Ajit Kumar Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

EzyBrew is a fast emerging FMCG brand which caters to people with modern lifestyle with natural and instant food products.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Conduct sessions of various topics for the incubates under RKVY RAFTAAR scheme and provide mentoring support to the needy ones.

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Headed the operations of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya RKVY RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubator (IGKV R-ABI, www.igkvrabi.com) which happens to be the first and only agribusiness incubator of Chhattisgarh State supported by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India. Supported approx. 90 agri startups/ agri entrepreneurs under ABHINAV & UDBHAV program for FY 2019-20 and 2020-21 and assisted them to hunt the Govt grant-in-aid support in the tune of INR 226.0 Lakhs for 24 startups in first cohort of startups.

Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

I was the Member Secretary of IGKV RKVY RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubation Committee and involved right from screening, scrutinizing and selection of startups in ABHINAV (pre-seed stage) and UDBHAV (seed stage) flagship programs.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Assisted aIDEA NAARM team in contemplating the plans for AGRI UDAAN 4.0 and also to finalize the various categories of partners for the program. In addition, I also conducted a series of webinars on a variety of topics to garner a good number of applications from Agri startups.

Raipur, Chattisgarh, India

Assisting a couple of startups on Pro bono to refine their go to market strategy in the climate change space through CLIMATE LAUNCHPAD.

Hyderabad Area, India

-Taking care of operations in Agri BioNest~ funded by BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.- Nurturing agri biotech startups to grow, thrive well against odds of the market and help them to position themselves in such a way that they grow organically and ensure to achieve the vision in much more realistic manner.

Hyderabad Area, India

I managed AGRI UDAAN: India's unique food & agribusiness accelerator program 2.0 which culminated with two investors' meet in Hyderabad & Mumbai on Feb 12th & 17th respectively. This wonderful program was the initiative taken by a-IDEA NAARM & IIM-A CIIE & supported by DST, GoI. Caspian Impact Investors, YES BANK, Marico Innovation Foundation & NeML were the corporates backing up the program throughout.

Hyderabad Area, India

# Selected in a cohort of 24 entrepreneurs for SLP Hyderabad Chapter since Oct, 2018. The Startup Leadership Program (SLP) is a highly selective, global, world-class training program and lifelong global network for outstanding founders, leaders, and innovators who want to become startup CEOs. The program began in Boston in 2006 with seven Fellows (participants). It has grown to 28 cities in 26 countries enrolling 15-25 Fellows in every city.#https://startupleadership.com/pages/overview/#program

Washington D.C., Oklahoma State

I had been selected as Legislative Fellow by World Learning, sponsored by U.S. Department of State. I undertook my project in the area of Agripreneurship and Food safety & quality management in Oklahoma State University & Tulsa, Oklahoma State, USA. I underwent instructor led training on Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA) as well.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I'm a Professional Fellow since Fall 2017 selected by US Department of State Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs.

Hyderabad Area, India

-Witnessed more than 150 Agri-startups pitches-Supported & Mentored more than 30 agri startups-Drafted funding proposals & raised ~INR 3.5 Cr. funding from Ministries like DST, DBT, TDB, MSME-Successfully launched & completed India's First Food & Agribusiness Accelerator Program in partnership with IIM-A CIIE-Took care of business development of a-IDEA starting from scratch (12+ in-house incubates of which 4 got seed funded by us)-Grounded the base for India's unique Food & Agribusiness Accelerator Program 2.0 i.e. AGRI UDAAN in terms of securing SPONSORS, PARTNERs Engagement & Micro-planning of the whole accelerator program in 2017.

Jaipur Area, India

With the knowledge back up of core Agriculture and Agribusiness Management Presently serving in the Banking Sector with primary focus on Agricultural Finance (Priority Sector Lending).-Contributing as MRM and managing a portfolio of 125 Crore successfully-Major focus on the products like Working Capital and Project Funding

Andhra Pradesh And Maharashtra

As a Summer Intern, I undertook one Coke project with title "Value Chain Analysis of Citrus/ Sweet Lime". While executing this project I had been to Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (Anantapur & Nalgonda District respectively) and Maharashtra (Nagpur and Aurangabad Districts) where I extensively interacted & gathered primary information with every damn major stakeholder be it farmer, wholesaler, trader, commission agent, domain expert, Block Agricultural Officer, Processor & consumer. This project gave me a fair understanding of the functioning of NGO, NPO, Value chain processes, calculations & margin cuts at each and every stages.

Fellowship Program, Startup/Entrepreneurship

# Selected in a cohort of 24 entrepreneurs for SLP Hyderabad Chapter since Oct, 2018. The Startup Leadership Program (SLP) is a highly.

Exploring Sustainability In Indian Context, Sustainability Studies

I've learnt the different perspectives of sustainability at every stage of the development. 3Fs frames to understand the right balance.

Post Graduate Diploma In Agri-Business Management, Agricultural Marketing Along With General Management Courses, 7.2 Out Of 10.0

Activities and Societies: -Core Member of Sports CommitteeNational Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Jaipur is the pioneer institute.

Bachelor'S Degree (B.Sc.), Agriculture, 8.19/10.00

Secured my position in the top 5% of the batch 2008-12. I enjoyed Biochemistry, Agronomy, Agricultural Economy, Entrepreneurship courses.

Food Systems Live! Entrepreneurship In Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

The Couse Curriculum is jointly designed and delivered by the Harvard University & Sight and Life on entrepreneurship in emerging.

Inspire Explore Programme, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Activities and Societies: Undertook following courses: 1. Identifying market problems 2. The Value Proposition Canvas 3. Marketing and 4..