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The Centre for Agri-Business Entrepreneurship Development (CAED) was started in the Year 2014. The College boasts of a significant 25 percent of its collective student strength of over 4000, to hail from agrarian backgrounds over every academic year. The Cell was conceived and instituted to empower this community of students with aspiration, abilities and entrepreneurial inclinations to contribute their might in the growth and development of agriculture, leveraging the advancements in space of digital technologies. The CAED has created an ecosystem of collaboration with agriculture -research institutions, direct linkages with the farming community, incubators and mentors, marketplaces and allied enterprises. All through the year many initiatives and activations are organized by the CAED Cell for the students to feel the challenges real-time and develop an effective and appropriate product Innovations, services, tools and techniques for great agriculture impact.

Vision & Objectives

• Indian agriculture sector plays a critical role in the economic progress of our country, statistically providing employment and livelihood to over fifty percent of the population, and contributes over 18-19% to the GDP. However, the Agri sector is plagued with many chronic issues and challenges, evidently unremunerative and consequently the agricultural identity crisis.
• The Cell envisions developing and commercializing effective solutions for greater agricultural impact optimized by digital, Artificial intelligence, IoT, Data Sciences and other emerging technologies.
• Sustainable Agricultural practises being the need of the hour, the CAED cell strives to impart the science and art of such practices, thus producing the creators and enablers of disruptive and radically transformative agri-solution providers of the future.

Benefits

• Real time and most factual knowledge of the issues and opportunities in the farming sector with many on ground activation programs.
• Project- based work holds potential for immersive learnings and innovations.
• Access to the repertoire of Research and Development activities of famed agri-based research centres.
• Active mentoring facilities to guide and handhold the students from the breakthrough idea to its economic potential.
• Privileged access to the flagship fair and exhibition events in the city and outside for market intelligence.
• The Farm- to- Fork model of learning helps appreciate the immense opportunities available in the entire value chain and how best to capitalize it.
• Educating the semi literate farmers on the latest farming techniques, schemes available from government institutions and best practices from across the globe.

Activities