National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM)

Name

National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM)

Legal name

ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM)

Website

https://naarm.org.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Research Management Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Product Lifecycle, NPI & Industrialization (Design-to-Operate) (BPAHAHAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural research management
• Capacity building training
• Agribusiness education
• Agricultural extension services
• Research consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Hyderabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Capacity Building and Training Programmes: NAARM generates revenue through organized training programmes including Foundation Courses (FOCARS - 90 days), FOCFAU (30 days), Executive Development Programmes (EDPs - 4-6 days), Management Development Programmes (MDPs - 5-15 days), refresher courses, short courses, summer/winter schools, and MOOC programmes. Revenue is generated from programme fees charged to participants from NARES organizations, agricultural universities, and other sponsored candidates.
2. PGDM (Agri Business Management): AICTE-approved 2-year full-time postgraduate programme (since 2009) generating revenue through student tuition and placement facilitation fees. The programme serves agricultural graduates and places them in the agribusiness industry.
3. Research, Consultancy and Policy Support: Revenue generated through consultancy projects, research advisory services, monitoring of research implementation, and technology management for NARES organizations and external stakeholders.
4. Incubation and Entrepreneurship Services: Business incubation services through a-IDEA, including support for startups, FPOs, and Farmer Producer Organizations. Revenue generated through incubation fees and facilitation of financial assistance from funding agencies.
5. Government Funding (ICAR): As an autonomous institute under ICAR, NAARM receives government funding for its operations, research activities, and infrastructure development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

NAARM is a government-run capacity strengthening academy under ICAR that delivers foundation, executive, and management development training programmes for agricultural scientists and faculty, runs an AICTE-approved 2-year PGDM in Agribusiness Management, offers research and policy consultancy to NARES institutions, and operates the a-IDEA technology business incubator for agri-startups and FPOs.

Product overview

NAARM operates as a capacity strengthening institution under ICAR, offering a portfolio of educational programmes (PGDM-ABM as the flagship 2-year AICTE-approved degree programme), technology business incubation through a-IDEA, and various online tools (AHP Analyser, Log Frame Writer, Technology Valuation). The institution provides training programmes including FOCARS (90-day foundation course), AGRI UDAAN startup acceleration, and short courses like BIO-MOOC and CCET. A Web Meeting Facility provides cloud-based webinar services for up to 200 users. The Digital Repository preserves institutional research outputs. These offerings work together to serve scientists, faculty, entrepreneurs, and students within the National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• a-IDEA: Technology Business Incubator focused on agri-startups and entrepreneurship
• AMARA/JARMA
• a-Idea
• AGRI UDAAN

