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The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) recently felicitated Anand Chandra, Executive Director & Co-Founder, Arya.ag, India’s largest and fastest-growing integrated grain commerce platform as its outstanding alumni, for his achievements and contributions in agriculture. Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar was the Chief Guest for the Convocation and Shri Manoj Ahuja, Secretary (A&FW), GoI was the Guest of Honour.

Arya.ag, co-founded by Anand Chandra in 2013 holds the unique distinction of being the only profitable agritech startup at scale in India. Be it concentrating on the near-farm primary and secondary markets or innovating on the first-of-its-kind price-risk mitigation model for FPOs or deployment of hermetic storage technology, Arya’s aim to impact rural lives and improve livelihoods is always technology driven.
Anand Chandra, Executive Director & Co-founder, Arya.ag, said, “I feel truly humbled and honoured by this recognition. At MANAGE, you learn life tools like grit, resilience, and efficiency, but you also leave with a strong sense of community and social responsibility. The entrepreneurial mindset we develop at MANAGE enables us to impact the world around us. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my Alma Mater for recognising our efforts at Arya to bring a positive change in the farming community.”
Dr K Anand Reddy, Principal Coordinator PGDM (ABM), MANAGE, added, “MANAGE is proud to honour outstanding MANAGE Alumni who have been serving the farming community through their own Agri-Ventures. We recognise the impact of Arya.ag on the agri community and congratulate Anand and the other recipients”.

The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management

Agro Universities, AgroPolicy, Sustainability

Awareness programmes to be organised for 30,000 village heads across the country

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the online training programme for master trainers on natural farming, organised by the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. 

Speaking on the occasion, Tomar said that MANAGE has been entrusted with the task of organising 750 awareness programmes for 30,000 village heads in the country from April to August as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. 

In the coming days, trained master trainers will organize 750 awareness programmes for 30,000 village heads across the country and help in taking forward the initiative of natural farming in their respective states. 4.09 lakh hectare area is covered under natural farming. 

The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Kailash Choudhary and Shobha Karandlaje were also present on the occasion. Manoj Ahuja, Joint Secretary, Priya Ranjan and Director General, MANAGE Dr P Chandrashekhar also addressed the session. Online training will be given by MANAGE to 215 master trainers on the subject of introduction principle and practice of natural farming, which will be completed before August 15.

Awareness programmes to be organised for 30,000