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ANNUAL REPORT

ANNUAL REPORT OF INDIGRAM LABS FOUNDATION F.Y 2016-17

INDIGRAM LABS FOUNDATION B-1/B-1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate,

Mathura Road,

New Delhi 110044 INDIGRAM LABS FOUNDATION

B-1/B-1, Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate

Mathura Road,

New Delhi 110044

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TABLE OF CONTENT

Overview of ILF 3

Incubation Process 5

Facilities/Service portfolio 7

Highlights for 2016|17 Financial Year 8

List of Incubatees 9

Initiatives/Collaboration/Networking 10

Success stories and Achievements 11

Events 12

List of Board of Members 15

List of Advisory Board of Members 17

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Overview of Indigram Labs Foundation:

Indigram Labs Foundation was set up as a Technology business incubator in 2015 and

supported by NSTEDB, Department of Science & Technology, and Government of

India in the month of September, 2016. It is established with the aim of developing

startups in the space of Agribusiness, Technology, Education, Healthcare domains that

have potential to grow full-fledged business enterprises which can touch & transform

for better tens of rural lives. Apart from being an incubator, Indigram Labs also have

an accelerator operation for identified setups to achieve the stated mission. These

enterprises are selected on the basis of the power of the idea, its business model,

potential to scale up and Social impact apart from motivation that drives the

entrepreneurs. ILF has Research and Development agreements for IARI i.e., Indian

Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Central Food Technology and Research

Institute, Mysuru. ILF is also in the process of collaboration with different Agricultural

Universities in India and also with some good old TBIs in India.ILF has been promoted

by Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP). ISAP is having PAN India

presence.

ILF is also into different training programs, seminars, and orientation programs for

students on innovation and entrepreneurship, conducting Agri EDP, skill development

programs on various Agri and Agro businesses including Farmer Producer Companies

(FPC or FPOs), organizes several motivational camps, capacity building programs,

training programs for innovative technology-based methods for productivity

enhancement of Agriculture products, Marketing linkages, packaging etc.

Currently, ILF has 3 physical incubates, 5 virtual Incubatees and around 10 are in pipeline.

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Aim

ILF targets to incubate 100 starts ups in next 10 years through the process of

Consulting, Mentoring, Prototype Creation, Leveraging Technology tie-ups and Access

to Platforms that yield the stated results, Other Business Management (legal &

secretarial) Office space services and also co-funding for them. The current focus of

ILF is to promote creativity and innovation in the field of agriculture & healthcare,

enabling us to lead a better life.

Objectives:

1. To help youth build, grow and develop in the field of technology & innovation

in the field of agriculture & healthcare, enabling us to lead a better life.

2. Identify potential Entrepreneur and nurture and support them to develop

independent self sustaining business.

3. To foster linkages between the parent institution, Industries and R&D

institutions in the region and other related organizations engaged in

promoting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) including NGOs & other

voluntary organizations

4. To catalyze and promote development of S&T based enterprises and promote

employment opportunities.

5. To provide a platform for speedy commercialization of the research and

technologies developed in the institutes.

Function:

1. Identify market niche for technology products and services to be addressed.

2. Train the entrepreneurs in technology and business management.

3. Offer the professional business development services for the entrepreneurs who

have mature concepts for unique and innovative products assessed to have

strong commercial viability

4. We provide need-based Company formation services, Legal and IPR support

to Start-ups which is an added advantage of being an

incubatee.

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Activities

1. Deliver orientation programmes for students, faculties, researchers and aspiring

entrepreneurs to enable venture creation.

2. Disseminate our research and innovation to the local community via tailored

made programmes i.e need based skill development training programmes in

Agriculture & Technology, Rural Focussed Health & Wellness & Clean Energy

& Automation areas.

3. Organise and run annual Business Plan Competition and Prototype contest which

offers experiences to the participants and free incubation support for six months

to the first three winners.

4. Organise and run innovator and investor meet to bridge the gap between R&D

and product development funding.

5. Support and promote agri-preneurship in the region in partnership with

NGO/CBOs though training, demonstration and dissemination of rural

technologies to the grass root people.

