ICAR-CCARI ABI (AGNI) conducted ICAR-CCARI Industry Meet -2024

 

 Agri-business Incubation Centre (AGNI)of ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (CCARI) Goa organized “ ICAR-CCARI Industry Meet -2024”on 22^nd October 2024.

 This Industry Meet was conceptualized to showcase the technologies developed by Scientists of ICAR-CCARI for interested industries, budding startups to explore their commercial adoption & upscaling. Fourteen entrepreneurs from different fields like eco-tourism, agricultural machinery, fishery, nursery, food processing & farmers participated the event.

   Dr. Parveen Kumar, Ditector, ICAR-CCARI in his address invited the industries, entrepreneurs to make use of this opportunity to see the technologies developed by Scientists of ICAR-CCARI and explore their upscaling & commercial adoption. He said this event was the beginning & such events will be organised in the future also as a platform to connect the academia & industries.

The program was inaugurated by shri Sandeep Dharkar, General Manager, NABARD regional Office, Panaji, Goa. In his inaugural address, he appreciated the initiative taken to organise such event for motivating entrepreneurs, industries & startups for kick starting their business. He also informed that NABARD is funding such ventures through the NAB venture capital fund and incubation Centres through Catalytic capital assistance.

The event was coordinated by Dr. Mathala Juliet Gupta, Principal Scientist & PI of AGNI and Dr. R. Solomon Rajkumar, Senior Scientist& Co-PI of AGNI, Dr. Shripad Bhat, Senior Scientist & Co- PI AGNI, Mr.Rahul Kulkarni, ACTO, ICAR- CCARI , Goa.