TAMIL NADU MANUFACTURING BUSINESS INCUBATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

CREATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BY LEVERAGING RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

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A N D I N N O V A T I O N I N S T I T U T E

Set up in 2001 as a state nodal agency for promotion of self-employment and en-hancing competitiveness of MSMEs through various training programs the EDII has today evolved as the state nodal agency for innovation catering to entrepreneurs across the spectrum with a goal of economic development through enabling innova-tive, sustainable enterprise creation.

RESEARCH, INCUBATION AND INNOVATION—

• EDII is the state nodal agency for Innovation recognized by GoI.

• Has connected with over 400 colleges across the state under the IEDP program and facilitates student entrepreneurship including start-up funds to student project.

• Offers entrepreneurship courses through NEN network. So far over 15000 students from more than 200 colleges enrolled.

• Initiated developmental reporting of MSMEs in Tamil Nadu- a pioneering report on MSMEs and start-ups across the state.

• Women technopreneurship cell of EDII supports women for tech-based entrepreneur-ship including capacity-building.

• Organizes boot camps, hackathons across the state.

• Conducts conference series titled- InnovaTN, BioinnovaTN, incubaTN across the state with leading institutions.

• EDII is one of the executive council member of the TN bioeconomy cluster promoting bioentrepreneurship along with leading research and academic organizations.

• EDII is the state nodal agency for TN START-UP AND INNOVATION POLICY and is involved in setting up of the Start-up Mission.

• Has forged major working partnerships with Anna University, IIT Madras, IIITDM, IFMR-LEAD, TNAU Coimbatore, Women Biotech Park, Siruseri, FFDC, Kannauj and various other ecosystem players.

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Beginning 2017, EDII launched support for research-driven, S&T based enterprise de-velopment through the Tamil Nadu Manufacturing Business Incubation Infrastructure Development Project (TNMBIIDP). This project was sponsored by the State Planning commission under the ‘Tamil Nadu Innovation Initiatives’ (TANII).

1.0 VISION—Building shared prosperity for sustainable innovative, indigenous solutions that reduce unemployment.

2.0 GOAL—• Fostering research-driven, tech-enabled

innovative entrepreneurship amongst a wide spectrum of population in different parts of Tamil Nadu especially in sectors holding huge promise for indigenous product development.

• To catalyse R&D activities and pledge existing resources for entrepreneurship opportunities.

3.0 PURPOSE—The incubators at present across the country are primarily being established at engineering colleges and B-Schools in major cities. However there is a need to reach out to larger populations in different parts of the State. Also it was felt that

EDII-TNthe thrust focus for establishing these incubation centers needs to be the research credentials and scientific potential of the host institutes so that there could be more indigenous product development than targeting emerging markets without original innovation.

Further the R&D activities need to be taken up towards commercialization benefiting the society. Apart from tech transfer and licensing, these organizations should serve as nodal hubs where any common man with entrepreneurship aspirations should be facilitated to start-up and set up small businesses in the core thrust areas of the incubation center.

4.0 WHY TNMBIIDP?—With this broad goal in mind, the proposals were invited from various academic institutes including polytechnics, research organizations and industrial bodies across the State. The applications were competitively selected based on their research expertise and in-house innovative capabilities in supporting indigenous product development with potential of com-mercialization across specialized domains

• The institutes are supported with –

• Grant of Rs 2.5 crores grant for a 3-year period

• Mentoring with technical and business experts

• Training programs are being organized for specialized skilling required for incubation managers.

All incubation centers are being established as a separate legal entity- Sec 8 enterprise for greater autonomy and efficiency in management and promoting Tamil Nadu as global innovation and entrepreneurial hub..

5.0 EDII AS START-UP & INCUBATOR RESOURCE CENTRE—EDII has prepared a Strategic Plan for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development for Tamil Nadu for the period 2016-2021. Government also has proposed implementing a Start-up Action Plan for Tamil Nadu and EDII will have a major role in implementing this. Recognising that Incubation services, virtual or physical, are known to reduce the failure rates of new born enterprises, EDII, with funding from GOI and State Government programs, will support formation and building capacities.

