New Delhi, Aug 4 (KNN) Under the collaboration of the ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator (TBI), a-IDEA and Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s (IIM-A) incubator Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), the government recently announced the launch of the Agri Udaan food and agribusiness accelerator program for startups.

The main aim of the program is to identify innovative startups and mentor them to scale their operations.

The program period extends to 6 months and the entrepreneurs and startups with distinct business models will be mentored and guided.

Also as a part of the initiative, a 4-8 month program will be conducted for startups with a working prototype. The initiative will provide both technical as well as financial assistance for the startups.

Under the AGRI UDAAN program the government will reach out to agri-startups across the country with a series of road shows in cities including Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore, Kolkata & Hyderabad.

The applications for the program are open.

This initiative of the government is in association with Caspian Impact Investments, Yes Bank, NCDEX eMarkets Ltd (NeML) and Marico Innovation Foundation.   Also National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Agrinnovate, and FICCI are associated with the initiative. (With PIB Inputs) (KNN/ DA)