SKN Agri-Business Incubator

Choose the programme by stage

• Idea to prototype, and you are a student: the Student Orientation Programme.
• Pre-seed, still shaping an agri idea into a business: the Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (Abhyuday).
• Seed stage, with a product, service or business platform ready to launch and scale: the Startup Agri Business Incubation Programme (Kalpvriksh).

Check eligibility first

Applicants must be agri innovators, agri-startups or students of Rajasthan. Every programme also applies a ceiling on annual turnover, so check your turnover before you apply.

How applications work

Each programme has its own application form, linked from the S-ABI page. Calls run in cohorts. The Cohort 12 banner gives no open or close date, so confirm the current call before you apply.

Confirm the details that differ across the pages

• Mentorship length: the programme sections state 1.5 months of training, while the call banner describes a 30-day mentorship programme.
• Pre-seed programme name: the heading reads Agripreneurship Orientation Programme, while its form is titled as a pre-seed stage funding programme.
• Fees and equity: the programme sections do not state either, so ask S-ABI directly.

SKN Agri-Business Incubator, known as S-ABI, is the agri-innovation hub and agri-business incubation centre of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University (SKNAU) in Jobner, near Jaipur. It was established in 2018–19 with support from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare under the RKVY scheme, and it works with agri-business ideas across agriculture and allied sectors.

How the programmes work

S-ABI runs three programmes, each for a different stage of an agri venture. The Student Orientation Programme helps students turn an agri idea into a prototype. The Agripreneurship Orientation Programme trains potential agripreneurs at the pre-seed stage through a training-cum-internship. The Startup Agri Business Incubation Programme, called Kalpvriksh, gives financial assistance to seed-stage startups that want to launch products, services or business platforms and scale up.

All three offer grant-in-aid to selected participants, along with 1.5 months of training, domain expert training, IT support and access to a lab for research and innovation. The orientation programmes add mentorship connects, and Kalpvriksh adds marketing assistance.

The pages give two different accounts in places. The pre-seed programme is headed Agripreneurship Orientation Programme and badged Abhyuday, but its application form is titled as a pre-seed stage funding programme. The current call banner also describes a 30-day mentorship programme, while the programme sections state 1.5 months of training. Both are reported here as the sources give them, so confirm the length and programme name that apply before you apply.

Which programme fits

The Student Orientation Programme suits a student who has an agri idea but no prototype yet. The Agripreneurship Orientation Programme suits a founder still at pre-seed, who needs training and an internship more than finished product. Kalpvriksh suits a team already at seed stage that is ready to launch a product, service or business platform.

Calls and applications

Calls are issued in cohorts. The current call is Cohort 12, which invites online applications from agri innovators, agri-startups and students of Rajasthan under the PM-RKVY Innovation & Agri Entrepreneurship Programme. The call banner gives no open or close date.

Each programme has its own application form, linked from the S-ABI page. The programme sections do not say whether there is a fee or whether S-ABI takes equity, so ask before you apply.

Who can apply

Applications are open to agri innovators, agri-startups and students of Rajasthan. The S-ABI pages describe the centre as serving agri-startups across India, but the current call and each programme's eligibility line are limited to Rajasthan, so founders from other states should confirm eligibility before applying.

All three programmes share one set of eligibility criteria for S-ABI's incubation programmes. They include a ceiling on annual turnover, so check your turnover against it before you apply.

Who runs it

S-ABI is a unit of SKNAU. The university was established by the Government of Rajasthan under the Agriculture University, Jobner Act 2013, and the centre is based in Jobner.