For forty years, we had only five patents. Today, our students and faculty have filed over one hundred. We are shifting SKUAST-K from purely academic research to a dynamic factory of innovation: turning Patents into Products and classrooms into incubators.
Prof. Nazir A. Ganai, Vice Chancellor SKUAST-K


Dr. Khalid holds over 10 granted patents and has dedicated his research to translational medicine and agricultural biotechnology.
Dr. Parvaiz developed novel veterinary and animal nutrition formulations during his decade-long research at the Mountain Livestock Research Institute.
Owais secured a major seed grant for decentralizing waste management through smart, IoT-enabled hardware.
Dr. Rafiya, holding a PhD in fruit sciences, secured a Rs 3 lakh startup grant from IIT Ropar for her deep-tech agricultural hardware.
Dr. Khurshid is a leading plant pathologist dedicated to designing organic pest control inputs and natural weed solutions.
Sheikh Zubair is a student innovator pioneering sericulture and silk-based bio-materials under BIRAC and SKIIE grants.
Dr. Barkat is an entomology professor specializing in biological pest control and pheromone-based mating disruption.
Sameena is a student entrepreneur focused on high-yielding organic vegetable farming and value-added healthy snacks.
Inain is a veterinary sciences student whose diagnostics prototype won national recognition for fast pathogen screening.
Arfat is a student entrepreneur who secured a prestigious ICAR grant to modernize ready-to-eat products from the Kashmir valley.
Magic Food: A pioneering anti-cancer functional food harbouring the TaxO molecule derived from underutilised Kashmiri plants.
Advanced livestock mineral mixtures designed to improve reproductive performance and meat/milk production in high-altitude cattle.
An IoT-based Multipurpose Pyrolyser that transforms agricultural waste into valuable biochar for sustainable agriculture.
A semi-autonomous sensor-based pruner for apple plantations engineered to dramatically increase cutting and time efficiency.
Organic Bio-inputs: High-efficiency organic agricultural fertilizers and bio-control formulations derived entirely from Dal Lake weeds.
Silk Bio-Materials: Transformational sericulture waste-to-wealth technologies that repurpose silk fibroin into advanced cosmetics and medical scaffolds.
Pheromone Traps: Highly target-specific pheromone dispensers and traps engineered to protect orchards from invasive pests.
Anti-Diabetic Greens: Clinically-validated anti-diabetic and health-boosting dietary foods produced from organic underutilised vegetable crops.
Aqua-Strip: A first-of-its-kind rapid septicaemia detection strip that enables fish farmers to diagnose bacterial outbreaks in under 10 minutes.

Walnut Butter: Premium, single-origin stone-ground Kagzi walnut spreads with zero palm oil or refined sugar, helping local Kupwara farmers.
Cashmir Biotech

Dr. Khalid holds over 10 granted patents and has dedicated his research to translational medicine and agricultural biotechnology.
Magic Food: A pioneering anti-cancer functional food harbouring the TaxO molecule derived from underutilised Kashmiri plants.
Kashmin
Dr. Parvaiz developed novel veterinary and animal nutrition formulations during his decade-long research at the Mountain Livestock Research Institute.
Advanced livestock mineral mixtures designed to improve reproductive performance and meat/milk production in high-altitude cattle.
Cashmir Carbozone
Owais secured a major seed grant for decentralizing waste management through smart, IoT-enabled hardware.
An IoT-based Multipurpose Pyrolyser that transforms agricultural waste into valuable biochar for sustainable agriculture.
Techno Orchard
Dr. Rafiya, holding a PhD in fruit sciences, secured a Rs 3 lakh startup grant from IIT Ropar for her deep-tech agricultural hardware.
A semi-autonomous sensor-based pruner for apple plantations engineered to dramatically increase cutting and time efficiency.
Zeeba Biotec
Dr. Khurshid is a leading plant pathologist dedicated to designing organic pest control inputs and natural weed solutions.
Organic Bio-inputs: High-efficiency organic agricultural fertilizers and bio-control formulations derived entirely from Dal Lake weeds.
SeriKon
Sheikh Zubair is a student innovator pioneering sericulture and silk-based bio-materials under BIRAC and SKIIE grants.
Silk Bio-Materials: Transformational sericulture waste-to-wealth technologies that repurpose silk fibroin into advanced cosmetics and medical scaffolds.
Pherobank
Dr. Barkat is an entomology professor specializing in biological pest control and pheromone-based mating disruption.
Pheromone Traps: Highly target-specific pheromone dispensers and traps engineered to protect orchards from invasive pests.
Organogreens
Sameena is a student entrepreneur focused on high-yielding organic vegetable farming and value-added healthy snacks.
Anti-Diabetic Greens: Clinically-validated anti-diabetic and health-boosting dietary foods produced from organic underutilised vegetable crops.
Aqua Scan
Inain is a veterinary sciences student whose diagnostics prototype won national recognition for fast pathogen screening.
Aqua-Strip: A first-of-its-kind rapid septicaemia detection strip that enables fish farmers to diagnose bacterial outbreaks in under 10 minutes.
Faim Farms
Arfat is a student entrepreneur who secured a prestigious ICAR grant to modernize ready-to-eat products from the Kashmir valley.

Walnut Butter: Premium, single-origin stone-ground Kagzi walnut spreads with zero palm oil or refined sugar, helping local Kupwara farmers.
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