Incubation Process:

The Start-up Selection criteria are constituted as follows:

Tend to be small in terms of numbers of employees (perhaps 2-4), and to be a primarily

process owner, for research and providing inputs, and to be accelerated firms.

The Startups may be of the following profile:

1. Must be technology based and should be Innovative; if that product already exists in

the market some value addition must be there. 2. Should have completed Proof-of-Concept.

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3. Commercial viability and Sustainability is necessary. 4. A proper Business Plan is necessary; in the absence of a proper business plan, the

request for membership will be accepted if business proposal looks promising prima-

facie to the expert committee. 5. The clarity and potential of the market opportunity 6. Financial feasibility and a clear potential clientele. 7. Should have significant technology content, employment potential, and revenue

generation potential. 8. Commitment (preference for full time Entrepreneur) 9. Team Members & experience 10. Proper Plan to carry forward & societal impact

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Facilities/Service portfolio:

Facility

Facility is a key element for any start up to grow as a successful individual entity. ILF

caters the following facilities for startups to carry out research and turning early stage

technologies into successful business.

Dedicated full service office Space with complete infrastructure. Thus includes

o Business office suite; sizes range from 100-2000 sq ft

o 24X7 High speed internet

o Basic utilities

o Security

o Work station for employees

Shared facilities as and when required (payment per usage). This includes

o Copier, fax, and audio-visual equipment

o Board/Meeting space (25 people)

o Conference Room (40 people)

Common Reception area

Common Cafeteria

Business address as "ILF" to start an enterprise

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Service

SI. No. Type of Support Give Details

1. Business Support

Incubation Space, Facilities &

Fixtures, Legal Support Services,

Company Formation Help,

Preparation of Business Plan, Market

and Customer linkages etc

2. Technical Support R&D Support, Mentoring etc

3. Financial Support Linkages with Angel Investors &

VC.

4. Legal & IPR Support Company Formation, Patent Filing,

Trademark Registration etc.

5. Networking

Linkage to national and international

networks, Institutes and

organization, Mentors across the

globe etc.

6 Any other Prototype development, Assessment

of techno-commercial viability etc.

Highlights for 2017|till date Financial Year

Indigram Labs Foundation has taken several initiatives to popularize innovation and

entrepreneurship. In a short span of time it has established the TBI with currently total

8 start-up companies incubated. Out of these 3 companies are physically present, 05

companies are virtual incubatees and 2,342 agriventures through ACABC program in

collaboration with ISAP. ILF has also conducted several capacity building and training

program for 24 Farmer Producer Companies through FPOs training program.

Thrust area of operation:

1. Agriculture & Technology

2. Rural Focused Health and Wellness

3. Clean Energy and Automation

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List of Incubatee Company:

In House Incubatee:

o New Leaf Dynamic Technologies Pvt. Ltd: Creating Agri-waste based bulk-

milk chillers and vegetable cold storages. They can operate without electricity

and use agriculture waste for generating the heat-energy.

o Indian Agribusiness Systems Ltd: IABSL conducts a specialist information

collection operation and produces information reports and consultancy to

Government of India and other private sector players of MNC origin for crop

related information. Build a Crop-Insurance based engine to give estimates for

government agencies and banks.

o Federation of Indian FPOs and Aggregators -FIFA: FIFA facilitates, farmer

produces to be sold to consumers that are corporate / government agencies /

MNCs. This effort is to provide a solid background support to One-India: One-

market forum to facilitate livelihood of farmers.

Virtual Incubatee:

o Jayalaxmi Agrotech Pvt. Ltd: To address connectivity gap to provide

agricultural solutions and advisory to farmers install Agri-Pole. Adding a farmer

each 5 minute to use the platform for obtaining crop related information.

Currently 25 crops are covered in Kannada language.

o Sainhun Ventures Pvt. Ltd: Multi-flora Honey and Orange-honey are collected

providing employment to village people. The same is branded currently

"Blossoms" and sold to retail outlets. Value addition on Wax for beauty and

medicinal products is being underway to develop different product lines.

o Acugro Pvt. Ltd: Online and off-line connectivity of Farmer-to-farmer

equipment rental market place.

