24 August 2019: The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore’s two Technologies – the Area Specific Mineral Mixture (ASMM) and Sheep and Goat Mineral Mixtures (SGMM) have been commercialized.
The ASMM technology was earlier commercialized to Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), Bangalore; Nandi Agro Vet. Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore and the Totgars Co-operative Sale Society Ltd., Uttar Kannada, Karnataka. The impact of the technology has been estimated to be about Rs. 419 crores. The ICAR-NIANP has been granted the patent on Mineral Mixture as “Nutrients for Small Ruminants” (Patent No. – 294494).
The Sheep and Goat Mineral Mixture technology was earlier commercialized to Nandi Agro Vet. Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore; Kamdhenu Feeds, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh and Shakthi Feeds, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Now, both the ASMM and Sheep and Goat Mineral Mixture technologies have been commercialized to Sri Vijayarathna Industries, on non-exclusive basis through the Agrinnovate India, New Delhi on 17th and 24th August 2019, respectively at the ICAR-NIANP, Bangalore.
Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-NIANP and Smt. Chakka Padma, Proprietor, Sri Vijayarathna Industries, Challakere, Karnataka signed the Memorandum of Agreement for the licensing to manufacture and sell the formulation in the presence of Dr. Sudha Mysore, CEO, Agrinnovate India and the Agrinnovate team. The Innovators of the technology, Dr. N.K.S. Gowda and Dr. D.T. Pal, Incharge, ITMU; Dr. Atul Kolte, AO and AF & AO, NIANP were also present on the occasion.
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