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SPEAKER PROFILE 1 AgriCorp 2013 “Making Agriculture Remunerative” October 24-25, 2013 at ITC Grand Central, Mumbai About the AgriCorp: The Agriculture Committee of Bombay Chamber has been organizing AgriCorp Conference since the year 2000. The Conference continues to take lead and maintain its distinctiveness through well articulated recommendations which provides a road map for creating a facilitative environment to enhance growth and development of Agriculture. Objective: To understand recent developments, trends, challenges in agriculture and Identify actionable areas to make the sector profitable. To identify technology imperatives for water use efficiency and other agri inputs To recommend improvements in post harvest management practices, including technological innovations To recommend areas for modernization and improving efficiency along the value chain To increase private investment in agriculture To create and identify opportunities for easy access to finance About Bombay Chamber: Established in 1836, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is one of the oldest Chambers in the Country. Bombay Chamber has an illustrious history of 177 years, and has, as its constituents, more than 4500 professionally-run companies from various sectors who together contribute a significant portion of India‟s trillion dollar economy. The Chamber has played a significant role in the development Mumbai. The Chamber serves as an effective vehicle of communication between the regulatory bodies, the corporate and the society. The Chamber collaborates with other Industry associations, industry associations from Mofussil areas and thus increases its reach to the decision makers beyond boundaries of Mumbai. The Chamber contributes effectively towards overall development of its member companies by addressing core issues and remaining responsive to the needs of business. Over the past few years the Bombay Chamber has moved somewhat from the traditional role of advocacy with Government and facilitating trade and Industry to play a larger role of "Corporate as a Citizen". Bombay Chamber is also concentrating on promoting good Governance and ethical conduct in business and public life towards the greater good of Society encompassing promotion of skills training, arts and culture, in addition to ensuring equitable and balanced industrial growth in a sustainable manner. 2 3 4 Advisory Committee- AgriCorp 2013 Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Chairman, AgriCorp 2013 and MD & CEO, National Collateral Management Services Ltd. Mr. Sanjay Kaul is currently, MD & CEO of National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCML). Professional experience spanning 36 years, of which 28 years has been in the Indian Administrative Service (1979 batch, Karnataka Cadre), 5 years in the private sector, and 3 years in teaching/research assignments. Prior to joining NCML, he worked as the first Director and CEO of the NCDEX Institute of Commodity Markets & Research, His last assignment with the Government was as Joint Secretary (FCI and Food Policy), Ministry of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India. Email:[email protected] Mr. Anil B Jain, Chairman, Agriculture Committee & Member Managing Committee, Bombay Chamber and MD &CEO, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. Mr. Anil Jain has served as Managing Director and CEO of Jain Irrigation Systems since 1992. He is a veteran professional with over 25 years of experience in core strategic areas such as finance and banking, domestic and international marketing, strategic planning, horizontal and vertical expansion, and change management. He is an advocate for the marginal, subjugated farmer‟s cause across the world, and works zealously for the issues of food security and water security in the underdeveloped and developing world. Mr Jain has a degree in commerce from Pune University (1984) and a degree in law from Mumbai University (1986). Email: [email protected] Homi R Khusrokhan, Financial Advisor. Mr. Homi Khusrokhan is a B.Com from Bombay University, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a M.Sc. (Econ.) from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He worked for 29 years with Glaxo & Burroughs Wellcome in India and retired in 2000 as MD of both companies. Thereafter he was MD of Tata Tea and later Tata Chemicals, both globally ranked 2nd in their industries. After retirement from the Tata Group in 2008, he now serves on the Boards of several companies in a non-executive and advisory capacity. In February 2009, he was appointed a Special Adviser to the Government-appointed Board of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. to assist with the successful turn-round of the company and the induction of a new strategic