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o Prakrut Enfinite Agrispace Pvt. Ltd: The Hydroponics concept based

vegetable and fruits production facility is already proof-of-concept done.

Commercial model is under creation.

o North East Natural Foods Pvt. Ltd: North East based organic spices that are

processed with processors so that the nutrient values are not lost. So that it can

be branded appropriately and sold in high end retail and hotels to pass on

premium to farmers.

Initiatives/ Collaborations/ Network established with industry / academia:

The venture is set up to facilitate economic development by developing and nurturing

innovation and enable them to establish small, medium – business enterprises leading

to the creation of job, rejuvenate communities, commercialize critical new technologies

and strengthen local and national economies.

The R&D efforts of the ILF are application oriented and as such there is a conscious

and close working relationship between the technology experts of the academic

institution & TBI. The TBI has a Governing body comprising of eminent personalities

including subject experts. The technical experts are associated right from the screening

of the technology proposed to be incubated till the graduating out of the incubatee into

a successful Start-up unit. In its efforts to provide the best of its kind inputs to its

incubatees, the TBI draws from the strength of Scientists, Researchers and other

experts from various faculties of the University such as Agriculture, Information

Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Dairy Activities, Engineering, Computer

Engineering, Law, Medicine, Management etc. The ILF has been working with some

of the best Universities and Research Institutes across the India such as IARI, CFTRI,

Shobhit University, Mewar University.

Besides these, the TBI interacts with various Industry bodies to

spread awareness about its programmes and facilities.

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The TBI, association with specialised organisations also holds workshops involving

senior industry resources, senior practitioners in the fields of Finance, IPR, marketing

etc for the benefit of Incubatees and potential entrepreneurs.

Success stories/Achievements:

One of ILF first incubates, “New Leaf Dynamic Technologies” acknowledged

as one of the top 50 innovations in India by Department of Science &

Technology (DST) Govt. Of India, Lockheed Martin, FICCI, Stanford Business

School & TIE Network.

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“Sainhun Ventures Pvt. Ltd.”, another Incubatee of ILF Iba Blah from

SainhunVentures Pvt. Ltd. Selected as Budding Female Agripreneur at Green

Business Challenge‟17.

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Events:

Developing Business Plan and Training the Director’s of Producer

Company (January- March, 2017)

In 26 FPO‟s, trainings have been conducted on business plan execution in which all the

Block level Companies

participated. These trainings were

conducted by ILF team in the

FPO Company. In these trainings,

directors were given knowledge

on the Business plan developed

for their respective FPO‟s.

1. 6th February–Kushtagi ;

2. 7th February –Gadag

3. 8th February - Sindagi 4. 8th ebruary- Indi;

5. 9th February – Aland;

6. 9th February- Humnabad;

7. 27th February- Bantwal ;

8. 27th February- Belthangady;

9. 28th February – Sagar; 10. 1st March – Shivamoga;

11. 14th March- Jamakhandi;

12. 14th March- Kaladgi;

14 15th March-Hangal;

15. 16th March-Dharwad; 16. 16th March- Hubli; 17. 17th March- Belur; 18. 20th March- Madekiri;

19. 21st March - C.Rpatna;

20. 22nd March- Karkala;

21. 24th March- Chikmangalure;

22. 24th March- Lakya; 23. 27th March–Yadgiri; 24. 27th March–Raichur;

25.28th March- Hospet;

26. 28th March- Koppal

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Training Program: Profitable marketing avenues for Products (Location:Bangalore Date: 12/09/2016)

One day training programme was conducted in Bangalore for all CEOs of FPOs. CEOs of 24

Farmer Producer Companies FPCs promoted by ISAP attended the training along with the Project Coordinators.

The training was conducted for the following two components -

a. Developing Marketing Strategy

b. Value-chain of the products.

The training was conducted by Mr. Sharad Nanapore, founder of Forum for Integrated Agriculture Development (FIAD). Training Activity done and executed by ILF team.

