The ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research has kickstarted the three-day entrepreneurship conclave aiming to open up the possibilities of spice entrepreneurship and providing assistance to implement new ideas.
George Ninan, Director, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, inaugurated the event at IISR campus, Kozhikode. The event is organised by the AgriBusiness Incubator unit of the research centre in collaboration with the Indian Society for Spices and Kerala Startup Mission.
The event will also feature an entrepreneurship fair and agricultural expo, which will be having over 100 small-scale entrepreneurs displaying and selling their products. The display and sale of seeds, fertilizers, organic inputs, planting materials will also be there at the institute on these days.
The inaugural ceremony was chaired by R Dinesh, Director, IISR; Sajeesh VK, senior scientist, IISR, and Maneesha SR, scientist, IISR.
Besides, a start-up orientation was also carried out for the budding entrepreneurs about the schemes and grants available from the public domain. Experts including KP Sudheer from Kerala Agricultural University; M Preethi from NIT, Ronnie K Roy and Ashwathi V Girija from Kerala Startup Mission, and entrepreneurs Sanu Muhammed and Selma S shared their insights in the orientation session.