SKUAST-Jammu is organizing AgriThon – 2024 for inviting innovative and out of box solutions to the problems faced in agriculture. The event provides a useful platform to the students of higher education institutes in the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to showcase their innovative approaches & technology solutions on precision and economical farming. The final event will be held at SKUAST-Jammu, Main Campus Chatha, Jammu - 180009 (J&K).
Students, faculties and innovators/entrepreneurs from any higher education institution across the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh can apply and participate in the event in the form of a group/team.
The group/team should comprise of maximum 4 members with at least two students and no more than one faculty and / or more than one innovator or entrepreneur.
All four members of the group/team can be students also.
Student will be the team leader in each group/team.
Participating students can collaborate with local start-ups/entrepreneur/innovator operational in UTs of J&K and Ladakh only.
The group/team leader and members are entitled to submit only one idea/concept. Multiple submissions by the leader or members will not be entertained.
Faculty members from any institute, if involved in organizing/evaluation committee cannot participate in the event as member of the group/team.
The event will take place at two levels. The first level includes submission of concept note and its screening. The second level will include presentation of screened ideas before the judgement committee for final evaluation.
Teams will submit concept note on their problem statement under appropriate thematic area.
The concept note must not exceed 500 words.
It should be precise, unambiguous and must have title, justification, methodology, potential impact, technological & economic feasibility and conclusion.
After screening by the experts of different domains, selected participating team will be notified / informed well in advance to present their solution before the evaluation committee in the second stage.
At level I, the entries will be evaluated based on the uniqueness of the concept/idea, problem redressal, attractiveness of solution, value proposition & plan to scale-up of technology etc.
About 15 minutes time will be allocated for the technical presentation (maximum duration of 10 minutes followed by 05 minutes discussion) physically through the pre-defined PPT template (available at https://skuast.org/AgriThon/).
Team may use any other mode for describing their idea, followed by discussion, besides presentation before the judging committee.
At level II, the screened ideas will be evaluated based on the uniqueness of the novelty, value proposition, market strategy, team composition & involvement, risk factors/ challenges & strategy to overcome.
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