Director:
Mr. PVGK Murthy, has done Agri- Business Management from MANAGE and has 15 years of managerial work experience as an agribusiness manager. He worked in diverse areas of business strategy, procurement management, logistics, quality audit, supply chain management, processing and product development, contract farming, public private partnerships, crop development, community development, customer relations management (CRM), trade leadership, marketing, exports, trade relations and training.
Mr.Murthy worked as National level Manager and has taken up important Public Private Partnership projects. He led many cross functional teams to drive important assignments for the organizations. He worked for ITC Ltd. for 11 years and prior to that worked for NFCL and MFL for a brief period.
Team:
Team Ingrain consists of 6 qualified professionals from Agri Business and Agricultural Sciences. A Technical Council with strength of 20 members forms the back bone of our consulting work. The members of the Technical Council are Agribusiness Managers, Professors and Owners of Agribusiness across the globe.
Profiles of Technical Council Members:
Dr.Rao Mylavarapu
Dr.Rao is Associate Professor of Nutrient Management and Water Quality in the Department of Soil & Water Science and is the Director of Analytical Services Laboratories, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. His expertise lies in the areas of soil, water and natural resources management for economical and environmental sustainability. He leads programs and projects that involve water conservation and management, fertilizer efficiencies and nutrient management, soil and water quality, waste management and environmental impact assessments. He co-led the All India Integrated Watershed Management Training program at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India, in December 2009 attended by state commissioners and top level managers from all over India. He serves as the Chair of USDA-SERA-IEG-6, coordinating Nutrient Management in the southern USA. He also serves as the co-leader of the USDA-CSREES Southern Region Water Quality Nutrient Management Team, and serves on the Boards of International Soil & Plant Analysis Council, the Florida Certified Crop Advisers and Soil & Crop Science Society of Florida. He also serves as the co-Chair of the Florida Phosphorus Index committee. He is on the editorial board of Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis journal. He is the recipient of UF/IFAS Hornsby Extension Professorial Award, IFAS Image Gold Award, Jim App Outstanding Team Award, etc. He has been selected for the 2010 IFAS LEAD program for administrative leadership. He oversees a large research program with over 25 employees and Laboratories with an annual budget of nearly a million dollars. He has published over 125 research and extension articles and participated in over US $15 million dollars of research projects
Mr. K. S. Kumar
Mr.Kumar is an experienced Agri-Business professional with his background from Agri-Business Supply Chain Management and Retailing of commodities. He has done PGDM in Agri- Business Management after M.Sc.(Biotechnology).He is a Gold medalist at University level. His experience involves strategizing and execution of the best practices (systems, processes and controls) in sourcing of commodities, production of finished goods, distribution and customer service for the staples line of business, sourcing of agri -commodities through the vendor/supplier channel as well as through backward integration with efficient supply chain systems, Leading teams across the territories for augmenting the productivity of organization, processing and feedstock development, sourcing of agricultural commodities from various markets in dynamic scenarios and Vendor & Channel development to establish supply & distribution networks for sourcing and processing of commodities. He has worked with ITC Limited, Mission Bio Fuels(India) Pvt Limited, Subhiksha Trading Services Limited and Nilgiri Dairy Farm Private Limited.
Mr.K.V.Sridhar
Mr. Sridhar is an Engineer with a Management Degree from XLRI, Jamshedpur and has keen interest in HRD. He has more than 16 years of Engineering and Management experience building products at top-tier companies such as Motorola, GE, and Lucent technologies and worked in India, USA and Canada. An accomplished Engineer and Manager, his vision and expertise in business and technologies have driven notable achievements in companies and products that he has worked for. He led many cross-functional teams to execute organizational initiatives. He also had the opportunity to work in various business functions such as HR, Marketing on rotation. He has facilitated various in-house employee Training & Development programs such as Lectures, One on one coaching, Mentoring, Behavioral diagnosis, Group work-outs etc. He is a Certified NLP Practitioner and a member in premier HR\OD organizations like NHRD, ISABS and ISTD. His research interests include human development process, leadership, conflict management, self management, organization culture and change management.
