRCOT in Mumbai is the conta…
KSHITIJ backs innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage startups across India with a ready proof of concept, prototype or MVP in farm mechanisation, precision agriculture, robotics, smart harvesting, post-harvest processing, storage, or digital agriculture. ICAR-CIRCOT in Mumbai runs the program as hub institute, working with five other ICAR institutes across the country on mentoring and regional outreach.
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