FASAL OCP for “Deep Tech and its Applications” in AgriTech Domain
“FASAL” – A Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) for IoT in Agriculture by STPI
- Objectives: Creation of a holistic eco-system for encouraging R&D, innovation, Entrepreneurship in the Automotive: ACES sector in India by providing physical infrastructure and support services for prototyping, developing, testing & marketing; to incubate start-up units to create innovative solutions to meet the existing and emerging needs of automotive sector; to provide business and technological mentorship & guidance in the domain; to provide networking services linking up with funding sources and other stakeholders (alumni, academic institutions, other incubators etc.); to enable creation of IPs domestically;
- Location: Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Krishi Nagar, Akola-444 104.
- Chief Mentor: Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director of Persistent Systems Ltd
- Partners: Partners include
- Government: MeitY, STPI, STPINEXT
- Academia: Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) Akola, College of Engineering & Technology Akola
- Knowledge: ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi, Krishi Vigyan Kendra KVK) Akola
- Technology: M/s. Agriculture Insurance Company of India Ltd., M/s. Amazing Aerial Solutions Pvt. Ltd., M/s. ioCare Pune
- Industry: M/s. SatSure Analytics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
- Industry Association: Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE), The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Mumbai
- Facilities & Services: The services available for the beneficiaries of FASAL shall include
- Physical infrastructure including state-of-the-art Ready-to-Work Plug & Play space
- Physical laboratories viz. Digital Farming Lab, Agri IoT Lab, Predictive Analytics Lab and Hydroponic Structure
- Direct mentoring from stalwarts of business/tech domain
- Financial Support through seed funding
- High Speed Internet Access
- Access to VC funding
- Technical Support
- Marketing Support
- IPR Related Support Services
- Access to STPI CoE Labs PAN India
- Facilitate collaboration with Government agencies and Agriculture domain industry
- On-field demonstration of the solutions/products developed by startups with the help of farmers
- End-to-end marketing plan to place your start-up on the global map
- Legal, Accounting, IPR/Patenting Facilitation & other support Service
- Cross border collaboration via international promotional agency partners
- Sponsorship to National/International level events to showcase your products for global exposure
- Target Beneficiaries: 25 start-ups are expected to be benefitted over a period of 3 Years.