MANAGE Agri Eureka 2025 is a National level Agri Innovation and Business Plan Challenge organized by Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) which intends to provide a platform to present innovative approaches & technology solutions to the inherent problems underlying in Agriculture and allied sector in India.
MANAGE Agri-Eureka 2025 aims to fostering the spirit of Innovation and Agripreneurship amongst the participants. The registration is free and is open to all aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and early-stage startup founders across India.
Focus Areas:
Agricultural Extension | Agricultural Value Chain & Supply Chain Management |
Agriculture Input | Agro Processing & Secondary Agriculture |
Animal Husbandry | Post Harvest Food Technology & Value Addition |
Aqua-culture/ Fisheries | Natural Resources Management |
Agricultural Biotechnology | Precision Farming & Digital Agriculture |
Farm Mechanization & Innovations | Natural / Organic Farming |
Waste to Wealth | Dairy |
Any Other Relevant Areas |
Benefits of this Program:
Incubation Support: The winning innovations and agri-business Ideas will get an exclusive preference for
incubation support under MANAGE-CIA.
Technical and Funding Support: The winning innovations and agri-business ideas will get an exclusive preference for technical, business and network support, grant-in-aid/ funding support subject to assessment by the evaluation committee of RKVY MANAGE-CIA.
Technical and Financial Support for Student Innovators under RKVY RAFTAAR: Four students with best innovative ideas will selected, each selected student will be supported with technical and financial assistance of up to 4 lakh as one time fund.
Selection Procedure:
Preliminary Round:
- All participants are required to submit their applications by May 25th, 2025, inaccordance with the PPT template made available in MANAGE -CIA webpage.
- All screening of the concept entries will be done at initial stage, followed by evaluation of screened ideas through Online B-Plan presentation.
- Shortlisted teams will get mentorship training from MANAGE-CIA to better prepare for the Semi Finals and Grand Finale.
- Finalists will be felicitated with Appreciation certificates and will get access to Programs offered by MANAGE -CIA.
National Level Round:
- The Finalists will make B-Plan presentations before the jury members.
- Each Finalist team will be given 10 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for Question – Answer discussion.
- Three winners will be selected in the Grand Finale.
- Winners will be given Certificates and an opportunity to be part of RKVY-RAFTAAR program of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India and also other relevant programs offered at MANAGE – CIA.
What is in store for the Winning Teams?
Solve a problem of your interest:
Choose the innovation/ problem/ improvement in Agriculture sector. Analyze all aspects of it.
Come up with the right solution.
Build your team:
Team building is extremely critical in starting your business. Get like-minded people with
complementary skill sets to kick-start your venture.
Learn from the best:
Learn the basics of idea generation business model canvas, and presentation from experts in the
startup ecosystem.
Pitch in front of a jury panel:
Weave an impactful story around your venture and present it powerfully to the jury panel.
Tentative Timelines of MANAGE Agri-Eureka 2025:
Launch & Call for Applications | 21st March 2025 |
Application Deadline | 25th May 2025 |
Preliminary Round Result Announcement | 3rd June 2025 |
Online Presentations by Shortlisted teams in Preliminary Round | 9th – 10th June 2025 |
Mentoring Sessions (In Person) | 19th – 20th June 2025 |
Semi Final Round | 21st June 2025 |
Grand Finale | 24th June 2025 |
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