Retired from Govt. service, worked for 40 yrs with various organisations i e Syndicate Bank, APEDA (Govt. ) and Private Co.Fair Exports ( Lulu Group ). The exposure and experience on the Agro Export Promotion & Market development has assisted in developing the concept of "Agri Export Zone" ( Stakeholders, partnerships, convergence and focus issues ) by APEDA for integration of entire value chain of backward and forward linkages of the products ( farm to fork ). Worked for establishing the integration of supply chain including cool chain, quality and quantity production, standardisation of protocols ( SOPs ), pre, post harvest, cold storage technologies (Refer, CA, MAP, etc). Closely worked with major horticulture producing states to strengthen and streamline the partnership of stakeholders of the value chain.