Agri Business Incubation Centre under NABARD

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1. AGRI BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE (ABIC) @ CCSHAU, HISAR A BRIEF PROGRESS ABOUT Dr. Seema Rani Nodal Officer, ABIC Launchpad for Agri–startups We are here to elevate IDEAS

2. ABIC being an Incubation Centre focus more on Start-ups rather than small business as Start-ups are non-traditional way of solving problems of society involving innovation with huge risk and temporary nature of market. They are in search of unique and profitable Business Model, Planning of resources, and strategy formulation to Penetrate, Sustain and Grow in the Market by converting their innovative ideas into proliferating business that too in presence of all related big Firms. And here what our incubation Centre “ABIC” plays its Key role.

3. Services needed Fund Mentor Prototype Network ing We Are Here For you

4. Themes supported

5. Selection process of Incubatees Round 1 : Submission of Application Form with the fees Round 2 : Preliminary eligibility screening by ABIC Round 3 : Presentation of Idea before PMRC Round 4 : Final selection & signing of MOA between Incubatees and ABIC

6. Criteria to be applied for evaluation (not limited to these) include: Education, Previous Experience Strength of the product/idea – tech content, innovation, timeliness & mkt potential Profile of the core team/promoters IP generated & Potential of the idea of IP creation Financial/ Commercial viability and 5 yrs projection of P&L, Bal. Sheet & Cash flows Funds requirement and viability of raising finance Time to market Break-even period

7. Registration with ABIC & payment of Registration Fee After the selection of the incubatee , the incubatee will pay required registration fee and get registered with ABIC MoU /Non Disclosure Agreement with Incubatees The incubatee will sign an MoU and NDA before any exercise with ABIC Orientation Program Motive of the program is to have a deep insight of Incubatees Business Idea & let them know about the working of ABIC Incubatees Fee Structure Category A Individual farmer/Entrepreneurs Rs . 2,000/-(Individual) & 5,000/- (Sponsored) Category B NGOs/Farmer Group /Firms Rs.10,000/- (Proprietorship)/Partnership Firms/ Trust/Society etc Category C Public/Private Ltd. Cos. Rs . 25,000/- Category D MNCs Rs . 50,000/- Category E Institutional Membership Rs . 1,00,000/-

8. S.No Incubatee Incubatee’s Name and Area 1 Mr. Anirudh Bajaj Organic Food Processing 2 Mr. Kunwar Ashish Pratap Singh Bio-Waste Management 3 Mr. Satish Kumar Liquid Bio fertilizers 4 Mr. Saurav Jyani Bio Gas Production 5 Mr. Naveen Kumar Food Processing

9. S.No Incubatee Incubatee’s Name and Area 6 Mr. Navdeep Dahiya Mushroom Farming 7 Mr. Shiva Aquafarm Aquaculture 8 Mr. Shushil Kumar Waste management 9 Mr. Shashank Mohan Artificial Intelligence 10 Mr. Dimple Kathuria Processing and value addition 11 Mr. Amit Kumar Organic farming and marketing 12 Mr. Satish Kumar AI and Farm management 13 Mr. Chirag Digital Marketing

10. S.No Incubatee Incubatee’s Name and Area 14 Mr. Raveen Sharma Mushroom Farming 15 Mr. Mahabir Parshad Food processing and value addition 16 Mr. Komal Aquaculture 17 Mr. Nikhil Mushroom Farming 18 Mr. Bharat Bhushan Organic Food processing and value addition 19 Mr. Anand Kumar Liquid Bio fertilizers

11. Stages Of Incubatees Idea Prototype Commercialization Mr . Amit Kumar Mr. Satish Kumar Mr. Chirag Mr . Komal Mr. Nikhil Mr. Bharat Bhushan Mr. Raveen Sharma Mr. Mahabir Parshad

12. ABIC-Handholding to budding entrepreneurs

13. BENEFITS of Association with ABIC

14. Progress of ABIC since Inception

15. ALLOTMENT OF LAND FOR ABIC (BUILDING) : 79300sq.ft. The architect plan for the ABIC building has been finalized

16. The National Start up Summit was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, Dr. Satya Pal Singh Ji . The summit was also addressed by Deputy Director General Agricultural Education ICAR,Dr.N.S . Rathore , Assistant Director Dr. Douglas,Michigan State University and Professor K P Singh,V ice Chancellor of CCSHAU, Hisar. Dr. Karim , Professor,Dr . Raj BalaGrewal,Convenor of the Summit and Dr. Seema Rani, organizing Secretary were also present in the Event

