Business Planning and Development (BPD) Unit, NAIP-I , AAU,
Anand
Year of
establishment :
2009
Introduction
Business Planning and Development unit has been established in five
state agricultural universities and five ICAR institutes with the
concept to encourage, nurture and support technologists/scientists
with initiative and potential to turn their innovative research
ideas in to sound commercial ventures. By this BPD
unit, NAIP plans to
develop partnership betweenSAUs/ICAR and private sector (entrepreneurs and
start-up companies) for new
technologies so
that technologists, entrepreneurs,
scientists, farmers, companies and university all will benefited.
The goal of this unit is, to accomplish science and technology-led,
sustainable socioeconomic gains by applying inventions emerging from
the NARS through technology validation, technology transfer and
enterprise development.
To accomplish the goal, BPD is
functioning elementally on Business policies, commercialization
plans, evolving methodologies in relation of research, building
strong research partnerships with industries, transfer of
technologies to entrepreneurs and to companies, encouraging
researchers by appropriate revenue sharing and augmenting capital
investment and infrastructure through PPP for sustainable enterprise
development and economic growth. Other than this BPD has a very
important concept “Technology Management Cell” at regional and
national level to steer intellectual property protection, technology
profiling, technology transfer and enterprise development
initiatives. The technology management and enterprise creation
initiative will be governed by an apex ICAR cell with leadership for
the national level activities. The Policies, planning, guidelines by
institutional, regional, national technology management cell and
enthusiastic participation of researchers/scientists will help to
develop a healthy public private partnership foundation in our
university.
Consequently, BPD in this
university is to encourage in technology validation and
enterprise creation through technology incubators to develop
common laboratory facilities and research infrastructure for
product validation and up scaling.
A Word From The
Vice Chancellor
In the rapid changing global scenario, the quality
agro-inputs and products at competitive pricing with consumer
awareness along with environmental sustainability are the key
elements for development of sophisticated, remunerating technologies
for commercialization as per the demand of farming community and
public. In view of this, Agri-business through BPD is the new venture
of AAU for TOT and PPP for number of developed products and advanced
technologies. The BPD unit is established as part of the National
Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP-I, ICAR). This is also in
national network to support innovators who want to start new
agri-businesses across agricultural sectors, animal husbandry, dairy,
veterinary, fisheries, agriculture and horticulture. This
agri-business incubator (AAU BPD) is working for public awareness
about exciting opportunities for innovators and entrepreneurs in a
win win relationship.
From the CPI &
Head BPD
Goal & Vision:
AAU’s
present agri-business is contract research, consultancy services, TOT
and PPP as per university pre fixed norms through a pool of about 200
scientists. Marketing and popularization of scientist’s and
researcher’s key technologies like Anubhav seeds and seedlings, Anubhav liquid
biofertilizer, Date palm tissue culture, Biodiesel technology,
Mineral mixture for live stocks, Basundi making machine, Probiotic
culture for milk products and many more emerging technologies seeking
tie-ups with corporate and progressive farmers who seek expertise
products and entrepreneurship development. We aim to strengthen hands
on training, knowledge of entrepreneurs nationally and
internationally for agribusiness with full expertise through
workshops, meetings and technology transfer. In this direction,
university is presently engaged in establishing relationship with
industrial sector and techno-agro-industries are now becoming members
of BPD as beneficiaries. Under public-private partnership mode AAU is
the first dignified institute to tap agriculture market and act as
technology generator for agro industries and framers in Western India.
Objectives of BPD unit AAU –Business Manager &
Associates:
To accelerate
agri-business technologies development and canvassing to private
organizations under PPP and creating agribusiness environment.
To provide
services for R & D to potential and existing entrepreneurs for
setting up own units with services like consulting, training and
advice for contract farming etc.
To promote new
technologies on verge of completion, new varieties and hybrids of
crops developed at AAU for commercialization.
Business Planning and Development (BPD) Unit, NAIP-I , AAU,
Anand 