Chitkara awarded ‘Best Farm Tech Startup 2018’ by ICFA

Chitkara Innovation Incubator’s house Startup “Sickle Innovations” has been awarded best “Farm Tech Startup” of the year 2018, by ICFA (Indian Council of Food and Agriculture) at the All India Agri Startups – Convention and Awards 2018.

Indian Council of Food and Agriculture with the support of the Government of India and several States and in technical collaborations with a large number of industry associations and international bodies, hosted AgroWorld 2018 from October 25-26, 2018, at the sprawling campus of Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi.

The conclave promotes and showcases to the world innovative startups emerging in agri & food sector of India, with the aim to bring all the startups on a single platform for sharing of success stories and exploring business and marketing linkages, technology and financial tie-ups and partnership opportunities. The convention organized by ICFA was a big success and it brought agri-entrepreneurs closer to the convention’s objective of providing the much-needed platform and push for the startup ecosystem in agriculture.

Agro World 2018, incorporates major sectors and key stakeholders in food, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, aqua and allied sectors. The participation of Governments officials and institutions like NABARD, SIDBI, NSDC, SFAC, ICAR, CSIR, IFAD, banks and industry, key stakeholders in food, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, aqua and allied sectors give Startups and potential agri-entrepreneurs a great platform to expand the business, increased value addition and trade.

The conclave envisages to provide a platform for experience and knowledge sharing, synergies, connects and partnerships, collective and creative thinking to engender the pro-startups environment for ascertaining prosperity and sustainability of upcoming startups and magnetizing youth towards entrepreneurship in food and agri sectors.