17. https://www.abichauhisar.com/

18. IDP Training NAHEP – IDP Student Entrepreneurs Training is an initiative taken by ICAR with an ambitious step in further strengthening the National Agricultural Education system in the country through National Agricultural Higher education Project (NAHEP). With the same motive various trainings were planned by Directorate of research to be organized for Under Graduate students of all the colleges of CCS Haryana Agricultural University. In the series, six such trainings in the field of entrepreneurship were organized by ABIC.

19. Training Date 1. How to Make Successful Start-up 26th – 28th February, 2020 2. How to setup New Agri Enterprise 29th Feb – 01st March, 2020 3. Success factor for an Enterprise 29th Feb – 01st March 2020 4. Talk for Change 02nd – 03rd March, 2020 5. Morals and Ethics in Agri Business 02nd March, 2020 6. Organic Agriculture 03rd March, 2020 A total of 114 students from various colleges participated in these trainings. NAHEP – IDP Training. Theses trainings were imparted by more Than 15 mentors/ experts across India and proved to be win- win situation for both ABIC and Students.

20. Webinars Four webinars Organized by ABIC were: S.No Webinar Date 1 Entrepreneurship 101 : Learning Business Essentials Online 20 - 24 April, 2020 2 Incubation 101 : Learning Incubation Essentials Online 25 - 30 April, 2020 3 Ideation & Incubator 101 : Learning Pitch Deck Essentials 02 - 03 May, 2020 4 Skills & Start-ups 29 May, 2020

21. Workshops Conducted

22. 20 th July 2019

23. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Workshop National Seminar for Progressive Farmers Agricultural Development Officers (ADOs) State Level Meeting; District Extension Specialists Workshop; KVK Heads of the State; Engineering and Management students of the University & Adjacent universities like GJU

24. Krishi Mela CCSHAU Hisar (Promoting and sharing benefits of ABIC Incubation)

25. PAHAL Uniquely designed incubation program for early stage Agri -startups to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of agribusiness and allied sectors. Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) of RKVY- RAFTAAR scheme is aimed at providing an opportunity to prospective entrepreneurs to work on their innovative ideas on technological solutions / processes/ products/ services. PAHAL Pedagogy for Agriculturist Habilitation for Agripreneurial Livelihood

26. PAHAL (Orientation Programme from August 6 th to 5 th October 2019)

27. Social & Digital Media Outreach

28. https://www.facebook.com/abicccshauhisar/

29. https://twitter.com/abichisar

30. https://www.linkedin.com/in/abic-ccshau/

31. Why Us?

32. ABIC Mentors are from all over India inlcuding Haryana, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Delhi NCR- Gurugram and Faridabad, Gujarat, Bihar, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana , Chandigarh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra

33. Areas of Expert IT, Operation & execution Setting up incubation, Policy framework and research study Entrepreneurship, business development training & handholding Technical & managerial development Business development & marketing Supply chain & distribution Financial consultancy Marketing and insurance Agro technology Networking and supply chain management Consultancy IPR issues Quality control, Branding and certification Risk management Budgeting and cost cutting techniques Business planning and reporting

34. Prof. Ipshita Bansal Mr. Varun Dhingra Prof. Karampal Narwa l Dr. B. S. Dahiya Mr. Selvaraj Aravazhi Prof. Vikas Kumar Dr. Supriya Dhull Sh. Kanwal Singh Chauhan Mr. Ranvijay Sh. Sultan Singh Mr. Sunil Kumar Sh. Pratap Singh Malik Cdr IPS Aurora Dr. V.K. Arora

35. Oct. 26 th 2017 Nov. 27 th 2017 21 st Feb 2018 21 st May 2018 27 th August 2018 and 27 th Sept 2018 11 th October 2018 30 th October 2018 15 th Dec 2018 5 th Feb 2019 All agendas in place and decisions implemented

