a-IDEA (Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture), is a Technology Business Incubator(TBI) hosted by ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad (ICAR-NAARM) & Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India (DST, GOI). a-IDEA has been housed in the Centre for Agri-Innovation at ICAR-NAARM for fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture in India.
a-IDEA leverages a strong & diverse network of ICAR-NAARM, which is spread across 101+ Agri research institutions, 70+ SAUs and 650+ KVKs under ICAR system.
a-IDEA aims to help entrepreneurs ideate, incubate and accelerate their innovative technology backed agri startups that are scalable and have the potential to become multi folded MNCs like ventures through capacity building, mentoring , networking and advisory support.