Arise” –Lunch pad for Agri Startups conducted by IARI (ILF is the knowledge partner)

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RISE (Raising Innovative Sustainable Enterprises) - India Centre of Excellence for Food

Convergent Innovation

Industry Experts: Mr.Uma Mahesvaram and Mr. Hemendra Mathur (Date: 24/09/2016)

Interactive lively session with the NIFTEM students on various aspects of investments opportunities

specifically in food processing sector.

The key points included in the session were:

Exploring the characteristics that make food processing sector lucrative options for investment

Importance of innovation and sustainability

Understanding the drivers and motivations of the investors

Considering how food processing vertical sets into an investor‟s investment portfolio interests

It was a 3 hour session where students get insights into the investors viewpoint and thus a able to make B plan with respect to food processing sector

Incubation Partnership with ICCO for Green Business Challenge( February, 8th

2017)

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Training Program: How To Scaleup Agricultural Enterprises andIntroducing Agri-

technology for profitability (Location: Guwahati. Assam,Date: 21/03/2017)

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MEMBERS OF BOARD

Dr. S.A. Patil

Ex- Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

An eminent agricultural scientist and educationist, Dr Patil is

Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Mission. Before joining as

Director, IARI, Dr. Patil was the Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (2000- 2006). A

cotton hybrid Varalaxmi (DCH-3) developed by him was the

world's first inter-specific long staple cotton hybrid. He is a

recipient of several International, National, State and University awards.

Mr. Sunil Khairnar

Founder & Director, Indigram Group

He has over 20 years of experience in Agri- commodities

trading, animal feed husbandry, input sourcing, and consulting

services. He founded Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd,

Indigram Skill and Knowledge Initiatives Pvt. Ltd , and Indian

Society of Healthcare Professionals in the fields of agriculture

development, vocational skill development and rural healthcare.

He is a founding member of the Rural Marketing Association of India (RMAI). He was

associated as Director with Mission Biofuels, GoI, and was on the board of Directors

of International Food and Agribusiness Management Association for 2010-11

Mr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi

CEO, Co-Founder at Indian Society for Agribusiness

Professionals

Sudarshan Suryawanshi is co-founder and CEO of ISAP. He

has 25 years' of experience in agriculture and rural development

and has expertise in community mobilization for forming

producer organizations, integrated farming systems, market

linkages, supply chains, water resource management, small &

micro enterprises, international consulting and training across 27 countries across Asia

and Africa

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Dr. Jaiparkash Singh Dabas

Incharge, Centre for Agricultural Technology Assessment and

Transfer (CATAT), IARI

Director- Beej India, Indigram Lab Foundation

Treasurer – International Federation for Women in Agriculture

Executive Member – Indian Society of Extension Education.

Member – Indian Potato Association

Member – NAARM Alumni Association.

Member – Indian Society of Ornamental Horticulture

Rajeshwar Shantayya Matche

Head Food Packaging Technology and Senior Principal

Scientist at CFTRI

Education: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi 1989 – 1991

Ram K. Mudholkar

President, DuPont South Asia &

Business Director, Dupont Crop Protection

President

February 2016 - Present

He was appointed as President at DuPont South Asia in

addition to being Business Director Crop Protection, South

Asia.

Chairman

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

PGDM, Marketing, Business Strategy, Organization Development, 1982 - 198

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MEMBERS OF ADVISORY BOARD

Harkesh Kumar Mittal

Designation & Qualification:

Adviser, Member Secretary

National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board

(NSTEDB)

Former Secretary

Technology Development Board (TDB)

Department of Science & Technology, Government of India

He is distinguished alumni of the National Dairy Research Institute (1981) and the Indian

Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad (1984), Shri. Harkesh Mittal has been

instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to promoting the innovation and entrepreneurial

acumen among a wide section of Indian entrepreneurs ranging from simple rural industries

to high end technological enterprises.

Miten Mehta Co-Founder of Spinta Global Accelerator

Miten Mehta is Co-Founder of Spinta Global Accelerator, HQ out of

Fremont, CA, that delivers „Silicon Valley Co-Acceleration Model‟

for fast growth companies in verticals of HealthTech, EdTech,

FinTech, & HighTech segments, to bring their innovations faster to

the market.

