ARISE

Great ideas can emerge from anywhere. And for a great idea to create impact — it must be implemented with the same passion as it was conceived. Arise intends to nurture & scale early-stage ideas & startups into sustainable businesses. The program provides access to business & technology validation, strong mentoring & advisory, market linkages & connections with a view to create impactful solutions in the agriculture ecosystem.

Benefits

Upto INR 5,00,000 Grant-in-Aid

Technology Validation & Backstopping.

Pilot Opportunities

Business Mentoring from Industry Leaders.

Access to Cutting-Edge Infrastructure.

Market Linkages & Investor’s Connect.

Our Focus Area

Farm Mechanization

Precision Agriculture

Supply Chain & Agriculture Logistics

Post-Harvest, Food Technology & Value addition

Waste to Wealth & Green Energy

Agriculture Allied Sectors

Agri Fintech

Agricultural Inputs & Biotechnology

Natural Resource Management

Agriculture Extension & Education

Program Timeline

How it Works

Phase 1

1-Month Online Incubation Program

What Happens: Once selected, our startups & innovators receive transformational support. The selected individuals & groups participate in mentoring & coaching with our technical experts, business & thought leaders. They also get access to our powerful network of startups & founders. This is one of the strongest networks of changemakers who are transforming agriculture and allied sectors.

The Results: The participants’ prototype is passed through multiple technical validations, business assessments, IP, and other checks to create a feasible, viable, and scalable product ready for the market. Finally, the participants get to pitch their product to our panel of experts and the selected startups receive our incubation facility with a Grant-in-Aid of up to Rs. 5,00,000.

Phase 2

15 days Training Program

What Happens: The selected startups receive mentoring and grant-in-aid of up to Rs. 5,00,000 (in one installment) to commercially launch their product. They are mentored to run & sustain their business, grow their market linkages & connections, and develop a plan for scaling up. The start-ups also get field trials and pilot opportunities alongside.

The Results: In the program, our startups develop a better product & business acumen, their professional network grows in quantity as well as quality, and they have more options of raising money.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Arise is a 2-phase program. Here’s an overview of what happens:

Phase 1: 2 months mentoring program

Phase 2: 9-months incubation program

Arise recognises early-stage ideas in the field of agriculture & allied sectors. You should apply, if you are:

  • An Indian citizen
  • Have an idea/ innovation/ early-stage startup in agriculture & allied sectors

Every year, through a rigorous open application process, our panel of evaluators select some of the most promising ideas & prototypes to be a part of ARISE. The applications are evaluated on various parameters — including but not limited to — need, novelty, technical feasibility, business viability, scalability, social impact, market size, team capabilities, and projected financial growth.

After the application round, the shortlisted applicants appear for a selection committee interview. If selected in the interview, the applicants become a part of our cohort for the 2-month online mentoring program.

No. You do not have to pay any fee or charges to apply for Arise.

After the 2-month online training & mentoring, the startups pitch their innovation to our jury. The shortlisted startups have an opportunity to be a part of our 1-year incubation program with a Grant-in-Aid of upto INR 5,00,000.

No.

Yes, you can apply even if you have raised funding.

In case you have received a grant-in-aid support of INR 10,00,000 or more under any Government of India sponsored scheme then you are not eligible for ARISE.

The 2-month mentoring will take place online on video conferencing.

The grant-in-aid will be distributed in 2-tranches on the basis of milestones achieved in 60:40 ratio.

Pusa Krishi, ICAR-IARI reserves the right to disqualify any application if

  • found engaged in any frauds, malpractices, or unethical activities.
  • Any organization/ individual applying for the program should have not been blacklisted by the government or any major agency/ entity, and have no pending litigation in any court of law. The applicant is obligated to inform Pusa Krishi in case of any change in status of the aforementioned.
  • Received a grant-in-aid support from any Government of India sponsored schemes of INR 10,00,000 or more for the same product/ service

Due to the high volume of applications which we receive, we are unable to provide feedback to all the applicants. The selected applicants receive complete mentoring & support throughout the program.

Yes, you can save your application and complete it later. Once submitted, the application cannot be edited.

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