Om Prakash

About Om Prakash

ISAP and its incubation arm Indigram Labs Foundation are very RARE civil society entities with experience cutting across incubation (has worked with 100 plus Agri-sector startups), providing access to commodity and financial markets, deployment of latest digital as well as cutting edge technologies in Agriculture and allied sector from lab or startups directly to last mile. Working on projects in Carbon Agriculture, Sustainability, Climate Change and CSR through #Enterprise4Impact with SDG outcomes in mind. Our Enterprise4impact model harnesses the power of enterprise in the form of collectives (SHGs, FPOs, FPCs, Federations, coops), startups, MSMEs and other structures to create sustainable impact in communities beyond donor project durations delivering high levels SROI. Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP) is directly working with more than farmers with an aim of improving their income and livelihood through extension and skill development programs. ISAP has a large presence in 127 districts of the country with an impressive network of 250 Farmer Producer Organizations ( each consists of an average of 700 small farmers), SHGs, and more than 2,500 entrepreneurs. Indigram Labs Foundation (ILF) is a Technology Business Incubator affiliated and supported by NSTEDB, DST, GoI. ILF is committed to foster and nurture viable business ideas in the domains of Agriculture, Food Processing, Renewable energy, Rural Healthcare Education to grow full fledged business enterprises that touches & transform rural lives. As of date, ILF has facilitated 120 Startups. Selected Recognitions from a much larger list: 1. World Economic Forum\'s COVID Response Alliance for Social Entrepreneurs (CRASE) in August 2021 included ISAP in the list of 50 social entrepreneurs that have played a leading role in reaching communities in the last mile during COVID. ILF:\"ISGF Innovation Awards 2020\" under the Award Category \"Smart Incubator of the Year 2019\" 3. ISAP: Mahatma Award for Social Good for 2019 4. ISAP:\'UN GCNI Innovative Practices Award, 2018” for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5. ISAP:\'Agriculture Leadership Award 2015\' under the category \'Agriculture Extension\'

Experience

1. Regional Head

   Isap India Foundation

   Dec 2006 — Present · Bokaro Steel City, IN

Education

• Bioinformatics Institute of India

  Advance diploma in Bioinformatics

• Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga

  M.Sc.

  2002

• ST. COLUMBA'S COLLEGE, HAZARIBAG

  B.Sc.Biotechnology

  1998