1. Technology Transfer and Agri business TNAU experience Dr. P. MURUGESA BOOPATHI Vice Chancellor Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore

2. Genesis of TNAU Established in 1868 at Saidapet, Madras, by British Government. In 1906, the Institute was upgraded as Agricultural College and shifted to Coimbatore. In 1971, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University was established.

5. Technology Dissemination

6. Technology Commercialization

8. Dr. William D Dar, Director General, ICRISAT inaugurating the BPD building on 2nd November 2010 Inauguration of BPD-TNAU

9. Built in space BPD office space: 750 sq. ft Client/incubation space: 6000 sq ft Lab space : 650 sq ft Other facilities Business Discussion room Common Business centre Training hall- capacity: 40 trainees Lobby Facilities from other departments Tissue culture laboratory Food processing line at the Post Harvest Technology centre Other laboratories Facilities at BPD -TNAU

10. Seed Ventures Biotech Ventures Innovative Ventures Food Processing Ventures Farm Ventures Focus Areas

11. Technology Commercialization No. of technologies screened : 193 No. of technologies commercialized: 12

13. Panchagavya,

14. Pseudomonas & Trichoderma,

15. Egg removing device,

16. Raja Rajan 1000 (SRI) weeder,

18. TNAU Master Trap Rs. 1.0 lakh M/s Nutricon, Chennai Officials of TNAU and M/s NutriconPvt Ltd exchanging documents during the Agri-Business Development Meet held on 2nd Nov 2010 Technology Commercialization

19. M/s RenyMarketing & M/s Libra Innovations, Chennai Solar crop Drier Rs. 1.0 lakh Officials of TNAU and M/s Reny Marketing exchanging documents Technology Commercialization

21. Technologies in pipeline for Commercialization Paddy Mini Combine Harvestor Sugarcane Booster TNAU Biomineralizer (Microbial consortium for waste decomposition) Sugarcane Juice Bottling Technology Coir pith based Particle Board making technology Milky and Medicinal Mushroom Crop Hybrids-(Pre-Release cultures) Rice-TNRH174, TNRH180 Sunflower-CSFH5060, Co(SFH)2 Maize- CMH08259, CMH08282

22. BPD Incubate Details 21 VENTURES are supported in TNAU-BPD 6 ventures based on TNAU technologies 15 ventures based on private technologies

23. List of ventures (6 nos) TNAU technologies

24. List of ventures (15 nos)) Private technologies

26. ‘NutriGold’ and‘SeedAid’ were launched on 21st November,2010

28. M/s Premier Power Equipments TNAU SRI POWER WEEDER Rs. 50,000 Mr. Selvaraj BANANA PSEUDOSTEM INJECTOR Rs. 20,000 M/s Bhuvi Care Pvt Ltd HERBAL INSECT REPELLANT Rs. 1.0 lakh BPD Incubates using TNAU technologies

29. EmralTune Line AutotechInd MOBILE BASED IRRIGATION Our Members Vinu Foods READY TO COOK FOODS Subathra Engineering Works LOW COST POWER TILLER

30. Our Members

31. Our Members

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34. Business Plan

35. Financial assistance

36. Preparation of Pamphlets-bilingual

37. Technical assistance, Marketing assistance

38. Promotion and Marketing – through Agriexpo (2 events-AgriIntex 2010, DinamalarAgri Expo 2011)

39. Results of Service extended by TNAU Mr. Selvaraj BANANA PSEUDOSTEM INJECTOR Services to members

40. TDB funding from ABI-ICRISAT: Rs. 10.5 lakhs Mr. Prabhushankar, Managing Direcrtor, IAC Agro Inputs Pvt Ltd receiving the chequefrom Dr. P. MurugesaBoopathi, Vice-chancellor, TNAU Coimbatore Funding Assistance to BPD incubatees

41. Banana Fibre Extraction Unit Commissioning of Banana Fibre Extraction Machinery Staff members of BPD-TNAU with the inventor and the buyer Private Innovation through BPD-TNAU

42. Events Organized Events Organized : 4 Workshop on Quality Seed production-TRRI, Aduthurai Entrepreneurship development Program- Madurai Agri-Business Incubation Meet –TRRI, Aduthurai Agri-Business Development Meet-TNAU Agri-Business Development Meet 2nd Nov 2011 Workshop on Quality Seed Production in Paddy at TRRI, Aduthurai-28th March 2010 Dr. William D Dar interracting with one of the scientists in the technology exhibition organized as a apart of the Agri-Business Development Meet Seed Entrepreneurs interracting with the scientists during the workshop

43. Event Participation Events Participated : 4 ICAR Industry Meet Farmers Day, TNAU Agri-Intex 2010 Dinamalar Expo AgriIntex -2010 -30th Sep to 3rdOct 2010 DinamalarAgri Expo 2011-Trichy -28 to 31 Jan2011 ShriPongalurPalanisamy, Minister, Department of Rural Industries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu interracting with the member of BPD-TNAU at the AgriIntex 2010 Busy stall of BPD-TNAU

44. Motivating BPD Incubatees Best Entrepreneur Award Mr. Kunjharamoney, MD, Bhuvi Care Pvt Ltd receiving the best entreprenuer award during the Agri-Business Development Meet

46. No. of technologies commercialized: 12

47. Research collaborations facilitated: 1

48. No. of conferences/seminars/ trainings organized: 4

49. Financial assistance to incubatees: Rs 10.5 lakhs

52. Mandate is to Disseminate the technologies to farmers through Extension Officers by conducting farmers’ day, on-farm trials, mass media etc., as public service.

54. Orientation is required to generate market based technologies, suitable for commercialization.

55. Scientists are Reluctant to share the technologies for private commercialization.

57. Lack of knowledge about assessment of market value of a technology and fixing of price for a technology.

58. Problems in verifying revenue generation fromfor technology commercialisation .

60. Thank You