Awards and Achievements

Agrozee Organics won first prize in the World Startup Grand Challenge organised by the Union Ministry of Food Processing. Presented by President Droupadi Murmu at World Food India 2023, New Delhi, the recognition celebrated innovation in bulk grain storage, developed in collaboration with MAGIC.

Selected as a finalist in the Startup Innovation Awards 2025 and invited to pitch at the World Food Forum flagship event in Rome, Italy, from 10–17 October 2025. Recognised for innovation and commitment to sustainable food systems.

Winner in the Post-Harvest Technology category at India’s First International Agri Hackathon 2025 in Pune. The award recognised Hydro-NIR Technology and its contribution to grain and millet-product preservation.

Received a Promising Innovation Award through the ICMR NIN Infuse programme in Hyderabad for Hydro-NIR Technology and its application to improving millet shelf life.

Recognised in the Greenovation SustainAgri Challenge 2025 by Switch On Foundation at Science City, Kolkata, for work with smallholder farmers using Hydro-NIR Technology.

Recognised for contributions to the millet industry and initiatives promoting millets as a nutritious food source.

Winner of the Revenue Category in the fifth LiFE Innovation Challenge 2023, organised by the MAGIC Business Incubator SME Accelerator, for innovation and impact in millet value addition.

Winner of CII’s AgLive@2023 Millet Challenge, held as part of the Global Shree Anna Conference in Delhi, recognising a sustainable post-harvest storage solution for the millet value chain.

Recognised by FICCI as the Best Agri Startup in Millet in 2023, for innovation in a sustainable food value chain connecting small and marginal farmers with millet-based products.

Recognised as Nutri-Cereals Start-up of the Year by Agriculture Today, celebrating Agrozee Organics’ work in millet nutrition and value-added products.

Mahesh Londhe received the Best Entrepreneur Excellence Award for 2021–2022 from DeAsara Foundation, recognising his leadership, quality, innovation and persistence in building a millet-based enterprise.

Nature Care Fertilizers honoured Mahesh Londhe for work strengthening the millet value chain, nutrition security and farmers’ incomes in Maharashtra.

Mahesh Londhe received the Agri Start-up Award at MANAGE, Ministry of Agriculture, and was recognised as second winner in the National Category.