Samit Kumar

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Biography

Mr. Samit Kumar has over 16 years of work experience. He has a blend of expertise from both the corporate and development sectors and has successfully led teams and projects related to farmer empowerment, technology commercialisation, farmer collectives, business incubation, agri-business entrepreneurship, branding and organic farming. His case study presentation on “production and marketing of rice bran oil in India” secured the first prize at an international conference. He also received an “operational excellence award” for designing “effective communication and campaign plans” for the cotton-growing farmers in Madhya Pradesh.

Academic/Professional Qualification

  • B.Sc. (Agriculture)
  • MBA (Agribusiness Management)
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Scrum and Digital Marketing Certified

Areas of Specialization

  • Agri-entrepreneurship

  • Technology Commercialization

  • Business incubation and Commodities Trading

Projects

  • Handled projects related to farmer producer organizations (FPOs), technology commercialization, branding, incubation, commodities trading, agri-business entrepreneurship and organic farming.
Research Publications
  • Samit Kumar, ‘Leveraging On Block Chain Technology To Aggrandize And Scale Organic Agriculture’,IJRAR - International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR), E-ISSN 2348-1269,P- ISSN 2349-5138,Volume.7, Issue 2, Page No pp.850-856, May 2020, Available at: http://www.ijrar.org/IJRAR2002257.pdf
  • Samit Kumar, ‘Technological Intercropping with the Cloud, IoT, and Big Data in Indian Organic Agriculture’, International Management Review (IMR), USA, ISSN 1551-6849, Volume.16, No. 2, 2020, Page No 94-104, September’2020, Available at: http://americanscholarspress.us/journals/IMR/pdf/IMR-2-2020/IMR-v16n2art8.pdf
Seminars & Conferences Attended
  • Participated in the TIFAC-IIASA International Conference: System Analysis for Enabling Integrated Policy Making (12th August 2022) and presented the paper on ‘Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) for enhancing livelihood resilience and women entrepreneurship in Odisha’ under the theme (Theme 4 – Building Resilience: Climate Observations and Modelling for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Reduction, Agriculture and Water).
  • Participated in the 11th National Seed Congress on ‘Recent advances in research on quality seeds for self-sufficiency in Oilseeds and Pulses’ organized by Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, from 21st to 23rd August’2022 and presented the lead paper on ‘Role of farmer collectives in ensuring seed accessibility, affordability and availability (3As)’.
  • Participated in the International Conference ‘Vision 2050: Agri-Business and Food Processing Organization Perspective’ organized by the Department of Food Business Management and Entrepreneurship Development (NIFTEM) organized from 17th to 19th December’2022 and presented the research paper on ‘Production and marketing potential of Rice Bran Oil in India’.