You don’t have to be big to be great. You just have to start.""

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-Peter Diamandis

Student orientation program is aimed at providing an opportunity to college students to develop and validate their innovative ideas in Agribusiness sector by imparting one month mentoring cum hands on internship with other startups in Agriculture and allied sectors. Guided by experienced mentors and innovative startups, they will be able to understand business concepts/nuances, strategy and practical insights of specific industries or markets, challenges, and strategies to resolve them.

After successful completion of the one-month orientation program, MANAGE-Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (CIA) will provide opportunity for the SOP participants to pitch their idea for grant-in-Aid up to ₹ 4.00 Lakh to convert their innovative agribusiness idea into prototype/product/service.

Objectives of the program

• To nurture potential Students by providing mentoring internship with other startups to provide them practical, technical, and business insights.
• To create and nurture a pipeline of Students for incubators.
• To make pursuing entrepreneurship related to innovative ideas an attractive career option among other available career choices.

Eligibility Criteria

• Only students who are currently enrolled in any degree program at any recognized university are eligible to apply for this program.
• The applicant should propose one innovative idea based on technology, process, service, business platforms etc. in the Agri-business sector for increasing efficiency in agriculture and allied sectors.
• The applicant should have an initial business plan/proposal for the idea they intend to pursue.

Selection Process of Incubatee

Step - 1	The MANAGE-Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (CIA) used to announce the program and call for applications from the intended participants.
Step - 2	All applicants for this program have to apply as per the prescribed format (Application Form).
Step - 3	The selection of students is carried out by the Centre of Excellence Incubation Committee (CIC), based on the innovativeness of their startup ideas and their commitment to pursuing entrepreneurial aspirations.
Step - 4	Under this program, Centre of Excellence Incubation Committee (CIC) will select students that have a workable innovative idea.

Broad Activities to be supported under Grant-in-aid Funding

Expenses for the following broad activities would be supported under this program:

• Shortlisted Students will receive 30+ hours of initial training at MANAGE-Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (CIA) with hands on training cum internship with startups.
• They will get information about different aspects of an agri-business as well as technical knowledge, so, that they can refine/work on their innovative business idea simultaneously.

Funding Support

Under this SOP program after final evaluation, subsistence grant of a maximum of ₹ 4.00 Lakh (up to 90% of the Project cost) will be provided to the students who have successfully completed the initial one months of Student orientation program.

The sanction funding will aspire students to convert their innovative idea into a prototype/product/service.
Note: Those students who are supported for idea/pre-seed stage funding will be eligible for obtaining the next stage of Seed Stage Funding after evaluation.

Application Link: https://forms.gle/wGANJbLLbQGP1mvr6