36. 4 th June 2019 Governing Board Meeting of ABIC Incubatee space and sitting charges in ABIC i ) Category A: Individual Farmer/ Ent : 5000 ii) Category B: NGO/farmer group: 8000 iii) Category C: Public/ Pvt Ltd Co: 10000 iv) Category D: MNCs: 15000 v) Category E: Students: 5000 Store purchase procedure for ABIC Purchase of Material under the GeM ABIC Purchase Committee Purchase of items without calling quotations Printing of publications Single Quotation Rep & maintenance of Softwares Induction of Mr. Vikas Kochhar in Governing Body As a Member Guidelines for leave and other issues 20 days CL and 10 days Special CL

37. 8 th July 2019 Publicity of ABIC Being done through media and other platforms Membership Drive of Incubatees for skill development and incubation Conducted at various places: with BIRAC, Haryana Govt., Food Processing Centre Bihar, NIFTEM ( MoFPI ), i -Create Ahmedabad , PUSA Krishi , IARI New Delhi Creation of Separate Website of ABIC Created (abichauhisar.com) Preparation of database of Mentors/Consultants / Experts in Agriculture & Allied Areas Well in place as floated an EoI Preparation of ABIC Brochure in Hindi and English Hindi Leaflet prepared and English Brochure prepared Quarterly Newsletter of ABIC was suggested to publish First Volume of Newslettter published; second volume under process

38. 8 th July 2019 Organization of National Incubators Colloquium Had to postpone due to Code of Conduct in State and later, it might have coincided with the Vice-Chancellors’ Conference in CCSHAU; Now being conducted on Jan 15-16, 2020 Training of registered incubatees Conducted as per their area specific requirements and Two Orientation Programs conducted Updating of database of Mentors/Consultants / Experts in Agri & Allied Areas Updated as per Mentors & Experts connected with ABIC as a continuous process from time to time Printing of training manual for entrepreneurs in agriculture and allied areas Prepared on basics of Business Plan and Entrepreneurship Updating of ABIC’s Website Being updated as per the need and Gateway for NIC 2020 is also active now on the ABIC’s Website Demand of funds for the purchase of already approved equipment of different units Discussed and raised

39. 8 th July 2019 Demand of funds for the recurring and non-recurring items Will be placed Exposure visits of incubatees to different incubation centres, techno parks and innovation centres A visit to PAU’s incubation centre already conducted; Incubatees Visit organized in Mega Food Park, Ludhiana and in Field Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd. ( Delmonte ) Strawberry Farm (Food Processing Centre) and Fish Farm, Saharwa One incubatee already sent for training on Organic Farming and others will be sent soon as per the plan Updating of database of Mentors/Consultants / Experts in Agri & Allied Areas Will be updated as and when received and meetings with them Consultancy Services will be provided to the incubates with regard to technology, quality assurance, certification procedure and banking facilities areas Will be provided to the incubates within the stipulated time MoU Between ABIC and Incubatees units Already signed four MoUs and more will be signed with the newly associated incubatees

40. 27 th August 2019 Reimbursement of TA/DA of TBI Manager to attend Interface Workshop for Agri Start-ups held at iCreate , Ahemdabad on 25th and 26th July 2019 Waiting for his TA and DA to be reimbursed Selection of Incubatees 11 applications were received and five were selected as ABIC Incubatees Revision of Registration Fee for different categories in ABIC Categories A: Individual Farmer/ Entrepreneur/Student: Rs. 2,000/- (individual) & Rs. 5,000/- (sponsored) B: NGOs/Farmer Group/ Firms (Proprietorship)/Partnership Firms/ Trust/Society: Rs.10,000/- C: Public/Private Limited Companies: Rs. 25,000/- D: Multinational Companies: Rs. 50,000/- E: Institutional Membership: Rs. 1,00,000/-

41. 16 th November 2019 Quarterly Progress Report of ABIC QPR developed and presented Formulation of rules for TA/DA and Hotel Expenditure while on tour & local visits i ) CEO: AC Bus (Volvo) or Deluxe Bus; AC II Tier/AC Chair Car; Economy Class (Air); Rs.10/- per km (Own Car/Taxi) ii) For Managers (Finance, TBI, ABI and Customer Care): Deluxe Bus/Ordinary Bus; AC III Tier/AC Chair Car; Economy Class (Air); Rs.10/- per km (Own Car/Taxi) Toll – original receipt to be produced by all And For Air/Own Car, prior approval of President ABIC to be obtained

