{"id":16070,"date":"2025-05-20T19:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2025-05-20T19:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:15:17","slug":"honble-minister-dr-jitendra-singh-launches-agri-ai-and-startup-support-initiatives-commends-iit-ropar-at-pragati-founders-forum-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=16070","title":{"rendered":"Hon\u2019ble Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Launches Agri-AI and Startup Support Initiatives, Commends IIT Ropar at PRAGATI Founders Forum 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><b>Ropar\/Chandigarh\u00a0 \u00a0( Justice News)<\/b>\u00a0The PRAGATI Founders Forum 2025 was successfully organized by IIT Ropar iHub AWaDH under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science and Technology (DST), in collaboration with Puri Oil Mills Ltd. and MeitY GENESIS. The event marked the conclusion of the PRAGATI Micro Accelerator Program.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Radhika Trikha, CEO, iHub AWaDH, shared the vision for enabling tech-led entrepreneurship in deep-tech and agriculture, while Dr. Mukesh Kestwal, CIO, presented insights on accelerating deep-tech startups under the PRAGATI initiative. The welcome address was delivered by Prof. Pushpendra P. Singh, Project Director, iHub AWaDH and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/annam.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/ANNAM.AI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1747835086748000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2hQxWZ-AHbHd8VfNoVpAC7\">ANNAM.AI<\/a>. The event was held under the leadership of Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar, and coordinated by Program Manager, Mrs. Parry Sood.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Hon\u2019ble Union Minister of Science &amp; Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, unveiled several key initiatives, including the launch of SPRINT \u2013 Haryana &amp; Telangana editions, release of the PRAGATI Report, inauguration of the Office of IP &amp; Tech Commercialisation (OITC), and the announcement of \u20b998 lakh in government grants to startups. He also recognized two startups as \u201cAchievers\u201d and commended IIT Ropar for its efforts in promoting Agri Startups in smaller towns.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Guest of Honour, Smt. Rekha Sharma, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, emphasized inclusive innovation and women\u2019s participation in startups.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The event featured addresses by senior government and industry leaders, including Prof. Abhay Karandikar (DST Secretary), Padma Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan, Dr. Panneerselvam Madanagopal (MeitY Startup Hub CEO), Ms. Tejasvini Puri (Director, Puri Oil Mills) and Mr. Haris Khan (Agriculture Today)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A panel on \u201cEnabling Innovation Ecosystems\u201d featured experts from IFFCO Kisan, IBM, E2E Networks, Wadhwani Foundation, FITT Delhi, and others, who discussed the role of policy, partnerships, and platforms in supporting startups.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ropar\/Chandigarh\u00a0 \u00a0( Justice News)\u00a0The PRAGATI Founders Forum 2025 was successfully organized by IIT Ropar iHub AWaDH under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=16070\" title=\"Hon\u2019ble Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh Launches Agri-AI and Startup Support Initiatives, Commends IIT Ropar at PRAGATI Founders Forum 2025\u00a0\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG-20250520-WA0012.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe1HXo-4bc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16071,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16070\/revisions\/16071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}