6.0 ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS—The EDI Business Incubation Initiative focuses on low cost incubators aimed at manufacturing by leveraging the expertise, equipment and laboratories in Engineering and Science Colleges as well as polytechnics as the base resource. The other set of institutions could be industrial houses and industry associations which have access to equipment and machinery of their members.

There are two formats in which assistance would be granted:

7.0 SELECTION PROCESS & SANCTION—The following broad parameters are used for technical evaluation of the proposals

a. Preparedness of Host Institute (HI)/ BI in terms of infrastructure for the BI and strength of connections with local entrepreneurial & industrial ecosystem.

b. Prior achievements in terms of startup activities, industrial R&D, patent commercialisa-tion, prototyping and industrial networking.

c. Management support and Team proposing the BI at the HI and capability of HI in promoting startups and innovations.

d. Approach and Methodology to be adopted, innovative content and pipeline of potential incubatees.

e. Industrial partner and strength in the thrust sector in which incubation is proposed.

f. Assessment of realization potential of projected milestones, co-funding and sustainability of BI.

Final Recommendation

Call for Applications

4 Months by EDII

Competitive Evaluation &

Selection

Inception of the incubator • Sec 8 company Registration

• BI-Host Institution Agreement

• Signing of MOA

As per InstitutionsEstablishment of Incubators as a

separate legal entity

3 year periodReview Mentoring/

Training Research of evidence

General Incubation Components

Specific Monitoring by a domain specific

committee

Review of Progress

Short listing for completeness of the

application

Technical Presentation before

expert committee

Site - Visits with Technical,

Incubation experts & Govt. Representative

Release of funds

Monitoring/Mentoring

EDII COMPETITIVE EVALUATION PROCESS —

8.0 INCUBATOR FOCUS AREAS & STRUCTURE—8.1 EACH BI WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:a. The BI will chose atleast one area of

specialisation below, though it will be free to incubate any other business as well to start with.

Automobile & Sustainable Transportation Technologies, Biotechnology, Rural innovation, Communication technology (publishing, printing, media, design etc), Medical devices & implants, Nanotechnology, Water & Environmental Technologies, Smart cities Technologies, Smart/Advanced manufacturing Technologies , Life Sciences, Industrial IOT, Renewable Energy, Organic agro-processing Technologies

b. The BI will create an SPV as a section 8 company under Companies Act 2013.

c. The BI would also put in place a dedicated full time Incubator Manager (IM) with desired domain and management expertise and one operation manager

within six months from the date of release of funds. The BI Board will have full freedom to decide the composition, recruitment and compensation of the IM as well as the team of the BI. The compensation debitable to TNBIIDP funds shall not exceed Rs 1.25 lakhs per month. This can be escalated by a maximum of 10% per year based on outcome performance, by the SPV Board. The Institution can however choose to pay outstanding candidates additional sums from its revenue sources.The overall salary expenditure shall be limited to Rs 2.00 lakhs per year.

d. The BI should develop appropriate formal linkages in the form of a cooperation agreement with large companies and/or industry associations and/or Research institutions to ensure its success. The BI will also foster industry research projects.

e. The BI would evolve a transparent system for selection of incubatees. The incubatees would be admitted subject to fulfilling the admission criteria and the BI would enter into an appropriate agreement with the incubatees.

9.0 BI PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE @EDII—9.1 A BI Program Management Committee, headed by Director EDII and comprising of DTE or her representative, Dir/E&T or his representative, Director, Collegiate Educ or his representative, IIT-Madras Incubation Centre, one reputed & successful Startup entrepreneurs one from a corporate would approve, review, monitor and evaluate the BI activities in these colleges.

9.2 A BI expert panel will be constituted for each sector

with sector experts from academia and industry to evaluate the project reports submitted during application evaluation, fund release request processing and to carry out site visits for evaluation of progress from time to time.

