Second RIC meeting for progress evaluation of Cohort-3 participants

Second RIC meeting to monitor the progress of Agri startups shortlisted in Cohort-3 for Ankuran and Prasfutan program under RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme was held on 4th and 5th January,2021.28 startups presented their progress to the committee.The meeting was conducted online due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Organic Haat

ANAND-KANAN Agri Tech Pvt Ltd, one of the start-ups incubated in RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, has opened an Organic Haat at Karundi, BHU Varanasi with the grant-in-aid support of RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme. Hon’ble Lakshman Acharya, Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, inaugurated the store on 12th November 2020. This store will provide a market […]

Outreach Program of RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme on 7th June 2020

Prof. P K Mishra – Principal Investigator of RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator, interacted with farmers on 7th June 2020 at Sanjeevani Sewa Sansthan, Suarsor, Nagawa Block, Sonebhadra. He elaborated on need of innovation in Indian Agriculture Landscape and governments efforts through RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for agripreneurship.

Outreach Program of RKVY-RAFTAAR Scheme on 31st May 2020

Prof. P K Mishra – Principal Investigator of RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator, participated in Kisaan Goshti on 31st May 2020 at Sewa Kunj, Babhani, Sonebhadra (Border of Chhattisgarh and MP). He elaborated on need of innovation in Indian Agriculture Landscape and governments efforts through RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme for agripreneurship.

RABI, IIT(BHU) Fights Covid-19

The world today is facing a catastrophic situation in form of the pandemic Corona / Covid-19 virus. Globally, it has taken more than 200,000 lives and infected more than 3.3 million. At present, the only way to defend ourselves from corona is to boost our immunity, proper sanitization and maintain social distancing. In this critical […]

AOP of 2nd COHORT

Phase-2 of Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) of 2nd Cohort started from January 20, 2020 at R-ABI, IIT(BHU), Varanasi. On Day 1 we had very interactive deliberations from Dr. Abhishek Dutt Tripathi (Asst. Professor, Institute of Agricultural sciences, BHU) on “bio food processing and preservation”, Mr. Pulkit Srivastava (IIT-BHU Alumnus & Co-founder, GeekyWorks IT Solutions Pvt Ltd) […]

RKVY-RAFTAAR Incubation committee meeting to screen Agri-Startup Ideas.

RKVY-RAFTAAR Incubation committee (RIC) meeting was held on Nov 13th and 14th, 2019 at IIT(BHU), Varanasi to select innovative Agricultural Start-ups under RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme by Govt. of India. A total of 175 applications were received from various parts of India such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Gujrat, and Uttar Pradesh through different […]