STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana)

STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana)

Launch Year: 2015

Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Implementing Agency: Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Aim: To provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation in rural agriculture and creating awareness to undergraduate students about practical agriculture and allied sciences.

Objectives: • To provide rural entrepreneurship awareness, practical experience in real-life situation in rural agriculture and create awareness among undergraduate students about practical agriculture and allied sciences.

• To help build confidence, skills and acquire indigenous technical knowledge (ITK) of the locality and thereby, prepare the pass-out for self-employment.

• To provide opportunities to acquire hands-on-experience and entrepreneurial skills.

• To reorient graduates of agriculture and allied subjects for ensuring and assuring employability and develop entrepreneurs for emerging knowledge intensive agriculture.

Components:

• Experiential Learning on Business Model / Hands on Training

• Experiential Learning on Skill Development

• Rural Awareness Works Experience (RAWE)

• Internship / In-Plant Training / Industrial attachment • Students Projects