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AHMEDABAD: A business plan to promote agriculture in the country conceived by IIM-Shillong has bagged the first prize at a business idea competition at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). The contest was part of IIM-A’s annual event ” Connexions” organized on Saturday by Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPX) students. The business plan that . . . → Read More: IIM-A Connexions: Business plan to promote agriculture wins prize The year 2008 was a time of pink slips and thinning salaries. For 33-year-old R Venkatesan, it was a good time to change gears and drop out of the corporate rat race. It took a salary cut to make him question the safety of his job-back then he was heading country-wide marketing for a project . . . → Read More: R Venkatesan quit his job at a multi-national company to sell vegetables online via Veggibazaar.com in Chennai. Punjabi innovators are slowly becoming aware of their Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), and many, especially from the agricultural machinery hub of Moga, have evinced interest in getting their works patented or designs registered. However, authorities at Punjab’s Patent Information Centre (PIC) said that though the response was overwhelming, more awareness has to be created in . . . → Read More: Hinterland breeding ground for innovators THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: NABARD chief general manager K C Shashidhar on Friday stressed the need for making animal husbandry a profitable enterprise for drawing entrepreneurs to the sector. He was addressing a consultative workshop on animal husbandry, jointly organised by the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development . . . → Read More: Make animal husbandry a profitable enterprise PATNA: Treading a path less travelled, two IITians have taken to agriculture after turning down lucrative job offers by MNCs and made a mark for themselves within a few months. Beginning their offbeat initiative in October 2010 in Vaishali district, their activities now span six districts in Bihar. Meet Shashank Kumar, an IIT-Delhi graduate (2004-2008 . . . → Read More: 2 IITians turn down lucrative job offers, tread new path in farming AHMEDABAD/KOLKATA: Thirty-five-year-old Gaurav Sahai prefers the rhythmic, rugged beat of his recently purchased power tiller to the soft purr of the Honda Accord he was driving in the US only a few years ago. He enjoys the heat and toil on a seven-acre farm in Ladra Village in Mohali district more than the plush comforts . . . → Read More: Recent uptrend in commodity prices attracts young entrepreneurs to take up full-time farming |
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