Work worth showing
A tested prototype, field evidence, and a story your portfolio can prove.
1,000 acres / every discipline / real stakes
Udyaan is a
living lab for
ideas that matter.
Choose a problem in food, water, energy, or waste. Build with people outside your major. Leave with proof that your idea works.
Start with a problemWhere will you begin?
01FoodGrow more with less02WaterMake every drop count03EnergyPower the living lab04WasteDesign the next useFilm: Serg Alesenko / Pexels
Field note / 01Real conditions.
Real consequences.
Photo: Mark Stebnicki / PexelsReal consequences.
Not another classroom exercise
Leave with more
than a grade.
The work is physical, technical, collaborative, and visible. You will make decisions with real constraints, collect evidence, and defend what you built.
People worth building with
Teammates across disciplines, with faculty and industry mentors in the loop.
A real next move
Strong work can continue toward research, IP, incubation, or a market pilot.
The Udyaan model
Academic rigor.
Research depth.
Venture traction.
The farm is not a field trip. It is shared infrastructure for teaching, research, prototyping, and enterprise across the JAIN Group ecosystem.
Applied immersion
Semester-long field projects replace passive assignments. Students earn academic credit by solving measurable, real-world problems.
IP pipeline
The campus becomes a data-rich research environment where evidence can lead to patents, publications, and validated processes.
Venture studio
Promising work moves from prototype to market pilot, with compliance, business modeling, incubation, and investor readiness built in.
One campus. Connected systems.
A living lab you can walk through.
Every zone produces more than crops. It produces operational data, research questions, prototypes, business cases, and work students can put in a portfolio.
- 01 / SensePrecision sensing
Field sensors and drone telemetry stream live crop, soil, and water data.
- 02 / GrowControlled cultivation
Greenhouse and hydroponic systems run year-round crop experiments.
- 03 / PowerRenewable operations
Solar arrays and bio-energy keep the campus loops running.
- 04 / ReturnCircular bioeconomy
Waste streams come back as feed, fuel, and fertilizer.
Projects with a market on the other side
Build the system.
Prove the value.
Udyaan projects connect technical performance to financial and social outcomes. Students learn to test both the machine and the model around it.
01Precision agriculture
Drone + robot farming
A connected field system for multispectral scouting, soil sensing, precision spraying, and autonomous crop monitoring.
20-35%target chemical savings
02Urban food systems
Vertical microgreens
A compact high-intensity production model combining controlled environments, fast harvest cycles, and direct market channels.
180 sq ftreference footprint
03Hydro-aeroponics
More crop. Less water.
Integrated towers and nutrient-film channels turn limited urban space into a measurable, climate-aware growing system.
92%water reduction target
04Circular bioeconomy
Waste to wealth
A Bio-CNG living lab where feedstock logistics, process biology, compliance, and commercial viability meet in one project.
100 TPDmodel processing capacity
Student selection
Less resume.
More readiness.
The selection process looks for resilience, practical intelligence, ethical judgment, and the ability to turn an uncertain field problem into action.
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Phase 01
The initial filter
A pitch-deck resume and cognitive assessment surface curiosity, reasoning, and the ability to frame a useful problem.02
Phase 02
The mud test
A one-day field boot camp tests resilience, observation, collaboration, and grit through work that cannot be solved from a desk.03
Phase 03
The boardroom
Candidates translate field insight into a commercial story and defend it before a cross-functional evaluation panel.Resilience + pivot logicInnovation under constraintEthical integrity
The interdisciplinary sprint
Four weeks from question to proof.
Research + strategy
Map the system, define the stakeholder, and turn a broad challenge into a testable brief.
Prototype + testing
Build the first working model and collect evidence from the field, lab, or customer.
Production + policy
Design operations, financial viability, safety, compliance, and intellectual-property pathways.
Exhibit + launch
Present the proof, publish the learning, and move viable ideas toward incubation or market pilots.
Cross-campus integration
Every discipline has a place in the field.
Engineers build the system. Scientists validate it. Designers make it usable. Business teams find the market. Policy and humanities teams ask who benefits.
01Engineering + automation
02Life sciences
03Food technology
04Design + creative arts
05Business + commerce
06Humanities + policy
07Data + AI
08Sustainability
INR 15,000*monthly stipend pathway
Expert mentorsfaculty + industry guidance
Working MVPsportfolio-ready outcomes
TBI accessincubation + investor readiness
*Subject to project eligibility and current program terms.
Questions, answered
What people ask before applying.
Everything below reflects how the program actually runs. If your question is not here, ask us directly.
What is Udyaan?
Udyaan is a 1,000-acre living lab run by JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), where students take on real problems in food, water, energy and waste. Instead of passive assignments, you spend a semester on field projects that produce measurable results — and the farm doubles as shared infrastructure for teaching, research, prototyping and enterprise.
Who can apply to the Udyaan internship?
Udyaan is deliberately cross-disciplinary. Students from engineering and automation, life sciences, food technology, design and creative arts, business and commerce, humanities and policy, data and AI, and sustainability all have a place in the field. Teams are built across majors on purpose.
How does the Udyaan selection process work?
Selection runs in three phases. Phase one is an initial filter using a pitch-deck resume and a cognitive assessment. Phase two is 'the mud test' — a one-day field boot camp that measures resilience, observation and collaboration through work you cannot do from a desk. Phase three is the boardroom, where you turn field insight into a commercial story and defend it before a cross-functional panel.
Is the Udyaan internship paid?
Yes. Udyaan offers a monthly stipend pathway of INR 15,000, subject to project eligibility and current program terms. Interns also get faculty and industry mentorship, and access to incubation and investor-readiness support through the technology business incubator.
How long is the program and what does it involve?
The core is a four-week interdisciplinary sprint. Week one is research and strategy, turning a broad challenge into a testable brief. Week two is prototyping and field testing. Week three covers production, financial viability, safety, compliance and intellectual-property pathways. Week four is the exhibit and launch, where you present the proof and publish what you learned.
Do students earn academic credit at Udyaan?
Yes. Semester-long field projects replace passive assignments, and students earn academic credit by solving measurable, real-world problems. Strong work can continue further into research, patents and publications, incubation, or a market pilot.
What kinds of projects run at Udyaan?
Current project tracks include drone and robot precision farming for multispectral scouting and precision spraying, vertical microgreens in controlled environments, hydro-aeroponic systems targeting large reductions in water use, and a circular bioeconomy Bio-CNG living lab covering feedstock logistics, process biology and compliance.
What do students leave Udyaan with?
A tested prototype, evidence collected in the field, and a portfolio you can defend. You also leave with teammates from other disciplines, faculty and industry mentors, and a route forward — research, intellectual property, incubation or a market pilot.
Applications are open
Build something
the world can use.
Bring your discipline. Leave with proof that it works.
Apply to Udyaan