42. 16 th November 2019 Daily Allowances i ) CEO: Rs. 300/- per day in Haryana including Chandigarh & Rs. 400/- per day outside Haryana ii) For Managers: Rs. 250/- per day in Haryana including Chandigarh & Rs. 300/- per day outside Haryana Hotel Charges i ) CEO: Rs. 3,000/- per day ii) For Managers: Rs. 2,000/- per day

43. Honorarium of Experts i ) Rs. 3,000/- per lecture for Professor & Associate Prof & Rs. 2,000/- for Assistant Prof ii) Rs. 5,000/- for Industry Leaders/ MNC Executives iii) Rs. 4,000/- for Agri- preneurs Seed Money for Startups The DGM NABARD was proposed to release an amount of Rs. 25 lacs as seed money and Rs 50 lacs as corpus fund for the start-ups. Additionally, it was suggested that a formal request can be made to NABARD for consideration to count the interest earned on savings account of ABIC towards Corpus fund Selection of Incubatees 7 applications were received and four were selected as incubatees

44. Approval of equipment The balance amount after re-appropriation stands out to be Rs. 20 lacs which ABIC needs for purchase of equipment under food processing unit and a formal letter was sent to NABARD for the permission of the same on 27 th Nov 2019 vide letter no. ABIC/2019/1137 dated 27.11.2019 Demand of funds for next quarter ( upto March 2020) The proposal was approved in principle except for seed money and corpus fund for the start-ups. The unspent amount of Rs. 14.1 lacs under manpower cost may be utilized for the salary of ABIC officials and contractual staff Reimbursement of TA/DA of TBI Manager - Arpit Taneja DGM NABARD was requested

45. Application Fee Application Fee as Rs. 500/- (DD) was approved and was suggested to get the pre-screening done at ABIC by ABIC Officials before final screening by PMRC Hike in Salary of ABIC Officials A request was put up correspondingly with other managers in the similar projects and a proposal for same will be put up in meeting of ABIC Governing Board Holding of PMRC Meetings To conduct PMRC meeting once in two months. QPR and Newsletter have been published for the first quarter and has been sent to NABARD

46. Under process

47. Sh. Giriraj Singh and Dr. Sanjeev Balyan’s Visit in ABIC CCSHAU

48. Governor of Gujarat (Acharya Devvrat ) Interaction session with Applicants

49. NAARM and PJTSAU Hyderabad visit

50. Visit from Japanese Delegates

51. IARI-PUSA Team visited ABIC CCSHAU Hisar On 18 th July 2019

52. Ludhiana Agricultural University (Field Visit and interaction sessions with P.A.U Applicants)

53. RDS farm visits/ Universities department wise visit related to their fields

54. Applicants promoting their products at various locations

55. ABIC Managers’ Training

56. Best prize received by ABIC’S incubatee stall

57. PROJECT MONITORING & REVIEW COMMITTEE (PMRC) FOR ABIC For smooth implementation of the project the following Project Monitoring & Review Committee (PMRC) has been approved by Worthy Vice- Chancellor: Nodal Officer, ABIC - Dr. Seema Chairperson Prof. M. K. Garg , OSD to Vice-Chancellor Member Dr. R.K. Jhorar , Dean, COAE&T Member Dr. S.K. Sehrawat , Director Research Member Sh. Malkit Singh, DGM NABARD Member Sh. Pawan Kumar, DDM NABARD Special Invitee Dr. Rajesh Gera, Prof. & Head, Microbiology Secretary

58. Governing Body of ABIC

59. Keep Moving The mountains will move too - Ma Propre Pensée

60. CONTACT US: Dr. Seema Rani Dr . Rajesh Gera Nodal Officer, ABIC Member Secretary Hardik Chadhary CEO Arpit Taneja Nisha Fogat TBI Manager ABI Manager Manisha Mani Twinkle Mangal Finance Manager Customer Care Manager