Members can avail mentorship from any of the business /technology mentors accessible to BESST-HORT to remove bottlenecks if any. The charges for mentorship will be decided on a case to case basis, based on time of mentor involved.

•  Should be an ICAR Institutes Technology licensee. .10,000/-is the annual membership fee.
• 10,000/- is charged as incubation charges per month. The member will be provided manufacturing facility & office space for 6 months to
• The scientific guidance for scaling up will be provided for the licensee.
• Members can avail mentorship from any of the business /technology mentors accessible to BESST-HORT to remove bottlenecks if any. The charges for mentorship will be decided on a case to case basis, based on time of mentor involved.
•  Women-owned enterprises are eligible for 50% discount on the membership fees of BESST-HORT.

Any start-up organization venture/ enterprise working in the field related to horticulture is eligible to apply. The technology could be from ICAR-IIHR or any other institute or their own innovation.

•  10,000/- is the annual membership fee. The members can avail mentorship from any of the business/ technology mentors accessible to BESST-HORT. The charges for mentorship will be decided on a case to case basis, depending upon the time of mentor involved.
•  Women-owned enterprises are eligible for 50% discount on the membership fees of BESST HORT.

Individual incubatee:

• Any Indian citizen interested in the field related to horticulture is

eligible.

• .10,000/- is the annual membership fee.
• The members under this module can avail mentorship from any of the business/technology mentors accessible to BESST-HORT, for converting their own idea into proof of concept on scientific basis and then to a Start-up.
• The charges for mentorship will be decided on case to case basis, depending on the time of the mentor involved.
• Women members are eligible for 50% discount on the

BESST HORT being the TBI of ICAR IIHR, it can help incubatees and entrepreneurs to seek scientific mentorship from the following divisions of ICARIIHR:

• Fruit Crops
• Vegetable Crops
• Flower & Medicinal Crops
• Crop Protection Basic Sciences (Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, Bio Technology)
• Natural Resources (Soil Sciences & Agricultural Chemistry)
• Biotechnology
• Post-Harvest Technology & Agri Engineering
• Social Sciences & Training
• Business Mentors:
• BESST HORT allows access to business mentorship via the following ways:
• Initial business planning
• Aligning business resources with technology commercialization
• Assistance in seeking funding
• Accelerator programs to seek seed funding, venture capital and funding for various stages of business
• Assistance based on stage of business
• Assistance to seek collaboration with encies.

The price list for the usage of equipment​s housed at BESST-HORT Food processing Facility.