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Part II by Dr. Vivek Damle will cover practitioner’s point of view on

c.) Beyond the debate "is technology good or bad for agriculture" to "How to make

technology work for agriculture“. & d.) How to execute ideas at scale.

The forum is a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts,

professionals, academics, and entrepreneurs for the benefit of students, young
entrepreneurs, startup entrepreneurs and farmers from Maharashtra.

The purpose statement -

• To encourage digitization in agriculture: robotics, sensors, and Big Data analytics
platforms

• To promote Urban/Indoor farming, soil-less farming and Hydroponic farming.

• To guide and encourage students and young entrepreneurs

• To Mentor Agriculture startups: Idea generation, opportunity identification, finance,
Incubation and acceleration.

• To create a symbiotic network of Agri-Tech and allied subjects experts, professionals,
academics, and entrepreneurs.

Founder Mentors:-

• Vivek Damle Ph.D Biotech/Agribusiness Management, Chairman SAVIDA Agri- Com
Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai India

• Ashwin Abhyankar Business Mentor, Ideas, IT and Execution San Diago

• Mandar Godge PhD Plant Molecular Biology Research Scientist Singapore

• Avinash Deshmukh, MSc Horticultural Science, VP Marketing - BASF Asia Pacific

Singapore

• Chinmay Soman PhD Interdisciplinary Materials Science Co-founder and CEO at

EarthSense, Inc Illinois USA

• Girish Chowdhary, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Donald Biggar Willet Faculty Fellow,
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Computer Science

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