The PMO will also render the following services:

• Capacity building for institutions to run incubation & innovation centres

• Create a network of TN Incubators for sharing of best practices

• Organise Annual Regional & State TN Start-up Summit for sharing experiences of incubators and incubatees

• Visits, Monitoring, Evaluation & Documentation of Incubators supported

9.3 Once the Startup TN Mission is formed, these activities would be transferred to the Mission

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NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP

DEVELOPMENT

Established at Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, Thoothukudi

Institution type Government Academic & Research Organisation for Agricultural Sciences

Sector Micro-cluster based sustainable agro-enterprises- Palmyrah, Bio-inputs, Bio-control, micropropagation

EDII-KILLIKULAM AGRI BUSINESS INCUBATION FORUM

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Young professionals & Scientists

interested in agro start-ups

• Farmers, unemployed youth

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• Atleast 10 agro-start-ups to be promoted

& mentored focusing on bio-inputs, bio-scontrol, Palmyrah and micropropaga-tion technologies

• Establishment of aeroponics and hydroponics system

• mproving farmer’s incomes & livelihood in the districts of Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli &Thoothukudi.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Promoting agro- start-ups in crop

production and protection technologies bio-inputs, bio-control, micropropogation and crop value addition.

• Technology interventions, training &

capacity building of farmers in the districts of Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi

• Establishment of aeroponics & hydroponics for sustainable crop production.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTION-AL STRENGTHS—Farm - This institute has the largest land area amongst all colleges in the university to an extent of 476.61 hectares which comprising of wetland, garden land and dry land for agricultural crops and separately for horticultural and tree crops.

Type AreaSingle crop wetland 19.20 ha

Double crop wetland 20.20 ha

Garden land 24.78 ha

Dry land 125.42 ha

Orchard 53.53 ha

Laboratories: There are 17 laboratories with state-of-art facilities and instructional farms in different disciplines

College Library: 15,370 books and 1632 e-books, 14 National journals and 3245 e-journals, 948 bound back volumes and 275 thesis, e- abstracts, e-databanks and e-thesis and Video/CD library. Book Fair is being conducted every year.

Scientists from various disciplines of this campus have undertaken 55 research projects during the last five years. The institute collaborates with government agencies in India viz., NADP, UGC, TANII, DST, DBT, DAE and ICAR.

Venture Capital Schemes on TNAU Coconut tonic, Dry Land Beekeeping Bee, Production and sale of bio-inputs and beneficial microbial products for plant disease management, mushroom production. Production of Foundation and Certified seed in Rice are being operated.

The institute was honored with “Best College in TNAU” for three times during 2002, 2005 and 2009.

SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH OUTCOMESThe institute is involved in dedicated research in all frontier areas of agriculture pertaining to southern districts namely Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanniyakumari. Research studies are carried out to develop new varieties and management practices in rice, pulses, horticultural crops and forage crops. Since inception, the institute has released five varieties in crops, obtained two patents and commercialized two technologies.

Varieties released Patents Technology CommercializedKKM 1 Black Gram Patent obtained TNAU Master Trapw

KKM 1 Cumbu – Napier hybrid TNAU Master Trap Acorus calamus 10d

KKM-Ch.1 Chilli Patent in pipeline

KKM -1 Brinjal Little Honey Extractor

KKM Se.1-Senna

VARIETIES RELEASED – AGRICULTURE

KKM -1 Brinjal

KKM 1 Cumbu – Napier hybrid

KKM Se.1-Senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl)

KKM-Ch.1 Chilli

KKM 1 Black Gram

(Solanum melongena L.)

(Capsicum annuum L.)

( Vigna mungo )

Year of release

1995 2000 2001 2006 2017

Parentage Selection from Kulathur local

IP 15507 x FD429 Selection from Thenkalam Local

ACC 240 x Co 3 COBG1 643 / VBN 3.

