Co-Founder of Crop Intellix Private Limited, specializes in data analytics and tech solutions to stakeholders in agriculture, agroforestry, crop Insurance and carbon marketOther roles:Mentor at IIT Madras ECellBoard member in PG College, HyderabadAdvisor in a geospatial consulting companyMentor to two Agritech startupsGuest faculty in agriculture institutes and collegesI am a solution-oriented agriculture professional with 26 years of experience having a deep understanding of the agribusiness ecosystem. My skills are in conceptualizing digital solutions for the key stakeholders in the agricultural value chain. I also mentor students and young professionals in developing capabilities in digital agriculture.M.Sc. (Agri) with ASRB NET and MBA by qualification. I am a Certified Farm Advisor and certified in Carbon Farming Principles and Sustainable Agriculture Land Management. I have Experience of working in agriculture projects in India, Africa, SEA, and the Middle East. Author of two books "Sensing Agriculture from Space" and "9 R.U.L.E.S to Geospatial Consulting"Solutions Developed: Crop Insurance platform, Crop health monitoring, Crop Yield Prediction, Crop Site Suitability Zonation, crop intelligence using Machine Learning techniques on satellite images, Resource-conserving farming technique to reduce GHG emissions, conceptualized dMRV solution for agriculture carbonInternational projects; 1. Philippines for World Bank2. Mozambique for Agro-Ecological Zonation study of MoA3. Saudi Arabia for Agriculture Change Dynamics and Rangeland management for MoA4. Sierra Leone for a land development project for a private investor5. Malawi for soil erosion assessment and watershed hot spot creation for MoA6. Kenya for Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative7. Uganda for Agriculture land development plan preparation using GIS technology8. Ethiopia to Present keynote paper at International conference on food security and sustainable agriculture9. China, to present a paper at Asia-Pacific Forestry Week10. Vietnam as project manager for Crop Information System developmentWorked at the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) from 1998 to 2000, and at the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) of Dept. of Space, Government of India from 2000-04. Corporate sector experiences include Agrinet Solutions, Speck SpatialTech Limited, from 2004-06, RMSI Private Limited, from 2006-14, AgSri Agricultural Services Private Limited from 2014 to 2018, and SkyMap India Private Limited from 2019-22