Padma Bhushan Awardee, Dr. Krishna Ella visits a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM

3^rd June, 2022, Hyderabad

Dr. Krishna Ella, Padma Bhushan Awardee for creating Covaxin, India’s first Indigenous COVID-19 Vaccine and Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Biotech International Limited visited the a-IDEA, Technology Business Incubator of ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad today.

During his interaction with the Start-Up - “Farm Sathi” (working on farm robotics for weed and pest control, presently housed at a-IDEA Incubation Centre), Dr. Ella underlined the role of Start-Ups in bringing a gradual transformation in the job sector with the younger generation moving towards being job providers instead of job seekers by assessing their growth in the Start-Up ecosystem.

Dr. G. Venkateshwarlu, Joint Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad along with Dr. S. Senthil Vinayagam, C.E.O., a-IDEA warmly welcomed Dr. Krishna Ella to a-IDEA. Team a-IDEA made a brief presentation on various activities under schemes viz., NIDHI PRAYAS, BIRAC-BIG, Bio-NEST and AGRIUDAAN supported by DST, DBT, NABARD of Govt. of India.

The visit was aimed at having an understanding of the operations & programmes being undertaken at the a-IDEA and Start-Ups supported by the a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad.

(Source: ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad)