Srinagar, Aug 08: SKUAST K Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Centre bagged “Best Agri Startup Incubator Award” during Agriculture Sustainability Summit 2024 held at Habitat Centre organised by National Fertilizer Limited in association with Greymattar community and Indi-Agri.
The award was presented to Chief Executive Officer SKIIE centre Dr. Naveed Hameed by Ramnath Thakur,MoS Agriculture and Farmers Welfare GoI, Sanjay Kumar Jha, MP Rajya Sabha GoI in presence of Ramdas Athale , Union Minister for social Justice and Empowerment GoI, Kenneth Felix, Ambassador Brazil to India.
The SKIIE centre was selected from 14 entries across the country on basis of Highest number of IP’s, Agri-Startups, Virtual Incubates, Grants received by Startups, Sustainability Plan of incubator and national connect with leading incubators etc.
Renowned personalities who attended the event include Dr Jayadev Sarangi, Secretary Agriculture Govt of New Delhi, Dr Rachana Kumar, Dy Secretary MoA GoI, and Top MNC’s (Industrialist) like; Dr U Saravanana, Chairman and MD National Fertilizers Limited, Ms Vimala Prakash, Head, Innovation Technology centre IPl Biologicals, Rajuvela, CEO Godrej Agrovet, Siba P Mohanty, MD, HURL, CEO Bio Prime, Executive Director, Federation of seed industries, Former CMD, container corporation of India, Director Extension BAU, Former Vice-Chancellor Bihar Animal Sciences University, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundations India, Business Head, SIRA Seeds, Director, SFAC Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare GoI, Executive Director CEDMAP and many more.
Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K, Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai congratulated the Team SKIIE centre and expressed his satisfaction about the manner in which the Innovation & Startup ecosystem is getting strengthened at SKUAST-K.
