About

Educational Background:

Doctoral Scholar from ISB, Hyderabad, MBA in Strategy and Finance from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB), Business training from Capsim Management Simulation Inc, USA, Veterinary doctor with masters in Pharmacology and toxicology.

Experiences and Exposures:

Career Highlight:

• Co-founder of multiple successful enterprises in diverse sectors with an experience of a 16+ Years of Enterprising experience in Agricultural sector including Poultry breeders, Maize farming, layers and broiler sector end to end value chain as well as in Agri, Food, E-Commerce, retail & hospitality sector.

Enterprise Building:

• Co-founder and director in Khadkeshwara Farms and Foods Pvt Ltd with having large scale poultry breeding, feed milling, hatcheries and integrated farming operations. Khadkeshwara is presently doing poultry integrated farming facilitating employment to 100s of rural Assamese youths.
• Co-founder of an award winning agri tech Fintech Platform “Utpan” – A Business Facilitator to NEDFI, SBI and no of NBFCs Providing financing options to Agri enterprises and farmers across India.Utpan is presently doing large scale maize cultivation under its buyback agreement in the state of Assam through cluster financing from State of Bank India as a value chain financing partner. Utpan’s Mass Maize cultivation movement is being able to provide livelihood to hundred of Assamese farmers across the state of Assam
• Co-founder of Omni Channel petcare solution start up “MyPetz”

Area of Expertise:

Enterprise Management, business scaling, Financial Modeling, Turnaround Strategist, investment networking

• Strategic consultant to Northeastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFI) in assisting NEDI funding agri- based projects in the NE Regions, Has been a part of NEDFI Techno Social Development Fund Project as a consultant
• Having exposure of successful enterprise establishment, scaling & driving companies in poultry sector across the value chain with Breeding, feed milling, hatcheries, Integrated farming, processing and retailing
• Experience of driving merger & acquisitions of enterprises in India & Africa
• Experience in defining business strategy ,building Enterprise value , creating and implementing turnaround strategy
• Experience of project design and implementation in Poultry breeders, Layers and Broiler sector
• Having exposure to project design and financial modelling and forecasting

Social Leadership:

• Has got experience and exposure of serving for Karnataka Poultry Farmers Association as General Secretary for two consecutive tenures from Year 2019 to 2023, dealt with and resolved multiple of farmers related issues, Innovated several frameworks of scientific & contract farming models with a synergic building approach between farmers and producer companies, participated and contributed towards multiple of Govt level deliberation and policy related discussions.
• A visiting Faculty in MANAGE. Hyderabad, IPMA, Pune & perodial author in Agriculture and poultry related national level magazines.