Agri business summit to be held on Apr 27

Hyderabad: 'Agri Business Summit & Awards 2019,' country's most authoritative award ceremony for the sector, is a platform to provide immense business and networking opportunities and brand positioning. This is the first-of-its-kind event being conducted in India to recognise agri input industry's efforts in an integrated manner in increasing farm productivity.

The summit will host high-profile corporate decision makers, influencers from Government, Universities and Celebrities, bureaucrats. Over 200 senior executives from over 50 companies will attend the summit.

Siva Kumar, Director of ITC and Head of IT and Agri Business, says: "This event is very timely in the backdrop of the national mission to double farmers' incomes." Dr Ravi Prasad, former president of Coromandel International, says it will pave way for "Making agriculture profitable by supporting the Indian farmers though high tech intervention." The key-note speaker at the event is R G Agarwal, Chairman of Dhanuka Group. He will throw light on 'Future Trends of Agri Inputs Business in India for Next Generation.

" The event will also see a panel discussion by jury on, 'Role of Agri Input Industry in Doubling-Enhancing Farmer Income.' Among those who will make deliebrations are: Anurag Surana, founder of Kagashin; Siva Kumar, director of ITC, Roger Tripathi, founder of Bio Ag Linkages USA; Dr Ravi Prasad, former president of Coromandel International; Roland Goves, former president of Tata Chemicals & Deepak Fertilizers; Dr B Venkateswarlu, former Vice-Chancellor of VRNMKVP, Parbhani and Ex-director of CRIDA; Dr Mohan Rao BV, chairman of Pasura Group.

The summit is conceived and designed by RAY Consulting. Several awards will be presented on the occasion, which are: Best Company of the Year; Best Formulation Innovation; Best Emerging / Start-up Company; Most Innovative Marketing Campaign; Best CSR Initiative Company; Best R&D; Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology; Best PGPR; Best New Crop Protection Product; Most popular Crop Protection Brand; Best Innovation in Digital Farming Technology; Best Stewardship Programme; Best learning and Development Professional, etc. There is also the lifetime achievement award.