Duration 135 days Perennial 135 – 140 days 200 days 65 – 70 days

Yield 37 t/ ha 288 t/ha. 900 Kg/ha. -Dry leaf yield 352 Kg/ha -Dry pod yield

Dry pods 3 t/ha. 607 Kg/ha

KKM -1 Brinjal

KKM 1 Cumbu – Napier hybrid

KKM Se.1-Senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl)

KKM-Ch.1 Chilli

KKM 1 Black Gram

Special features

Fruit round glossy white cluster bearing, medium sized.

Suitable for southern districts of Tamil Nadu The leaves are soft and have high Ca, K, Mg, P and vitamin content with very low oxalate. The fodder has more crude protein @ 9.85g per 100g of dry matter

Suited for rainfed cultivation. Sennoside content 2.5%.

Plants are dwarf, bushy and non lodging. Early in maturity and first harvest can be taken 92 days. Capsaicin content (0.54%). Ripe fruits do not shrivel on drying. Fruits have high seed content (50 nos.) per pod.

Suitable for cultivation in rice fallow condition. Resistant to root knot nematode and moderately resistant to Yellow mosaic virus and Pod borer. Superior cooking quality. 6.7 per cent arabinose content

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERRED/COMMERCIALIZED

TNAU Master Trap Acorus calamus 10d Palmyrah

MoU has been signed with industry to commercialize TNAU Master Trap – A Multipurpose Device that can be used as a light trap for Insects and Rodents in IPM.

KKM 1 botanical insecticide Acorus calamus 10D was commercialized through tech transfer

An MoU signed with Bihar Government in popularising the production technologies of Palmyrah and its value addition

Publication during last five years : Nine ISBN books, 216 research articles among which 71 with NASS rating above 4 were published by the faculty in the last five years.

UNIQUE RESOURCE PLAT-FORM FOR INCUBATEES—• 5000 sq.ft office space

• Exclusive hydroponics and aeroponics facility. A model hydroponic unit was established with a production in 32 trays of size 3 X 2 feet. The most preferred grain is Maize fodder which gives a maximum of yield of 18 kg per tray. This model unit will be sufficient to rear 4 milch animals with continuous production.

• Access to R&D infrastructure, farms, library and other resources

• Mentoring by established scientists

• Access to key technologies developed, germplasm accessions and other research outcomes. The college is first of its kind to carryout research on Palmyrah. This centre has been identified as National Active Germplasm site for Palmyrah to study and document the floral biology, growth pattern of leaf, and products of Palmyrah.

Established at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai

Institution type Government academic and research organization for veterinary and animal sciences

Sector Animal health care, Veterinary therapeutics

VETERINARY INCUBATION FOUNDATION AT TANUVAS

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Students and professionals in the field

of veterinary sciences, life sciences and other related technology areas.

• Scientists in animal health care, basic and applied research.

• Small, marginal farmers, landless labourers predominantly self employed in animal farms.

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• At least 5 - 7 start-ups to be promoted and

mentored focusing on animal health care and other allied sectors.

• Empower animal farmers and other technologists in developing innovative field solutions and documenting the same.

• Tamil Nadu to lead the country in indigenous and innovative product development in the field of veterinary sciences.

TRPVB - TANUVAS has obtained state license for cGMP production facility for veterinary external applications under the Schedule-M for the products developed at TRPVB. The license is given under the Drug and Cosmetics Act, 1940.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Catalysing tech transfer and licensing of

research products for animal healthcare and clinical services.

• Promoting start-ups in animal health care, instrumentation and clinical services for veterinary purpose.

• Technology intervention trainings and capacity-building of small, marginal & landless farmers predominantly employed in animal farms. Enable them in setting up of small business based on animal health care services.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHS—With the support of Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, TANUVAS has already established Translational Research Platform for Veterinary Biologicals (TRPVB) to act as a “one-stop shop” for translational research in Veterinary Biologics.

State of art laboratory facility in TRPVB has 8054 sq. ft. of floor space that includes a state of art laboraories with saphosticated instruments

• cell culture & virology lab with ISO class 7 & 8 clean room facility (~3000 sq.ft)

• BSL II facility to handle high risk category organisms such as Mycobacteria and Brucella.