Mr.K.R. Krishna
Mr.Krishna is a Specialist in Agricultural Extension. He organized several training programmes for growers and involved in marketing of agri-inputs for a span of 11 years. He is a networking expert, connecting Research Institutions, farmers, NGOs (non-profit organizations) and business organizations. With his flair for teaching and motivation, he has proven track record for mobilizing rural groups. He has played predominant role in market development and building initial markets in post product launching phase. Mr. Krishna has done M.B.A., M.Sc., (Agriculture) and PGPAWASCM from MANAGE. He worked in Coromandel International Ltd, EID Parry (I) Ltd., ITC BPL and Byrraju Foundation. His specialties are grass root level farmer linkages, community development, social responsibility programmes and training. He is involved in change management programmes for developing rural communities. His areas of interest are supply chain management, market led extension and management of development schemes in agriculture.
Dr.M.Suresh Kumar
Dr.Suresh Kumar is a Specialist in Agricultural Extension. He has taken up several projects in the areas of Extension methodology, Educational Psychology, Rural Sociology, Entrepreneurial Development and income generation trainings. His research areas are Agricultural policy research towards contract farming, Privatization of agricultural extension services, Disaster management, Transfer of technology modules, Integrated farming systems, Exports oriented agriculture, Organic farming research, Natural resources management , Agro forestry and biodiversity conservation. He is an Associate Professor in Agricultural Extension at ANGR Agricultural University. He has work experience of 15 years in Research and Teaching.
Dr .Kama Raju Chitrapu
Dr.Kama Raju is Fellow from National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law Hyderabad with a Masters and Ph.D., in International Intellectual Property Law. He is currently working as a Senior Executive Officer-IPR and Trademark Attorney with the Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre (APTDC) in the Office of Confederation of Indian Industry and Council of Knowledge Initiatives. He is an Intellectual Property Policy facilitator and trainer for national and international IPR Awareness and Training, IPR Information & Advisory Services and IPR protection facilitation. He is a member of expert team for Patent Facilitation Services, Patent, Trademark, Copy Right, Geographical Indications (GI) filings and prosecutions, Intellectual Policy & Research and Capacity Development, IP Management Protection, Enforcement and preparing Training Modules and Public Outreach with the interface of Ministry of Agriculture, Finance, Information and Technology, Human Resources Development, Environment and Forests, Commerce and Industry, Home Affairs, Law & Justice, Department of Science and Technology, various Central and State Universities, Training Institutes of SVP National Police Academy, AP State Police Academy and AP Judicial Academy, private industries and institutions in Hyderabad and across the nation.
Other Profiles:
Senior Professional in Finance:
- Senior Professional in Finance with work experience of 15 years.
- Done his Business Management Programme from IIM, Bangalore, and worked in ICICI Bank, and Yes Bank as Senior Manager.
- Served in distinguished position at the World Bank as Senior Investment Staff
Senior Agricultural Scientist:
- Agricultural Scientist with 17 years of Research experience.
- Handled multiple projects covering cropping systems, Animal husbandry.
- Instrumental in innovative introductions of Medicinal and Aromatics, multistory cropping in Horticulture estates.
- Bought out Intensive Integrated Farming Systems (IIFS) to integrate with Farm management to optimize farm output and to mitigate the production risk of farm enterprise.
- Introduced new, non-traditional crops (like Bush Pepper) in selected areas to cope up with changing global climatic situations
- Developed strains of beneficial micro organisms to utilize in sustainable crop interventions.
- Developed several bio-products to suit crop production packages to enhance fertilizer usage.
- Advisor to landscape architects and developed special landscape projects to reduce environmental pollution.
- Other areas of interest is crops for alternative fuels and bio-fuels
Senior ERP Professional:
- Senior Oracle ERP profile with 14+ years of work experience.
- 11 + years experience in Oracle Applications (Inv, OM, OPM, Fin Modules): Implementation & Support projects
- Lead major implementation projects with large engagements involving large teams and user base
- Strong domain knowledge of Supply chains, Manufacturing & Finance with 4 years of working experience with core competencies in the area of Supply chain management & Manufacturing
- Business Process Re-engineering experience for process industry covering O2C, P2P, Inventory Management
Senior Manager – Quality Assurance:
- Dynamic professional with a Doctoral Degree and experience of 16 years in Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Product Development and Laboratory management in Food, Pharmaceutical and Analytical Testing Laboratories
- Competencies- Quality Assurance (Developing and Implementation of Food Safety standards and ISO 17025 and Quality management systems), New Product Development (Developing new blends to replicate customer reference products), Analytical Research (New methods developing, validation and transfer), Laboratory Management and Project Management
- Technical Skills – Validation of processes and methods, Operation of GC, HPLC, GC/MS, ICP-MS, Ion chromatograph etc., Auditing (HACCP, BRC, ISO 9001, ISO 17025 system), LIMS (Laboratory Information and Management Systems)
