1. NEXT GENERATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE
S e c o n d E d i t i o n
Date: 19th July, 2014
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Venue: HALL-D, CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex,
Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, INDIA
Strategic Consultant
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2. NEXT GENERATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE S e c o n d E d i t i o n
A G R I I N T E X 2 0 1 4 C O N F E R E N C E
O u r V i s i o n
TRANSFORMING INDIAN AGRICULTURE

3. PRESENTATION INTERACTION
“ Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Keynote Presentations that can
‘Transform Indian Agriculture’

4. CONFERENCE SESSIONS
SESSION – 1
9:00 to 9:30 AM - Inauguration
9:30 to 10:00 AM - Mr. Narayan Vellayan. 'Organic Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture'
10:15 to 10:45 AM - Mr. Mahesh Kumar R. 'Biological Crop Protection and Natural Pollination'
11:00 to 11:15 AM - Tea Break
11:15 to 11:45 AM - Lt Cdr (Retd) CV Prakash. 'Commercial Hydroponics’
12:00 to 12:30 PM - Dr. Gnana Sekar R. ‘Opportunities in dairy farming’
12:45 to 2:00 PM - Lunch Break
SESSION - 2
2:00 to 2:30 PM - Dr. Senthil Chinnasamy. 'Algae Biofuels'
2:45 to 3:15 PM - Mr. Gaurav Gupta. 'Drones for Indian Farms'
3:30 to 4:00 PM - Lt Cdr (Retd) Lokanathan Nagahari Krishna. 'Cold Storage Solutions for Agriculture'
4:00 to 4:15 PM - Tea Break
4:15 to 4:45 PM - Mr. Ravi Saraogi. 'Mobile Tools for Agribusiness'
5:00 to 5:30 PM - Mr. Pradeep Sharma. ‘KBL Solar Pumping System’
5: 45 to 6:15 PM - Conclusion
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NEXT GENERATION OF INDIAN AGRICULTURE S e c o n d E d i t i o n
Mr. Narayanan Vellayan is the founder and head of organic fertilizers and waste management
SBU in Coromandel International Ltd, a Murugappa Group Company. Mr. Narayanan hail from the
promoters’ family of Murugappa Group, which was founded in 1900, the USD 4 billion Murugappa Group,
is one of India's leading business conglomerates. The Group has 28 businesses including fertilizers, sugar
and organic fertilizers as a core products range.
Mr. Narayanan on completion of his schooling joined Bristol University for his Law Degree. He served as an
associate with KPMG, London for 2 years before joining Coromandel. He has been instrumental in setting
up waste management business in Coromandel which he now leads and mentors. Mr. Narayanan has
played an advisory role in designing suitable waste management strategy for the cities of Chennai and
Pondicherry in India.
Mr. Narayanan was invited by World Bank, Hanoi and delivered his key note address on “Success story of
one of the largest organic compost markets” on behalf of India in their “Waste workshop” organized on
13th November, 2013 at Hanoi, Vietnam.
MR. NARAYAN VELLAYAN,
HEAD – ORGANIC FERTILIZERS & WASTE MANAGEMENT,
COROMANDEL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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Mr. Mahesh Kumar R is currently working at Koppert as technical sales consultant on
biological control of pests and diseases by using predators, parasitoids, microbes, natural pollination by
bumble bee and rejuvenation of soil health through microbes. Mr. Mahesh kumar completed his Master
of Science in Nematology at Gent University, Belgium and Wageningen University, Netherlands and is a
recipient of Erasmus Mundus grant for the Master of Science in Nematology, 2010-2012. Koppert is the
international market leader in the field of biological crop protection and natural pollination. Koppert has a
reputation internationally for reliability, innovation and quality. Koppert’s ongoing research and
continuous production of beneficials and pollinators contribute to the development of sustainable
agriculture and horticulture world-wide.
MR. MAHESH KUMAR R,
TECHNICAL SALES CONSULTANT,
KOPPERT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

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LT CDR (RETD) CV PRAKASH,
CEO, PET BHARO PROJECT
CV as he is well known amongst his peers was born into a predominantly military oriented
family. His early schooling was at Sainik School Bijapur in Karnataka State. He is also an alumnus of India’s
premier institution, the National Defence Academy, where he transformed from a boy to a man.
CV is a former Officer of the Indian Navy and served in the elite submarine arm. Upon his retirement, he
migrated to Australia in 2001. CV learnt the technique of Hydroponics from the best of growers and
consultants and resources in the Hydroponics Industry in Australia and is a passionate proponent and
pioneer in the field of Hydroponics in India. He wears several caps and plays the role of a hands-on
Grower, a Consultant, an Agronomist and Trainer in Hydroponics both Simplified as well as Commercial.
The works done by him can be seen on www.petbharoproject.co.in and makes for motivational food and
his is an awe inspiring project that he commenced in India in late 2008. His mission is to bring technology
of growing one’s own clean, green food to every person on the planet through tried and tested simplified
and commercial technology.