Products and services

• PGDM (Agri Business Management) AICTE-approved 2-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management specializing in Agribusiness, offered since 2009, with 100% placement record for graduates.
• a-IDEA Technology Business Incubator Technology Business Incubator operated by ICAR-NAARM to nurture agri-startups, FPOs, and entrepreneurs through mentorship, funding facilitation, and business development services.
• FOCARS (Foundation Course for Agricultural Research Service) 90-day foundation training programme for new entrants of the Agricultural Research Service of ICAR, covering agricultural research systems management.
• BIO-MOOC Online certificate course on introduction to bioinformatics offered as part of NAARM's e-learning initiatives for agricultural professionals.
• CCET (Certificate Course on Educational Technology) Certificate course focused on educational technology for capacity building of faculty in agricultural universities.
• AGRI UDAAN Startup acceleration programme under a-IDEA to scout, mentor, and scale agri-startups across India.
• Web Meeting Facility Cloud-based on-demand webinar and virtual meeting platform supporting up to 200 concurrent users with video, audio, desktop sharing, and automated recording capabilities.
• Virtual Learning Platform Online learning management system for delivering virtual training programmes and courses to NARES participants.
• AMARA/JARMA Journal Academic journal focused on agricultural research, management, and agripreneurship.
• Executive Development Programmes (EDPs) and Management Development Programmes (MDPs) Short-duration (4-15 days) executive and management development training programmes for senior professionals of NARES institutions and agricultural universities.
• FOCFAU (Foundation Course for Faculty of Agricultural Universities) 30-day foundation training programme for newly recruited faculty members of State Agricultural Universities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% placement for PGDM-ABM graduates (Summer Placements Batch 2024-2026, Final Placements Batch 2023-2025)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAR is the parent organization of NAARM. NAARM was established by ICAR in 1976 and serves as its premier capacity strengthening institute for NARES. ICAR provides funding, governance, and strategic direction for NAARM's programmes.
• State Agricultural Universities (SAUs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM partners with all State Agricultural Universities across India for faculty training (FOCFAU), research collaboration, student exchanges, and joint programmes. Universities such as ANGRAU, UAS Bangalore, SVVU Tirupati, TANUVAS, TNAU, and others have collaborated with NAARM.
• Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM partners with KVKs across India for training KVK Subject Matter Specialists (SMS), organizing outreach programmes, and conducting field-level agricultural interventions. KVK-Kampasagar collaborated with NAARM for World Soil Day celebrations.
• MANAGE (National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM collaborates with MANAGE on agricultural extension and education initiatives. DG MANAGE (Smt V Usha Rani) participated in valedictory address of a training workshop at NAARM, indicating ongoing cooperation between the two agricultural management institutes.
• NAHEP (National Agricultural Higher Education Project)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM is a key partner in NAHEP initiatives including the National Workshop on Academic Excellence, Consultative Workshops on Academia-Industry-Government linkages, and other quality enhancement activities for agricultural universities.
• Technology Incubation, Innovation and_startup Ecosystem StakeholdersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM through its a-IDEA incubator has engaged with multiple startup ecosystem stakeholders including Startup India, DIC (District Innovation Council), and various state government departments for promoting agri-startups.
• State Government of Andhra PradeshminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerICAR-NAARM entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for collaborative initiatives in agricultural research, training, and education management.
• International Agricultural Research InstitutesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAARM has international reach through training of participants from the global NARS (National Agricultural Research Systems) and participation in international workshops such as the ASTI Workshop in Entebbe, Uganda.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MANAGE (National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management): MANAGE is India's sister apex institution under the agriculture ministry for extension management, while NAARM covers research management. Both share the same parent (DAC&FW/ICAR ecosystem), similar mandate structures (capacity building, training, post-graduate programmes), and serve analogous NARES constituents — making them the closest Indian peer.
• Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIMB): XIMB runs a flagship agribusiness/sustainability management programme that competes directly for agricultural graduates and agribusiness recruiters. It operates as a private-sector alternative to NAARM's PGDM-ABM with comparable curriculum focus.
• VAMNICOM (Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management): VAMNICOM is another government-affiliated management institute focused on cooperative and agribusiness management. It shares NAARM's positioning within government agricultural education, targets similar FPO/cooperative stakeholders, and offers comparable management diploma programmes.
• IRMA (Institute of Rural Management Anand): IRMA is India's premier rural/agribusiness management institute offering a 2-year PGDM-RM (equivalent to NAARM's PGDM-ABM). Both compete for the same agricultural graduate talent pool, hire the same agribusiness recruiters, and operate at the intersection of rural management education — directly comparable on programme structure and outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• IIM Lucknow: IIM Lucknow operates a dedicated agribusiness programme (ABM) at the Lucknow and Noida campuses, directly overlapping with NAARM's PGDM-ABM at the management education layer. As a top-tier IIM, it possesses far stronger brand recognition and recruiter access despite narrower agricultural specialization.
• IIM Ahmedabad: IIM-A is India's premier management institution with agriculture-related research centres (e.g., IIM-A's CMAF, agribusiness electives) and Food & Agribusiness chair. While not a direct competitor for the NARES niche, it dominates the management-education brand space in which NAARM increasingly competes.

Regional players

• Cornell SC Johnson College of Business: Cornell houses the Food Industry Management and Applied Economics programmes widely regarded as the global benchmark for agribusiness management education. While geographically distinct (US-based), it serves as the international reference standard that NAARM implicitly competes with for global academic prestige in this niche.
• Wageningen University & Research: Wageningen is the world's leading agricultural research university and hosts master's programmes in agricultural sciences and management directly comparable to NAARM's research-management mandate. It is a comparable international benchmark rather than direct competition given the geography.

Others

• National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA): LBSNAA is India's premier civil service training academy with analogous function (foundation training, capacity building, mid-career programmes) within a different government domain. It offers a methodological peer perspective on government academy operations, training programme design, and alumni networks.

Emerging players

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM): SIBM Pune offers an MBA in Food & Agribusiness Management through a Tata-ISAP collaboration, providing a private-sector agribusiness management option that competes for the same graduate pool and recruiter ecosystem as NAARM.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NaarmIcar
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCDQ2t2kH4k8xWuXMf4a_pJQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/NAARM.Hyderabad
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/national-academy-of-agricultural-research-management
• Instagraminstagram.com/alcom.naarm?igsh=amExZTE2MGZvc3lo

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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