• A new animal BSL-III (ABSL-III) is coming up in the university campus

• University Innovation & Instrumentation Center (UIIC) for fabricating & supplying devices / innovation / instruments to cater to farms / fields.

• Potential pipeline of technologies and products developed through extensive R&D.

• vmultispecies animal farm facility at Madhavaram Campus and Veterinary Hospitals at Vepery and Madhavaram campus which acts as an abundant source of clinical materials for research and development

TRPVB - TANUVAS is accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) under standard IS/ISO/IEC 17025:2005 with 2 scopes for the health monitoring tests for bulls as per OIE recommendations.

DIAGNOSTICS

THERAPEUTICS

BRU ALERT-BRUCELLA ANTIBODY KIT

TANUCHEK SCC KIT

KETOCHECK KIT A1/A2

DETECTION KITCANINE DUAL DETECT

RAB-PAR

LEPTO-CATBOVINETB ALERT

NANO DERMAL CREAM

TEAT PROTECT

METROZINC GEL

TANUVAS SURGICAL KIT

NANO HEAL

NANO IVMEC SPOT-ON

TRPVB CLEAN ROOM LABORATORY—TRPVB-TANUVAS has created a state of the art clean room facility meeting cGMP norms (ISO class 7 and class 8 air classification). The facility is available for use by interested industries, institutions, entrepreneurs and start-up companies on payment basis

UNIQUE RESOURCE PLATFORM

• Comprehensive laboratory and clean room facility ready for product development

• In-house products / technologies ready for acquisition / Scaling up

• Unique potential biotech services, A1 A2 milk testing available, Unique canine disease diagnostic services ready for expansion, canine clinical services

• Exclusive office space, access to R&D infrastructure including clean rooms, farms etc

Established at Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore

Institution type Private academic Organization

Sector Industrial IoT

IOT INCUBATION CENTER

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Young professionals, & Scientists,

engineers interested in Industiral IoT based start-ups

• Students and unemployed educated youth

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• Developing IoT products & manufacturing

them using best practices

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Wireless Home automation products

using IoT to control remotely over the cloud.

• Farm irrigation automation, automated hydroponics and aquaponics system development and commercialization.

• Healthcare monitoring System products

• Vehicle tracking System products

• E-tollgate digital wallet services etc.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHS—• An autonomous institution accredited by

NBA and NAAC with A grade providing engineering education for the past 33 years. The college is housed with an area of 51.39 acres with total built-up area of 1,10,000 sq.m.

• Institution has a separate IPR cell to obtain the licence for the developed products and the products are commercialized through the EDC cell.

• Research Bulletins are periodically released to show the status of the research projects undertaken in the various domains.

• Institution has organised more than 30 funded research programmes in last five years and also working in various funded research projects.

• MoU signed with 35 alumni entrepreneurs and other 100 companies.

• Institution is Collaborated with more than 24 professional bodies of central, state, industrial sector and also with more than 50 private MNCs

• There are many national level achievements done by the students by winning the prizes in Food India Hackathon, Smart India Hackathon, National level Robotic Championship conducted by IIT Bombay, Aero modelling National Level Challenge Event.

• Received BEC award 2016 International Institution Award from Cambridge University and received South Asia Best 25 Preparation Centre Awards for Higher Education from Cambridge University 2017. As part of academic excellence, received ICTACT Academic Partner of Excellence Award in two consecutive years 2016, 2017 and also received ICTACT Academic best coordinator award for the year 2017.

• The institution has excellent infrastructure-academic buildings including Multi-purpose hall with 2500 seating capacity, Rain water Harvesting and library facilities with 72007 Volumes of Books, 41442 Tiles of Books, 254 Hard Copy Journals and 2710 E-Journals

• Published 1432 journal articles and 32 patents.

SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH OUTCOMES

1432 publications | 32 patents

Technologies developed- apparatus for Preventing Overload Theft in Industries, Foetal Health care monitoring system using IoT, Automized toilet Monitoring System using IoT & Data Analytics, Freshness and Quality detector for fruits and vegetables using IoT, Latex harvesting device using IoT, Smart water management system using IoT, Automated Forest Fire Detection Using Iot

IMAGES OF SOME OF THE MAJOR PRODUCTS

3D PRINTING MACHINE

SMART WHEEL CHAIR USING VOICE RECOGNITION

TECHNOLOGY

FLOWER DROPPING AUTONOMOUS DRONE

IOT ENABLED SMART HYBRID SYSTEM

TRICOPTER

CNC MACHINE

HOVER CRAFT BUDDIES

Established at Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam

Institution type State Govt. Academic & Research Organisation for Forestry

Sector Agroforestry

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Young professionals & Scientists interested

in forestry based start-ups

• Farmers, tribal population, unemployed youth in and around the region

• Men and Women Self Help Groups

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• Atleast 25 small enterprises development

• Developing well researched forestry products and manufacturing them using best practices.

• Value added product development using agroforestry biomass

• Inventorisation & Documentation of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge from local tribal population

• Ensuring value chain based business development

FOREST BUSINESS INCUBATOR

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Promoting start-ups in agro-forestry

technologies viz., Miniclonal technology, briquette/pelleting technology, Wood seasoning technology, Dendro biomass based activated charcoal/carbon generation

• Promoting businesses in forestry based handicrafts-wood antiques from new and alternate genetic resources, tall seedling production, tree burlapping technology etc

• Value added forestry products like natural hand wash, seed gum, natural dyes, pupal oil, sericin production, Cocoon craft technology etc.,

• Documenting and validating Indigenous Traditional Knowledge from local tribal population for products like anti- venom, herbal repellents, medicinal plant products etc.

• Training and capacity building on setting small business oppurtunities from agroforestry sector to farmers, tribal population, rural youth, educated and unemployed urban population in and around the region.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTION-AL STRENGTHS—• Developed and released high yielding

short rotation varieties in important industrial tree species like Melia dubia, Eucalyptus and Casuarina

• Voluminous germplasm assemblage in 15 industrial wood species

• Well developed agroforestry plantation for product development.

• Innovative value chain model for industrial agroforestry

• Well equipped laboratory facilities like, wood technology lab, soil science lab, silkworm rearing lab, tissue culture lab, allelo chemical lab, biotechnology lab, biofuel lab, pulp wood lab and value addition laboratories.

• Collaboration with multifarious Industries like timber, plywood, matchwood, Pulp and Paper, Biomass power, biofuel, Value addition etc.

• Varieties released

Melia dubia MTP 1, Melia dubia MTP 2, Casuarina MTP 1, Casuarina MTP 2, Eucalyptus MTP 1

UNIQUE RESOURCE PLATFORM FOR INCUBATEES—• 5000 sq.ft space for office, administration and

computational support

• Exhibition hall and Conference hall

• Access to institutional R & D infrastructure, labs, library, product testing facilities, machineries, modernised equipment

• Fields/farms for incubates

• Access to technologies developed through research.

• Excellent faculty support for mentoring the business activities

• Beautiful sylvan surroundings to cater the needs of entrepreneurs, startup and business enterprise

SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH OUTCOMES

Tech Developed & In Process

Mini clonal technology, Value addition technology, Alternate Industrial Wood genetic resources, Multifunctional Agroforestry Model, Integrated Farming System, Post harvest WoodTechnology, Wood utilization, Processing technology fornon timber forest products, Nursery technology, Plantation technology, Burlapping Technology, Urban Forestry Design

Established at Horticultural College and Research Institute, Periyakulam

Institution type State Govt. Academic & Research Organisation for Horticultural Sciences

Sector Horticulture

PERIYAKULAM HORTI-BUSINESS INCUBATOR

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Young professionals & Scientists

interested in horticultural start-ups

• Farmers, unemployed youth, Women Self-Help Groups

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• At least 30 small enterprises in the

domain

• Developing well researched horticulture products & manufacturing them using best practices.

