Future Food Entrepreneurship Challenge
A programme by AIC Anand Foundation
A student and alumni food innovation competition run alongside the university's ADROIT food-tech fest; the last edition was in 2023.
At a glance
| Best for | Students and alumni with a food innovation idea |
|---|---|
| Stage | Idea |
About Future Food Entrepreneurship Challenge
This is a closed competition, listed here because it recurs and may return. The 2023 edition ran alongside ADROIT, the two-day national food-tech fest that the College of Food Processing Technology & Bio-Energy holds each year on World Food Day, and it ended with 15 teams selected for incubation training.
It called for ideas in food and nutritional security, alternative proteins, salt-resistant crops, millets in the daily diet, waste to wealth, and devices for the food industry, while accepting anything else in the food industry.
Who can apply
- Students and alumni of high schools, colleges and universities.
- Teams of one to five members, each with a team leader; an individual may join only one team. Members may come from different institutions.
How to apply: registration was through the challenge page on the incubator's site and closed in October 2023. No newer edition has been announced.
Where to apply
Other AIC Anand Foundation programmes
- AgriFood Startup Seed CampA one-month hybrid incubation programme for agriculture and food startups, free to selected teams, opening two to three times a year.
- Pallav — idea and pre-seed supportIdea and pre-seed stage support under the RKVY Innovation and Agripreneurship Programme, for Seed Camp startups building a first prototype.
- Prasoon — seed stage supportSeed stage support under the RKVY Innovation and Agripreneurship Programme, for incubated agri startups with an MVP taking a product to market.
- Continued incubation (SAFE)Longer-term incubation after the free month, in which a startup may give a small equity stake under a SAFE.
- AgCatalyst — Agripreneurship Mentor Development ProgramA seven-day residential certificate course for faculty, scientists and mentors, run with CCS NIAM; the first cohort ran in June 2024 and no new dates are posted.