Our History

  • Extensive experience in Indian agriculture sector and seed industry
  • Several key initiatives in technology transfer and enables technology access at grass root level
  • Collaborated with Cornell university in areas of executive education and business initiatives in agricultural sector
  • Carried out priority setting workshop with focus on South Asia to identify challenges limiting food security andshortages to mitigate them at large
  • Received first USAID grant to develop crops that are resistant to abiotic and biotic stress in Africa, South Asia andSouth East Asia
  • Regional coordinator for international development projects­­­­­ of largest public-private partnership
  • Threat of stem rust UG99 to the global wheat basket comes to the fore
  • Receives USD 3.93 million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to mitigate rust in wheat from South Asian nations
  • Contri­­­­butes to agricultural knowledge initiative and works with Cornell University and Indian Council of Agricultural Research to revamp Indian Agricultural education to global standards by including progressive e-learning technologies and boosted research and entrepreneurship in Indo-Gangetic plains
  • Facilitates regulatory processes to enable Bangladesh to become the first country in the world to commercialize genetically modified food crop
  • Receives recognition from development agencies for exceptional quality work in international development space in South Asia
  • Bags two large USAID coveted projects to expand the successes of Agriculture Innovation Partnership in Nepal and Malawi and replicating models of Indian innovations to improve seed systems, education, nutrition and gender empowerment for a sustainable livelihood