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Horticulture based start-ups like essential

amino acid enriched protein production

• Value addition/manufacturing of fruits & vegetable based products and their marketing

• Healthy Seedling Production using High-Tech nursery

• Horticulture handicrafts

• Training to farmers/unemployed and rural youth on horticulture based small business in the districts of Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Karur, Erode including the villages within the districts.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTION-AL STRENGTHS—• New varieties/innovations in Mango,

Sapota, Acid lime, Moringa, Ribbed gourd, cowpea, watermelon through R&D.

• Standardized low cost production technologies under poly-houses and off-season production technologies

• Standardized post-harvest management of jasmine and tuberose to enhance shelf-life

• International collaboration with global research institutes such the World Vegetable Centre, Taiwan, University of Florida, USA etc.,

• Well experienced faculty offering troubleshooting measures in horticulture production

• High productive varieties in horticultural crops such as Mango (PKM1 and PKM2), Acid lime (PKM1), Sapota (PKM1, PKM2, PKM3, PKM4, PKM5), Manila Tamarind (PKM1), Tomato (PKM1), Chilli (PKM1), Brinjal (PKM1), Annual Moringa (PKM1 and PKM2), Ribbed gourd (PKM1), Snake gourd (PKM1), Vegetable cowpea (PKM1), Watermelon (PKM1), Davana (PKM1) and Tamarind (PKM1) were released from this institute.

SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH OUTCOMES• Many major publications in the domain of

horticulture research

• Major technologies developed for pest management and enhancing shelf-life of fruits reducing hopper infection, controlling anthracnose disease, flower induction in mango, off-season flowering in mango, canopy management, hastening seed germination of sapota, improving shelf-life of grapes, high-density planting in mango and sapota

S.No Crop Varieties Special feature /Characters1 Mango PKM1 (1981) • Clonal selection from the hybrid,

Chinnaswarnarekha and Neelum.

• Yield - 336 fruit(102.7kg/tree/ha).

• Regular bearer during both on and off years.

• Suitable for long distance transport.

• Fruit weighs 250 - 300 g, long, narrow with prominent beak •

2 Mango PKM2 (1990) • Hybrid between Neelum and Mulgoa.

• Large size fruits (681.3 g) high pulp content (67.5% )

• Abundant juice, pleasant flavour,

• Good keeping quality, high TSS.

• The fruit comes to harvest during May. •

3 Acid lime

PKM1 (1990) • Selection Kadayam of Tirunelveli

• Fruits weight- 52g.

• Ascorbic acid - 34.29mg/100g juice TSS - 8.0°brix.

• Juice content - 52.3% by weight. Yield per tree/year - 934 fruits

• Less susceptible to leaf miner and citrus butterfly.

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4 Sapota PKM1 (1981) • Clonal selection from Guthi.

• Yield of 3547 fruits (236kg) / tree/year.

• Dwarf tree

• Fruits are oval

• Thin skinned with buttery pulp

• Fruit weight- 100g.•

5 Sapota PKM2 (1992) • Hybrid between Guthi and Kirtibarthi

• Mean yield - 80kg fruits/tree

• Oblong to oval shaped.

• High TSS (26.3°brix), total sugar (14.25%), reducing sugar (9.46%) with high sugar/acid ratio. •

6 Sapota PKM3(1994) • Hybrid between Guthi x Cricket Ball.

• Fruit yield- 14t/ha.

• Cluster bearing type

• Oval shaped large fruits.

• Tolerant to leaf spot and leaf webber.

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7 Sapota PKM(Sa)4 (2003)

• Open pollinated clone of PKM 1.

• High yielder with compact canopy and cluster bearing

• Spindle shaped fruits suitable for dry flakes

• Pulp with honey brown colour

• TSS of 24 -25º Brix.

• Less seeded fruits (2-3 seeds only).

• Yield - 20.8 tonnes / ha (100.4 kg/tree/year)

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UNIQUE RESOURCE PLATFORM FOR INCUBATEES—• 5000 sq. ft. space for HBI office and laboratory

• Exclusive HBI Exhibition hall & Sales Counter

• Exclusive greenhouse and polyhouse (5000 sq. ft), meeting hall etc.

