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Date: 19th July, 2014Time: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Venue: HALL-D, CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex,Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, INDIA

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O u r V i s i o nTRANSFORMING INDIAN AGRICULTURE

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’

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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Mr. Narayanan Vellayan is the founder and head of organic fertilizers and waste managementSBU in Coromandel International Ltd, a Murugappa Group Company. Mr. Narayanan hail from thepromoters’ 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, sugarand organic fertilizers as a core products range.

Mr. Narayanan on completion of his schooling joined Bristol University for his Law Degree. He served as anassociate with KPMG, London for 2 years before joining Coromandel. He has been instrumental in settingup waste management business in Coromandel which he now leads and mentors. Mr. Narayanan hasplayed an advisory role in designing suitable waste management strategy for the cities of Chennai andPondicherry in India.

Mr. Narayanan was invited by World Bank, Hanoi and delivered his key note address on “Success story ofone of the largest organic compost markets” on behalf of India in their “Waste workshop” organized on13th 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 onbiological control of pests and diseases by using predators, parasitoids, microbes, natural pollination bybumble bee and rejuvenation of soil health through microbes. Mr. Mahesh kumar completed his Masterof Science in Nematology at Gent University, Belgium and Wageningen University, Netherlands and is arecipient of Erasmus Mundus grant for the Master of Science in Nematology, 2010-2012. Koppert is theinternational market leader in the field of biological crop protection and natural pollination. Koppert has areputation internationally for reliability, innovation and quality. Koppert’s ongoing research andcontinuous production of beneficials and pollinators contribute to the development of sustainableagriculture 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 orientedfamily. His early schooling was at Sainik School Bijapur in Karnataka State. He is also an alumnus of India’spremier 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, hemigrated to Australia in 2001. CV learnt the technique of Hydroponics from the best of growers andconsultants and resources in the Hydroponics Industry in Australia and is a passionate proponent andpioneer in the field of Hydroponics in India. He wears several caps and plays the role of a hands-onGrower, 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 andhis is an awe inspiring project that he commenced in India in late 2008. His mission is to bring technologyof growing one’s own clean, green food to every person on the planet through tried and tested simplifiedand commercial technology.

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Dr GNANA SEKAR R,PRINCIPAL CONSULTANTGS DAIRY FARM CONSULTING

Dr. Gnana Sekar, known as GS in the animal feed and health industry is a qualified postgraduate in Animal Nutrition (Dairy cattle nutrition) from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal withveterinary science as basic qualification from Nagpur veterinary college and is an active life member ofAnimal 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 farmersholding one animal and with the large farms with more than 2000 animals. He has conducted more than100 technical seminars for dairy farmers, veterinary practitioners, feed manufacturers throughout Indiafocusing feeding of dairy animals for efficient production and reproduction, stress management in dairyanimals, young stock rearing, transition cow management etc. He has provided more than 1000 feedformulations to the dairy farms to reduce the feeding cost and to improve the production. GS Dairy FarmConsulting 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 inChennai as Chief Technology Officer with major research focus on developing commercial-scaletechnologies for the production of biofuels/bioenergy/green chemicals from algae. He has over 25 yearsof research experience in the area of environmental and agricultural biotechnology. He was instrumentalin developing a novel zero effluent discharge “composting technology” to treat and utilize the distilleryeffluent for agriculture and aquaculture applications. During 2007, he initiated microalgae biofuels andanaerobic digestion research programs in the University of Georgia in the US funded by US Department ofEnergy (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 richindustrial experience in avionics and UAVs delivering to private and public sector clients. His expertise inautopilots gives Autobirdz a leading edge in drone technology. Autobirdz Systems Pvt. Ltd. was foundedin 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 UAVtechnology 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,DIRECTORDANFOSS INDIA

Lt. Cdr (Retd) Nagahari Krishna leads the strategic initiatives and industry affairs function atDanfoss India. In this capacity with a leadership role focuses on business development and knowledgepositioning 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 inthe country.

Industry affairs expert, with 15 years of work experience has held various key roles and was part of theadvisory group YES BANK. Responsible for working closely with central and state Governments in thepolicy advocacy, project advisory, Governance reform, Public Private Partnership (PPP), mobile, rural andfinancial inclusion in diverse sectors such as agriculture, urbanization, mining.

Mechanical Engineer with marine and controls specialization and an alumnus of IIM Calcutta, member ofthe CII national task force on cold chain and plays an active role in energy efficiency committees at variousindustry and governance forums.

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Mr. Ravi Saraogi is the co-founder and COO of Uniphore Software Systems. Uniphore is Ravi'ssecond company, and he harnesses vast experience in directing technology teams in initiatives spanningmobile theft security, wireless network development, and mobile learning applications. Ravi is currentlyan active member of the Mobile Payment Forum of India (MPFI), where he identifies and developsbusiness opportunities in the field of mobile payments. He is renowned for his excellent analytic skills, hisdexterity in problem resolution, and his proclivity for driving operational excellence in projects deliveredto 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 systemsengineering with competencies in solar pumping systems, product development, marketing and projectmanagement. He has experience in creation and management of channel partners. He is an expert inEnergy 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 IEEEConference on Industrial and Information Systems. He is currently the Manager of Solar Business Groupat Kirloskar Brothers Ltd .

MR. PRADEEP SHARMA,MANAGER, SOLAR BUSINESS GROUPKIRLOSKAR BROTHER LTD

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