12/10/2026
🇮🇳 India Secures Second Place at International AgroNTRI Competition in Moscow. 🇷🇺
Celebrating young talent at the intersection of agriculture, space technology, and innovation.
The Indian team secured second place in the AgroSpace category at the international AgroNTRI competition, with the superfinal held in Moscow on 9–10 October 2026.
🏅Representing India, Maheshwari Kanika, Reddy Pinnapureddy Saksh*t, and Karadagi Sanvi won silver medals, competing against school students from 13 countries. The competition tested participants’ skills in drone and robot operations, as well as satellite imagery interpretation, highlighting the growing role of advanced technologies in modern agriculture.
The awards were presented by Oksana Lut, Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, and Andrey Zhizhин, Director General of the Foundation for Assistance to Innovations.
Organised by the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises and the CenterProgramSystem Group, with support from Russia’s Ministries of Agriculture and Education, such platforms create opportunities to exchange knowledge and explore solutions to shared global challenges.