M Krishnan, Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan

Agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture startups are no more a preserve of entrepreneurs with an academic background in these core disciplines. They are well populated by cross-discipline incubates that include computer engineers and business graduates with skills in disruptive technologies. These positive blips were seen while evaluating startup project proposals in fisheries and aquaculture submitted to the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).