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Mr Arjun Suri, Director at Suri Enterprises deals with seeds, farm inputs and farmers’ mind sets. His primary focus, ever since on board Suri Enterprises, has been to create awareness about organic farming, bio fertilizers etc. Mr Arjun Suri, can we have a quick introduction about yourself...

Rakhi Dutta Saikia, Director, Arin Tea Pvt.Ltd.is putting in great effort to popularize the Yellow Tea Brands in Assam and elsewhere. She has also authored a book called Assamica - a comprehensive book on tea. Kindly introduce yourself. My name is Rakhi Saikia. I come from Golaghat, Assam. I...

With more than 25 years of experience in agriculture and allied sectors comes Dr D P Singh who has also used his expertise to invent many machines for the betterment of the agricultural sector. Excerpts of a recent conversation with us. The Asparagus Racemosus There are so many medicinal and...

In her quest to give back to society, Ms Anamika Bist chose to get city dwellers to practice farming through a small subscription fee. Hence, the birth of Village Story. Tell us about the inception of this idea - The Village Story. I am Anamika. To give you a little bit of my background, I...

Please tell us about yourself. I purchased this 5-acre estate 11 years ago. When I had purchased this farm, the practice was to pluck the leaves and sell them to factories at rates as low as Rs.5 – Rs. 6 or a maximum of aRs.10/-. Even that was not a regular pattern. As a result, heaps of these...

Please describe what you do. We create food forests. Food forest is like an agricultural farm. It is like a forest where we have certain arrangements which can provide food that humans and animals can consume. We go about developing an area like a forest. The land is not tilled so that it...

Please tell us about yourself. I am Dr. Basavaraju Puttalingaiah, hailing from Karnataka. I am an M.Sc. in Botany, M.Phil. in Seed Technology and Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. I have had exposure in 22 different countries across Europe, specializing in...

Please describe yourself. I am from Delhi. During my graduation, I had a small start-up. It was a Hindi website started in 2010 related to how media is very Delhi-centric – most of it relating to politics, the corridors of political parties and what is happening with respect to ministers etc...

Mr. Akil Murthi, through his HMA Greens farm in Chenna, employs the hydroponic methodology to produce 16 varieties of chemical-free greens and plans for more in the future. Mr. Akil, can we have a quick introduction about yourself? I am Akil Murthi. I started this hydroponics project end of...

Mr. Shashikant Patil has his own polyhouse farm and runs a nursery to promote more farmers to cultivate good crop. Mr. Shashikant Patil, a brief introduction about yourself, please. I hail from Maharashtra. I did my Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University. For about 30 years I have...

What are your activities and in what way it benefits farmers in India? By way of introduction, I am Shyamala Rambhotla. I am the General Secretary of this organization called Society for Energy, Environment and Development (SEED). This organization was founded in 1987 as a non-governmental...

Please tell us about your background. I am a Horticulture post graduate from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. I completed my post-graduation in 2000 and since then I am working as a Horticulture Consultant. One of the main advantages I have had is that my father was also a horticulturist. I...

Can you tell us about your background and your journey so far? Sure. I am an Agricultural BSc graduate from Hyderabad. I have secured my post-graduation in Horticulture, from Australia. I have always had my own aspirations, so, I returned from Australia, and worked for a year in the State...

In the buzz of all that banter on harmful additives into agricultural produce, lies the question why not grow your own food? Space constraints? Think balcony, think terrace. Please give us a brief introduction about the current agricultural activities you are pursuing. I am a software...

An engineer by academics and profession and an agriculturist by destiny and choice, Mr Mallesh Tigali has paved a path into the agricultural sector, making sure that all the information he gained as an engineer is put to good use in the process. Mr Mallesh Tigali comes out as a big picture...

Meet Dr.Venkat Maroju, Chief Executive Officer, SourceTrace. Under his leadership, SourceTrace transformed to becoming a global leader in providing software solutions to agriculture and allied sectors. The use of these technological solutions has made the agriculture value chain more...

Think cooperative society and we think of a building with an office space, meeting space and perhaps space to stock up farmer produce. A glimpse at TSS Totgars Cooperative Society Ltd, Sirsi attracts adjectives like splendor, sophistication, abundance, all-inclusive, etc. The TSS has redefined...

With 40 years of extensive & diversified experience at various companies and doing his part to be a game changer wherever he went, Mr Devidas Bhadange, has now started his own consultation firm, Abhishek Business Consultants. In his conversation with us, he shares his experiences, tips and...

Sea6 Energy began its journey 9 years ago in the IIT Madras campus. 4 enthusiasts – Sailaja Nori, Nelson Vadassery, Shrikumar Suryanarayan , Sayash Kumar and Sowmya Balendiran - started this company with a vision to make bio fuels using sea plants. That was and has been their larger goal, till...

A lawyer turned agriculturist, who continues to seek justice for what she stands for in her own unique way – meet Ms Sumeet Kaur of Spudnik Farms. Ms Sumeet Kaur works on a supply chain model where, apart from encouraging excellent farming practices, she invests into building trust between the...