Dr. Amol Chandrabhan Goje

Director, VIIT

Dr. Amol Chandrabhan Goje holds a Ph.D with research work on

'Interactive Voice Response System for Rural Population' which was

awarded in MAY 2003. He has been a member of 'Experts

Committee - Technical' of KumbhaMela - 2003 Nashik ,Software

Development Expert Committee - YCMOU Nasik, Member of

Syllabus Committee - YCMOU Nasik, Working group on

Agricultural Extension Constituted by Planning Commission Government of India for

11th Planning commission, Board of Studies Computer Management, Pune University

and has also received the fellowship award from ASHOKA Foundation USA.

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Pradeep Lokhande Founder, Rural Relations

He has been working very hard for almost 20 years on his dream - to

make the villages of India computer literate. He has personally

visited 5,800 villages across the country, to know the essence of the

various cultures and traditions and soak in its ethos. In this process

not only is he helping students in the villages but is providing

valuable data related to conditions and challenges faced by these villages to various

corporations to help them understand the consumer behavior.

Dr. Thillai Rajan Professor in the Department of Management Studies at IIT Madras

He was Associate at the Mossavar Rahmani Centre for Business and

Government, Harvard University. His teaching and research areas

include Corporate Finance, Venture Capital Project and Infrastructure

Finance, and Real Options. In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright

Nehru Senior Research Fellowship at the Harvard University. He is a

co-founder director of two start-ups - YNOS Venture Engine and

Money-Wizards.

Dr. Satish Chandra Ex-Director Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur

A former Director of ICAR's Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur

and a former ADG-PIM (ICAR), Dr Chandra was a Rockfeller

Fellow during doctorate and a Post Doctorate Fellow at IARI and

University of Illinois, USA, respectively. An agriculture scientist

from green revolution era, he developed wheat varieties, pearl-millet

hybrids and chickpea varieties. He has experience of international

collaborative research with Universities in Australia and USA, and

with CGIAR Institutes like CIMMYT, ICRISAT and ICARDA.

Adarsh Sharma CA, ICAI

An Independent Member of Board of Directors of leading companies

in India, he has been and is a part of strategy and decision making

structures of these companies. An experience of over 25 years in

Industry, Professional Firms and as a Senior Professional Consultant,

he advises at the Strategy levels leading corporate groups in India

across industry and service spectrums. He has addressed numerous

professional gatherings and seminars in India and abroad and has

been a part of core groups at policy and functional levels of

Professional and Corporate entities, industry and trade associations.

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LIST OF MENTORS

Mr. Sunil Khairnar

Founder, Indigram Group Sunil is has over 20 years of experience in agri commodities

trading, animal feed husbandry, input sourcing, and consulting

services. He founded Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd,,

Indigram Skill and Knowledge Initiatives Pvt. Ltd , and Indian

Society of Healthcare Professionals in the fields of agriculture

development, vocational skill development and rural healthcare. He

is a founding member of the Rural Marketing Association of India (RMAI). He

was associated as Director with Mission Biofuels, GoI, and was on the board of

Directors of International Food and Agribusiness Management Association for

2010-11.

Mr. Sudarshan Surywanshi

CEO, Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals

Sudarshan Suryawanshi is co-founder and CEO of ISAP. He has 25

years' of experience in agriculture and rural development and has

expertise in community mobilization for forming producer

organizations, integrated farming systems, market linkages, supply

chains, water resource management, small & micro enterprises, international

consulting and training across 27 countries across Asia and Africa.

Mr. Miten Mehta

Co-Founder of Spinta Global Accelerator

Miten has co-founded four successful start-ups, including three in

Silicon Valley, USA – Spintaccel, KloudData, eComLive

(InfoSpace) and MoConDi (MobileMedia) in London, UK. Miten

has been an investor / advisor to iPsh (Omnicom), JP Mobile

(Good) Cronus Ventures, PlaySpan (Visa), WaveMF, Hubilo, Strike, Chatur

Ideas, eShiksha, MarketPulse and AngelLab among others.He is passionate

about mentoring & investing in start-ups that super specialize in application of

AI & Deep Learning, Virtual & Augmented Reality, 3D, Robotics & IOT,

BigData & Predictive Analytics and BlockChain Technologies that leverage

SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud) infra stack, to

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create tangible value for users and deliver social impact for community.

