Sh. Arindam Modak, Advisor (RKVY), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, visited the RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator (R-ABI) at IIT (BHU), Varanasi on 1st August 2025. He interacted with the incubated startups, closely observing and thoughtfully engaging with each of their innovative ideas aimed at promoting agri-entrepreneurship.Later, he visited Sikhar village, approximately 35 km from […]

A successful Round Table Session was held at the I-3 Foundation, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, with Shri Sanjiv, JS, DPIIT, joined by our Directors, Prof. Rajnesh Tyagi, Prof. Rajesh Kumar Upadhyay, and Prof. Manoj Kumar Meshram. Our incubated startups (10–15 in number) engaged in an insightful dialogue on challenges, policy frameworks, and collaboration opportunities. Shri Sanjiv […]

The SIC meeting of Cohort-7 was held on 15 Jan 2025, and 24 startups showcased their Progress to the committee, and we commend all participating startups for their hard work. Out of 24 startups, 9 (3 – Seed Stage, 6 – Pre-seed Stage) were selected for the final funding of Rs. 105 Lakhs.

It is a great pleasure to inform you that RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator (R-ABI), IIT (BHU) Varanasi has launched the 7th COHORT of ANKURAN (Pre-seed Stage) and PRASFUTAN (Seed Stage) Programs under the RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme. ANKURAN(Pre-seed Stage) : Farmers/ Students/ Youth working on innovative ideas can apply. 30-45 hours of online Agripreneurship Orientation Program will be organized and thereafter, selected start-ups will […]

The online CIC meeting of COHORT-6 startups was held on 6th February 2024. All the13 startups presented their last 3 months progress report along with the financial details of the company. Based on their progress and revenue, the committee recommended 9 startups for the final funding.

The virtually 2nd RIC meeting of COHORT-6 startups was organized on 23rd January 2024. The startups presented their progress that they had done after 1st RIC. The committee members examined their progress and based on that they shortlisted 13 startups for CIC. The progress review meeting of 4 startups of previous COHORTs was also organized […]

It is a great pleasure to inform that RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubator, IIT BHU, Varanasi is launching the virtual Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) from Monday, 4th December, 2023 to Friday, 12th January, 2024 for the shortlisted startups of COHORT-6. The sessions will power packed by knowledge and insights of the Industry Experts and Business Mentors from […]

The 3rd and 4th RIC Meeting of Cohort-1, 2, 3, and 4 was held on 31st October 2023. The startups presented the progress report along with the utilization certificate of last tranche. The committee members found that all the startups achieved their milestones and recommended them for next tranche.

The 1st RIC meeting of Cohort-6 was held on 30th October 2023. Startups presented their idea in front of the committee members and 23 startups were shortlisted for AOP. Following RIC members attended this meeting: Prof. Rajnesh Tyagi, Chairman & Principal Investigator, R-ABI, IIT(BHU), Varanasi Prof. Satish Kumar Singh, Academia Domain Expert Ms. Nirupama Singh, […]

It is a great pleasure to inform that RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubator, IIT BHU, Varanasi is launching the virtual Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) from Monday, 27th September, 2021 to Thursday, 11th November, 2021 for the shortlisted startups of COHORT-4. The sessions will power packed by knowledge and insights of the Industry Experts and Business Mentors from […]