Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The fast-growing AgTech Company, AgNext, has won the ’Most Innovative Agri Startup Award’ in the 3rd edition of Virtual FICCI Summit & Awards for Agri Start-Ups held on 9-10 February 2021. This Award gives a platform to Agri Startups to showcase their exemplary projects implemented on a range of issues impacting Indian Agriculture and allied sectors. The award was presented by B.C. Patil, Agriculture Minister, Government of Karnataka.
BC Patil, Agriculture Minister, Government of Karnataka said that agri start-ups can provide missing links in the agricultural value chain and deliver efficient, innovative products, technologies and services to farmers and consumers.
On the award achievement, Taranjeet Singh Bhamra said, “I’m delighted to receive this award. FICCI has shown great confidence in our vision and It truly inspires us to use first principles and data science along with deep learning to continue innovating for agriculture and solving the food problem for the world.”
Mr TR Kesavan, Chairman, FICCI National Agriculture Committee & Group President, TAFE Ltd emphasized that every agri start-up has its own strength and there is a need to create a dedicated cell for agri start-ups.
AgNext has innovated technologies for agribusinesses and built an AI-based platform ’Qualix’ for rapid commodity assessment across procurement, trade, production, storage, and consumption of food & agri value chains. Digitizing food quality brings trust, speed & transparency to the transactions across the value chain. Bringing fair prices to farmers and greater incentive to improve their farm practices for quality crops; more profitability & reduced cost for businesses and eventually quality food for end consumers.
