Ag-Tech-Hackathon to promote innovation in farm mechanization with special emphasis on women friendly equipment
In order
to promote potential technology solutions for enhancing farm mechanization with
special emphasis on women friendly equipments, a hackathon named “KRITAGYA” has
been planned by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) under
National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP). Students, faculties and
innovators/entrepreneurs from any university / technical institution across the
country can apply and participate in the event in the form of a group.
Dr.Trilochan
Mohapatra, Director General, ICAR told that in one group maximum 4 participants
can compete, with not more than one faculty and / or more than one innovator or
entrepreneur. Participating students can collaborate with local start-ups,
students from technology institutes, and can win Rs. 5 lakhs, Rs 3 lakhs and
Rs. 1 lakh as first, second and third prize. The registration for event has
already been started from 15th September 2020.
Dr
Mohapatrasaid that the development and promotion of women friendly equipments
through innovative technology solutions and right collaborations with
stakeholders would play an important role in enhancing the farm productivity
and profitability, which has also been emphasized by Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi on several occasions. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister
of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare has also stressed upon the need of
enhancing the innovation in farm mechanization in several meeting and provided
the overall guidance in organizing this event.
Dr. R. C.
Agrawal, Deputy Director General, ICAR and National Director, NAHEP told that
this event will give an opportunity to the students, faculties, entrepreneurs,
innovators and other stakeholders to showcase their innovative approaches and
technology solutions to promote farm mechanization in India. The initiative
undertaken by NAHEP along with Agricultural Engineering Division of ICAR will
also help in enhancing the learning capabilities, innovations and disruptive
solutions, employability and entrepreneurial drive in Farm Mechanization sector.
Besides, the event will also help in taking forward the vision of high-quality
higher education with equity and inclusion as envisaged in NEP-2020.
He also
told that in view of increasing women participation in the field operations
mainly due to migration of men for better prospects in non-farm opportunities,
the ICAR has felt it necessary to organise this event with the overall aim to
enhance automation and mechanization to increase the farm productivity and
profitability and also to reduce the drudgery.
The ICAR
commenced NAHEP, a Government of India and World Bank project, in November 2017
with the overall objective to support the National Agricultural Research and
Education System in providing more relevant and better quality education to the
students.
For more
details regarding registration and participation, please visit:
https://nahep.icar.gov.in/Kritagya.aspx
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Taking
forward the vision of our Hon’ble PM, ICAR has been playing a leadership role
in making agricultural higher education more relevant for the future. In this
regard, ICAR is organizing KRITAGYA- Ag-Tech Hackathon to promote innovation in
farm mechanization- A joint initiative by NAHEP and Agricultural Engineering
Division.
Registration
is open now: https://nahep.icar.gov.in/Kritagya.aspx
@IcarNahep
#AgTechHackathon #ICAR #NAHEP
Courtesy: pib.gov.in
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