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.