Wednesday, 27 September 2023 | PNS | KASHIPUR
In latest news from Uttarakhand, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur informed that India’s higher educational institutes (HEIs) have agreed, in essence, to create a first-of-its-kind HEI-led ‘Agri-Consortium’ in response to a move initiated by the institute. An in-principal framework in this matter had been adopted by participating institutions (HEIs) during the ‘Agri-Entrepreneurship in South Asia’ Consortium-2023 organised by the Foundation for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development (FIED), an incubation centre of IIM Kashipur in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
The two-day Agri Consortium 2023 that concluded on Wednesday aimed to provide a common platform for academicians, researchers, students and industry professionals to interact and deliberate on the latest trends and advancements in technology, research, funding avenues and industry requirements in the agriculture industry, the organisers of the consortium said.
Director of IIM Kashipur Prof Kulbhushan Balooni said that the Agri Consortium would serve as a platform for sharing information on agri-startups supported by higher education institutions from different parts of the country. This opens the avenues of collaboration between startups from different geographies, helping one another take their innovative solutions to a large number of farmers, he added.
Associate professor, IIM Kashipur and director, FIED, Prof Safal Batra said that through this consortium, they are building a knowledge pool for the startup ecosystem so that they could extend support to various industries in developing significant startups within the agriculture sector. Batra further said that the IIM Kashipur is all set to establish a knowledge bank for failed startups in the agricultural industry to provide insights into their failures and added that these insights would be shared with policymakers and the government to assist in crafting policies for their benefit.
