Why Technology is obligatory for Farmers | Shashank Kumar | TEDxBankipur

Shashank Kumar is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Green Agrevolution, a start up working in the agriculture sector in India. His expertise arises from experience as an associate for two and a half years in a management consulting firm in supply chain, retail and FMCG sectors. He has worked for leading FMCG companies for their problems related to secondary distribution network, price elasticity and continuous replenish system. He has done his B.Tech from IIT Delhi and has also done minor MBA from Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. He was born in Chapra - a small town of Bihar, India and raised in a lower-middle-class family. After he graduated from IIT Delhi in 2008, he joined a management consulting firm Beacon Advisory Services where he worked as an Associate for two and a half years. His working area was supply chain, retail and FMCG sectors. He Had worked for leading FMCG companies for their problems related to secondary distribution network; Price elasticity & Continuous replenish system. He started a not for profit society Farms and Farmers (FnF) Foundation in 2011 with an aim of maximizing profit per unit area of small & marginal farmers of India. He started his work from his home state - Bihar, India. Under his leadership, FnF could set up an excellent team of people from IIT Kharagpur, IIM Ahmedabad, NIT Jamshedpur, ISM Dhanbad & FnF won many awards such as Mahindra Spark The Rise, Jain-INCID for its work on micro irrigation in Bihar, India. He was awarded with Ashoka Fellowship in 2013 as a global changemaker.[5] Honorable CM, Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar awarded him as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Bihar in 2012–13. NABARD, ISB & PARFI awarded him as leading social entrepreneur in 2013. In 2014, he got featured by Forbes India magazine as Forbes 30 Under 30.[6] He was also featured as Amazing Indian by Times Now in 2014. He had also received Role of Honour award during his IIT life in 2008. He presented DeHaat technology to PM, Rwanda in Delhi in 2015 at Indo-Africa technology summit. He accompanied PM India & FICCI delegation to Kenya in 2016 to present DeHaat technology. He was invited to Tanzania by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to participate for deriving efficient model of agricultural extension in 2015. He was also invited to TiECon silicon valley in 2016 as TiECon speaker Shashank Kumar is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Green Agrevolution, a start up working in the agriculture sector in India. His expertise arises from experience as an associate for two and a half years in a management consulting firm in supply chain, retail and FMCG sectors. He has worked for leading FMCG companies for their problems related to secondary distribution network, price elasticity and continuous replenish system. He has done his B.Tech from IIT Delhi and has also done minor MBA from Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx