Business Plan Competition – AFS Venture Spark

AFS Venture Spark is a strategic initiative of MNS University of Agriculture Multan, aimed at nurturing innovations and entrepreneurship culture. This initiative has been a key element in mobilizing academia, industry and government institutions, since 2019. The idea is that all stakeholders should come to a common platform to showcase innovations and technologies, share knowledge and enhance collaboration to address challenges and socio-economic development of the country. This initiative backs multidisciplinary innovation events in different domains of professional education such as energy, health, engineering, computer sciences and agriculture & food sciences, etc.

Business Bootcamp for Start-ups

Business Bootcamp for Start-ups is an intensive, hands-on training program designed to help aspiring entrepreneurs and early-stage start-ups transform their ideas into viable businesses. Through workshops, one-on-one mentorship, and practical sessions on business modelling, marketing, branding, and understanding the legislative structure of the business, participants gain the essential skills and knowledge to launch and scale their ventures. The bootcamp also offers valuable networking opportunities with entrepreneurial experts, industry leaders, investors, culminating in a final pitch day where start-ups showcase their ideas for potential support and incubation.

Expo/ Festivals 

BIAEC and ORIC helps start-ups, other students and faculty members to participate in Expos (Agriculture & Educational) and various competitions arranged by different media groups/ organizations/ HEIs. These opportunities provide a platform to academia, industry, public and private organizations to promote their innovative products/services. MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan has been participating in different Expos on different platforms. Such kind of platform provides an opportunity to showcase the university innovative technologies among the stakeholders.

Training for the year 2024-25

Sr. No.

Training/ Session/ Workshops Name

Date

1.        

Bootcamp Session with NUST Business Incubation Centre and National Incubation Centre (NIC) Islamabad

31 Jul 2024

2.        

Bootcamp Activity Co-Organized by Business Incubation and Agricultural Entrepreneurship Centre (BIAEC), MNSUAM and Koshsar University, Murree – Day 1

01 Aug 2024

3.        

Bootcamp Activity Co-Organized by Business Incubation and Agricultural Entrepreneurship Centre (BIAEC), MNSUAM and Koshsar University, Murree – Day 2

02 Aug 2024

4.        

Visit and Meetup Session of Startups from Khwaja Fareed University of

Engineering & Information Technology (KFUEIT) with Business Incubation and Agricultural Entrpeenrruship Centre

24 Apr 2025

5.        

Training Session on Innovation and Commercialization

08 May 2025

6.        

Awareness Session on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources,

Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore (IP-GRTKF)

29 May 2025

7.        

Training Program on “Corporate compliance through eZfile” in collaboration with SMEDA

18 June 2025

8.        

Orientation of Cohort-IV Startups at Business Incubation and

Agricultural Entrepreneurship Center, MNSUAM

24 June 2025

9.        

Bootcamp Session on From Ideation to Acceleration with LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) Lahore

18 Aug 2025

10.    

Bootcamp Session with Startup HQ Smart Incubation Centre at Capital Smart City Day 1

19 Aug 2025

11.    

Bootcamp Session of BIAEC Startups with NSTP - NUST Islamabad

20 Aug 2025

12.    

20-08-2025 Bootcamp Session with Startup HQ Smart Incubation Centre at Capital Smart City Day 2

20 Aug 2025

13.    

Training session on “Scale up with Purpose – An Entrepreneurial Perspective”

17 Oct 2025