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RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator (R-ABI), IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Agripreneurship Orientation Program

Pays Indian students and young agripreneurs ₹10,000 a month during a two-month agribusiness internship.

R-ABI runs this as a talent pipeline for its own incubator: the goal is to turn promising agriculture ideas into agripreneurs ready for its Pre-Seed and Seed stage programs, and to make founding an agribusiness startup a visible career option alongside more conventional jobs. The incubator announces each cohort at state or local level, interns apply in a prescribed format (downloadable in Hindi or

The program is for students and youth with one innovative agriculture-focused idea — built on technology, a service, or a business platform meant to boost efficiency in agriculture and allied sectors — who are ready to pursue entrepreneurship full time and already have an initial business plan.

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