IIT Kharagpur's Agri-Business Incubation Center (ABIC) to hold webinar on Agri-Food Startups
IIT-Kharagpur (November 25, 2020)
Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ABIC), IIT Kharagpur has organized a webinar series to encourage and motivate college/university students, rural unemployed youth and entrepreneurs in the domain of Agri-Food Startups. The series will be graced by distinguished alumni of IIT Kharagpur and other entrepreneurs who will share their success stories.
Date: December 05, 2020
Time: 1100 hrs
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/8DNsDpwCfzzUWRde9
Chief Guest Shri Mayank Jalan, CMD, Keventer Agro Ltd., President, Indian Chamber of Commerce, will deliver the keynote speech on “Emerging Agri-Tech Startups: Issues and Challenges”
Guest of Honour: Shri Awadhesh Kumar, GM, NABARD RO Kolkata
Organizing body comprising Prof. H N Mishra, (PIC & Nodal Officer ABIC), Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Head, Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering, CRDIST and Dr Jayeeta Mitra, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering.
Alumni Speakers:
- Mr. G S Tuteja (Director, Process Engg. Company, Ghaziabad) on Agri Food Startups: Roadmap to Success
- Mr. Manish Kumar (Co-founder and CEO, Back to Village, B2V, Odisha) on Role of Technology in Micro Agri-Enterprises
- Mr. Tauseef Ahmad Khan (Cofounder and CEO, Gramophone, Indore) on Agri Market Places: How Ag Tech is disrupting the Farm to Fork value chain.