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EDII President's Alumnus Award 2023-Social Entrepreneur – Mr
Tapan Kumar Ghosh, Managing Director of Kutch Agrotech Pvt
Ltd, Bhuj and Managing Partner of Ecocell (into trading of Date
Palm Plants & Products).

Tapan is the Managing Director of Kutch Agrotech Pvt. Ltd., Bhuj
and Managing Partner of Ecocell, A Catalyst for Change, which is
into trading of Date Palm Plants & Products. Started his career
from Kutch, Gujarat, he focussed on Date Palm cultivation. He
has tie-ups with renowned tissue culture laboratories of UK,
UAE, France and Iran working specially in Date Palm propagation. He started importing quality planting
material from 2007 onwards. In due course he expanded his area of operation out of Gujarat to Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. He has covered more than 10000 acres
of Date Palm plantation in low rainfall areas of India. Committed to transforming the status of farmer in
becoming agripreneur, his initiative is not only helping farmers in their livelihood but also improving their
financial stake in the society.

Meritorious Awards presented at the 22nd Convocation:

Dahyabhai Chhotalal Charity Foundation (Remik) sponsored Medals:
• Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance in New Enterprise Creation – Nishtha Agarwaal
• Silver Medal for Scholastic Performance in New Enterprise Creation – Shruti Mehata
• Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance in Family Business Management – Ishan Bhatnagar
• Silver Medal for Scholastic Performance in Family Business Management – Roman Gangwani

EDII sponsored Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance in PGDM-IEV – Kartik Kashyap

Sports Awards:

• Best Sports Person in Women's Category - Mrinalini Upadhyay
• Best Sports Person in Men's Category - Harish Negi

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