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Dr GNANA SEKAR R,
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
GS DAIRY FARM CONSULTING
Dr. Gnana Sekar, known as GS in the animal feed and health industry is a qualified post
graduate in Animal Nutrition (Dairy cattle nutrition) from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal with
veterinary science as basic qualification from Nagpur veterinary college and is an active life member of
Animal Nutrition Association and Animal Nutrition Society of India.
He acquired 14 years of strong experience of working in key dairy states in India with the dairy farmers
holding one animal and with the large farms with more than 2000 animals. He has conducted more than
100 technical seminars for dairy farmers, veterinary practitioners, feed manufacturers throughout India
focusing feeding of dairy animals for efficient production and reproduction, stress management in dairy
animals, young stock rearing, transition cow management etc. He has provided more than 1000 feed
formulations to the dairy farms to reduce the feeding cost and to improve the production. GS Dairy Farm
Consulting provides support to progressive dairy farms enabling them to attain more profitability

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DR. SENTHIL CHINNASAMY,
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER,
ABAN INFRASTRUCTURE PVT LTD
Dr. Senthil Chinnasamy is heading the biotechnology division of “Aban” group based in
Chennai as Chief Technology Officer with major research focus on developing commercial-scale
technologies for the production of biofuels/bioenergy/green chemicals from algae. He has over 25 years
of research experience in the area of environmental and agricultural biotechnology. He was instrumental
in developing a novel zero effluent discharge “composting technology” to treat and utilize the distillery
effluent for agriculture and aquaculture applications. During 2007, he initiated microalgae biofuels and
anaerobic digestion research programs in the University of Georgia in the US funded by US Department of
Energy (DOE). He has many publications and two US patents in the area of algae biofuels.

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Mr. Gaurav Gupta is an Aerospace Engineer graduated in 2011 from IIT Kanpur. He has rich
industrial experience in avionics and UAVs delivering to private and public sector clients. His expertise in
autopilots gives Autobirdz a leading edge in drone technology. Autobirdz Systems Pvt. Ltd. was founded
in March’13 with the vision to provide aerospace solutions for various industries in India like agriculture,
aerial inspection, security, surveillance etc. The company’s main objective is to cater the emerging UAV
technology in different applications.
Battery operated Quadcopter UAV with integrated imaging and video camera. The fully autonomous
drone can take images and video of areas up to 50 acres in one flight of 15 minutes. The geo-tagged aerial
images and videos are used for analysis and monitoring in the following applications:
 Agriculture- Yield estimate, animal trespassing, inspection, crop insurance
 Wildlife - Elephant herd monitoring, Animal counting, anti-poaching
 Civil Engineering - Surveying, documentation, 3D terrain mapping
 Real Estate - Project Monitoring, aerial photos for marketing
MR. GAURAV GUPTA,
DIRECTOR,
AUTOBIRDZ SYSTEMS PVT LTD

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LT CDR (RETD) LOKANATHAN NAGAHARI KRISHNA,
DIRECTOR
DANFOSS INDIA
Lt. Cdr (Retd) Nagahari Krishna leads the strategic initiatives and industry affairs function at
Danfoss India. In this capacity with a leadership role focuses on business development and knowledge
positioning of Danfoss India with central and state Government, business associations & chambers,
educational & research institutions, trade bodies, think-tanks, embassies, and international and multi-
lateral organizations. One of the key members to support the company’s continued growth expansion in
the country.
Industry affairs expert, with 15 years of work experience has held various key roles and was part of the
advisory group YES BANK. Responsible for working closely with central and state Governments in the
policy advocacy, project advisory, Governance reform, Public Private Partnership (PPP), mobile, rural and
financial inclusion in diverse sectors such as agriculture, urbanization, mining.
Mechanical Engineer with marine and controls specialization and an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, member of
the CII national task force on cold chain and plays an active role in energy efficiency committees at various
industry and governance forums.

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Mr. Ravi Saraogi is the co-founder and COO of Uniphore Software Systems. Uniphore is Ravi's
second company, and he harnesses vast experience in directing technology teams in initiatives spanning
mobile theft security, wireless network development, and mobile learning applications. Ravi is currently
an active member of the Mobile Payment Forum of India (MPFI), where he identifies and develops
business opportunities in the field of mobile payments. He is renowned for his excellent analytic skills, his
dexterity in problem resolution, and his proclivity for driving operational excellence in projects delivered
to leading BFSI and Agribusinesses across India.
MR. RAVI SARAOGI,
COO,
UNIPHORE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

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Mr. Pradeep Sharma has more the eleven years of experience in the energy systems
engineering with competencies in solar pumping systems, product development, marketing and project
management. He has experience in creation and management of channel partners. He is an expert in
Energy Systems Engineering and is a post graduate alumni from IIT Bombay. He has presented a paper on
‘Optimization of operational energy cost in a hybrid distributed generation system’ at the prestigious IEEE
Conference on Industrial and Information Systems. He is currently the Manager of Solar Business Group
at Kirloskar Brothers Ltd .
MR. PRADEEP SHARMA,
MANAGER, SOLAR BUSINESS GROUP
KIRLOSKAR BROTHER LTD

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