• Access to R&D infrastructure, mentoring, farms, fields and technologies developed.

Established at Agricultural College & Research Institute, Trichy

Institution type State Government Academic & Research Institute on agricultural sciences

Sector Secondary agriculture ensuring nutritional security

TRICHY AGRI BUSINESS INCUBATOR

TARGET BENEFICIARIES—• Young professionals & Scientists

interested in agro start-ups

• Farmers, unemployed youth

ENVISIONED OUTCOME—• Developing well researched secondary

agriculture products and manufacturing them using best practices

• Support establishment of at least 25 small enterprises or 5 medium enterprises in secondary agriculture

PROPOSED ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER—• Promoting well researched start-ups

focussing on bio-inputs, seeds, processing

• Market intelligence and market linkages

• Residue Analysis in crop and processed food products, environmental sample analysis, microbial identification, microbial products analysis.

• Testing processed food product features in National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) to be established shortly

• Catalysing tech transfer and licensing of agro-products developed by R & D

• Tech interventions/trainings, and capacity building of farmers and farm labourers in food processing and value-addition processing technologies.

• Conducting field testing

• districts of Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Karur, Erode including the villages within the districts.

HIGHLIGHTS OF INSTITUTION-AL STRENGTHS—RESEARCH OUTCOMEVarieties released: High Yielding Rice Varieties TRY 1, TRY 2 and TRY 3 Ragi variety Guava variety tolerance with sodicity

Technology Developed: Technologies for reclamation of sodic soils – gypsum, spent wash and alternative sources, reclamation of alkali water using gypsum bed technology and development of agro forestry using spot reclamation augur hole technology. Integrated Pest and Disease Management for Onion and Chillies have been developed. Weed management techniques for paddy and pulses and integrated farming system suitable for problem soils areas of Tamil Nadu.

Publications: Approximately 25 research articles per year

Patents: Instant Residue Diagnosis on Crop Plant sample has been sent for patent approval

UNIQUE RESOURCE PLAT-FORM FOR INCUBATEES—• 5000 sq.ft space for office

• Access to institutional R & D infrastructure including farms

• Testing product features and residual toxicity

• Access to institutions technology and products developed

• Central facilities for processing grains, millets and value addition

• Central facilities for honey-making and branding

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS—EDII has adopted a process-based life-cycle oriented training, facilitation, mentoring, networking support along with recognition, celebration and documentation of entrepre-neurship and innovation across the State

• First phase (ideation stage) - The activities are initiated with one-day entre-preneurship awareness camp covering all the districts.

• Second phase (business planning phase), comprises of five-day business model and plan preparation camps.

• Third Phase (business launch phase), supports entrepreneurs through training to those who have received sanction of loans under various Government Schemes.

• Phase-IV (for existing enterprises), focuses on topics of significance to day to day operations and future expansion of enterprises.

• A monthly networking meet is conducted at EDII‟s campus every second Friday

• Special trainings are provided to TAHDCO and SC/ST entrepreneurs for capaci-ty-building and technology upgradation

CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM—• The programs are conducted to help

clusters in its formation and towards reaching sustainable growth through training workshops.

• EDII is working jointly with National Productivity Council (NPC) in implementing ‘Lean Manufacturing Com-petitiveness Scheme’ (LMCS), National Institute of Design in implementing ‘Design Clinic Scheme (DCS)’ and Quality Council Of India, New Delhi in implementing Zero-Effect, Zero-Defect (ZED) program for the benefit of existing Clusters. The above programs are forming part of National Manufacturing Compet-itiveness Program (NMCP) Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of MSME.

• Currently conducting Gender Action Plan in various tourism clusters across the state under ADB project

EDII-TN

Contact

Principal Secretary/ Director, EDII– dir@editn.in

Additional Director, EDII – addl.dir@editn.in

Joint Director, EDII – jd@editn.in

Research Associate –ra@editn.in

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