MANAGE Agri-Eureka 2025 – National Level Agri-Innovation & Business Plan Challenge

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 ExtensionAgricultural Value Chain & Supply
Chain Management
Agriculture InputAgro Processing & Secondary
Agriculture
Animal HusbandryPost Harvest Food Technology &
Value Addition
Aqua-culture/ FisheriesNatural Resources Management
Agricultural BiotechnologyPrecision Farming & Digital
Agriculture
Farm Mechanization & InnovationsNatural / Organic Farming
Waste to WealthDairy
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 Applications21st March 2025
Application Deadline25th May 2025
Preliminary Round Result Announcement3rd June 2025
Online Presentations by Shortlisted teams in Preliminary Round9th – 10th June 2025
Mentoring Sessions (In Person)19th – 20th June 2025
Semi Final Round21st June 2025
Grand Finale24th June 2025

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