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Vetrix 2026 backs student ideas in veterinary science and animal husbandry
Vetrix 2026 brought students, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs together in Mannuthy, in Thrissur district, to develop business ideas linked to veterinary science and animal husbandry.
Kerala Agricultural University’s K-AgTech LaunchPad and the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University organised the national-level event.
Participants presented 30 ideas across three themes.
Richard Sabu’s team from Sahodaya College of Engineering and Technology won the first prize of ₹10,000 and a certificate.
The LaunchPad will also provide the team with incubation support to help develop its idea into a possible business.
The event aimed to turn innovation into ventures that could support farmers and the livestock sector.
Organisers said collaboration between the two universities could lead to further joint ventures and initiatives.
Vetrix 2026, a national-level ideathon in veterinary science and animal husbandry, was held at Mannuthy in Thrissur.
The event was jointly organised by the K-AgTech LaunchPad of Kerala Agricultural University and the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University.
Thirty ideas were presented across three thematic areas.
Richard Sabu and his team from Sahodaya College of Engineering and Technology won first prize and will receive incubation support.
The event aimed to connect innovation with entrepreneurship and promote solutions that could benefit farmers and the livestock sector.
- Who
- Students, researchers and aspiring entrepreneurs took part. The event was organised by K-AgTech LaunchPad and KVASU.
- What
- Vetrix 2026 was a national-level ideathon focused on veterinary science, animal husbandry and allied sectors.
- When
- Recently; the article was published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, in Thrissur.
- Why
- It aimed to encourage entrepreneurship, strengthen inter-university collaboration and develop technologies and ventures that could benefit farmers and the livestock sector.
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T. Sajitha Rani, Vice-Chancellor of KAU, inaugurated Vetrix 2026 at the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.
Participants presented 30 ideas across three thematic areas.
Richard Sabu and his team won first prize, while teams led by Chinmayashree and Aishwarya Shivadas won second and third prizes.
Allan Thomas announced that the first-prize-winning team would receive incubation support from K-AgTech LaunchPad.
- Ideas presented
- 30
- Thematic areas
- 3
- First prize
- ₹10,000 and a certificate of merit
- First-prize team
- Richard Sabu and his team, Sahodaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur
- Incubation support
- K-AgTech LaunchPad
- Second prize
- Chinmayashree and her team, Verghese Kurien Institute of Dairy and Food Technology
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