investor. He is President of the Bombay Natural History Society and Chairman of the Western Region of the Employers Federation of India. He has been the Chairman of the Advisory Committee for 2 previous Agricorp Conferences of the BCCI. Email: [email protected] Dr. Dilip Kulkarni, President- AgriFood Business, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. Dr. Kulkarni graduated in agriculture and earned a prestigious fellowship of FAO to acquire his Master‟s degree in Food Technology from CFTRI, Mysore and subsequently Ph.D. He was DANIDA Fellow for one year at Denmark, Consultant in Indonesia, Advisor and visiting Professor at University of Mauritius, visiting fellow to Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and had academic visits to U.K. Germany, France, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia, USA. He established Agri Food Research Foundation of India and served, as its first Director. Email:[email protected] Mr. Anirban Ghosh, VP - Strategic Planning for Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Mr. Anirban Ghosh has studied Electrical Engineering at Jadavpur University, Calcutta and has subsequently attended the Fellow Program in Management at IIM, Ahmedabad. He began his career with Hewlett-Packard Division, Blue Star Ltd. and then moved to Modi Xerox. He Joined the Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in 1999 and has handled various portfolios in Sales, Marketing, Strategy, New Business Development and has been the President of Mahindra USA Inc. Currently he is the Vice President for Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics in the Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors of Mahindra. Email:[email protected] Mr. Kaushik Modak, Managing Director & Head, Corporate Banking, Rabobank International. Mr. Kaushik Modak is a Chartered Accountant and has a career span of over 20 years. At Rabobank India he is overall responsible for Corporate Banking. Corporate Banking includes all client coverage for Commercial Banking, Advisory & Debt Market businesses of Rabobank India. Prior to joining Rabobank, Kaushik was the Principal and Head Debt Capital Market for Bank of America, Over the years he held various senior level positions in various reputed financial institutions in Corporate Banking, Treasury Management, and Debt Capital Market. Email:[email protected] Mr. M.V. Subramanian, Head - Rural & Inclusive Banking, Axis Bank Limited. Mr. MV Subramanian has been a banker for over 35 years. He is now heading the Rural and Inclusive Banking Department of Axis Bank as a President. Under Rural Banking portfolio, he is responsible for all types of Agri lending including commodity finance, Warehousing finance, microcredits and various partnerships with Corporates for tie-up loans. Prior to this bank, he had worked 5 in Standard Chartered Bank and two nationalised banks. As in-charge of Financial Inclusion vertical, he had worked closely with the underprivileged sections of the society in execution of projects for rural employment wage distribution, pension products, remittances, micro savings and insurance products. Email: [email protected] Dr. V. Eswaran, General Manager (Agri Business), State Bank of India, Corporate Centre, Mumbai. Dr. V. Eswaran is academically a veterinarian working in State Bank of India for the past 33 years and is now heading Agri-Business portfolio of State Bank of India covering more than one crore farmer families responsible for policy making and direction setting for around 10,000 Agri Lending branches across the country. Dr.V.Eswaran joined State Bank of India in 1981 as Rural Development Officer (RDO) and worked in various capacities mainly in agriculture development and also as Branch Head (BM) in eight different branches handling variety of areas including catering the needs of farmers, industries, housing, auto, NRI under Personal-segment areas. Email : [email protected] Mr. Bhupen Dubey, Head Integrated Business, United Phosphorus Ltd. Mr. Bhupen Dubey has worked with global enterprises such as Hoechst, Agrevo, Aventis and Bayer Crop Science. His academic achievements include a Gold medal and Dr. M. S. Swaminathan scholarship for his post-graduate studies in Agriculture Science. Bhupen is armed with a Diploma in Sales and Marketing from Bhavan‟s College of Communication & Management, Mumbai. Mr. Bhupen Dubey now heads a combine business of Advanta India Limited and UPL – Agro Formulations. He is also leading a transformational multi-stake holder projects catalyzed by World Economic Forum, Geneva –Switzerland. Email : [email protected] Mr. Narendranath Mishra, GVP & Head-Agri & Inclusive Banking, Development Credit Bank Ltd. Mr. Mishra is Graduate in Agriculture and PGDRM from IRMA, Anand. He has a work Experience of more than 14 years including Rallis India Limited, ICICI Bank and DCB