The BlacBook Thought Leader Series Report

 

Title of the event:

The Future of Farming in India

Date:

28 Nov 2020

Target Audience:

 III & V Sem BBA & BCom students and DSBA Faculty

No of participants:

78

Resource person -                                    

                      Name:

Mr. Dhruv Khanna

 

Designation:

Co-founder Triton Foodworks

 

Organization:

Agricultural Products

 

Mail id:

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Mobile No:

-

 

Venue:

Online:

 

Report prepared by:

Prof Meera Krishnan

Faculty In-charge:

Prof Crissy Mathew & Prof Meera Seshanna

 

In addition to being the co-founder of Triton Foodworks, Mr Dhruv Khanna is a member of the founding team of the UN Green Tech Start-up Hub, an initiative of the UN Environment Programme and is the advisor to the steering committee of BRICS CCI Young Leaders.

Mr Dhruv Khanna is also a cherished alumna of NTU, Singapore where he was honoured with NTU’s Director’s list  and NTU Young Alumni Award.He was also conferred with the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Asia’2019 and Forbes 30 under 30 India ‘2020. 

In his conversation with Mr. Rahul, Mr Dhruv narrated some anecdotes from his stay at Singapore and his foray into the Hydroponic farming back home in India, in early 2014. He further explained all about Hydroponics, the techniques and why Hydroponics; inspiration behind the experiment of bootstrapped urban farming with the hits and misses, achievements and failures and the rollercoaster ride ;taking hydroponics ahead -the revenue model and the business growth ;the marketing strategies ;venturing into US markets;differences in the US market space and India; enumerated the changes that are required in farming for it become a viable option among youth;and lastly the impact of Covid 19 on his organization .

Another Thought Leader speaker series drew to a close with the Question-Answer round.