Mr. Bhaskar Natrajan

CEO, Indian Agribusiness Systems Limited.

Bhaskar is an Engineer by profession and holds a BE degree from

the University of Bombay & MS from University of Cincinnati.

He has extensive experience in technology and telecom systems.

His specialties include Commodity futures & options,

fundamental & technical analysis of markets, hedging &

procurement strategies, commodity trade research & advisories,

risk management, ICT in agriculture, primary research, field

surveys, market linkages, forward & backward integration in the Agri value chain,

Agri content development, publishing.

Mr. Kamal Khurana

CEO - F I F A ( Federation of Indian FPOs & Aggregators)

Kamal holds a degree in B.Tech (Agri Engg) and PGDRM from

IRMA, Anand- Gujarat. He has worked for almost 10 yrs with

Reliance Retail Ltd, as an Asst Vice President in Fruits and

Vegetable vertical. His earlier assignments include working with

PEPSI BEVERAGES as a Unit Head, Vice President (Sales &

Mktg) with CREAM BELL ICE CREAM. Started career with National Dairy

Development Board and worked in oilseeds & Vegetable Oil Wing besides

working with Mahanand Dairy, Mumbai and Mother Dairy, Kolkata on

deputation during 1983-92. He also had a stint of ten years with Dalmia Dairy

Industry, post NDDB at Delhi.

Mr. Shaibal Chatterjee

Head of Operations – Indian Society of Agribusiness

Professionals (ISAP)

Shaibal has over 12 years of experience micro-finance/rural banking,

Entrepreneur Development, rural sales & channel management and

livelihood generations in various managerial positions. In ISAP, he is

managing projects related to rural entrepreneurship development,

agricultural development, and women empowerment. He holds a

B.Tech. (Agriculture) degree from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture &

Technology (GBPUA&T), and PGDBM (IIRM Jaipur).

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Mr. Gaurav Vats

Head - ICT, M&E -India Society of Agribusiness Professionals

Gaurav Vats has over 14 years of experience commodities trade

research, event management, ICT interventions in agriculture and

web-based content development. In ISAP, apart from leading the

work on monitoring, evaluation and learning, he is also managing the

ICT based projects for agriculture development. He holds a M.Sc.

(Agri Extension) degree from Haryana Agriculture University (HAU), Hisar.

Mr Ravish Vasan

Co-Founder, MicroX Foundation

Graduate from top colleges of India namely IIT Guwahati and IIM

Ahmedabad, Ravish worked for couple of years with top tier

consulting company - PwC before leaving corporate life to pursue his

calling in purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Along with his friends

from Jagriti Yatra, he runs a non-profit, agriculture oriented

organization MicroX Foundation from Gaya, Bihar. In last 2 years, they have

worked with 1000+ marginal farmers in 25 naxal-affected villages of Gaya,

Bihar. They provide end-to-end advisory support to farmers from crop planning

to market linkage along with encouraging sustainable and profitable agrarian

livelihood using modern agro-techniques and leveraging latest technology.

Ravish looks after market linkage and application aspects of latest and low-cost

technology in agriculture. Aside from work, Ravish loves meeting inspirational

people, reading amazing books, doing meditation and exploring new places.

Uma Maheshwaram Mandi

Chief mentor – Indigram Labs Foundation

Uma have experience in KPO Establishment and Business

Development; School Education Management and Schools

investment; Funding of Organizations with Capital and Media

Currency; Petroleum Retailing Location and Offering(s)

Planning - Network Planning; Commodities Trading and

Manufacturing. Graduate from IIM-Ahmedabad, he has held the

position of Senior Vice president in Educom Infrastructure and

School management Ltd., CEO in Radiant Business Solution, Executive director in

Orient Enterprise Pvt. Ltd. And is currently Chief mentor in Indigram Labs

Foundation.

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ILF-TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATOR OFFICIALS:

TBI Staff

Uma Mahesvaram Mandi, Chief Mentor

E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: +91-9871516803

Bidya Nand Jha, Account Manager

E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: +91-8377904958

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