Why

This Event

The farms across the globe use 70% world’s water consumed annually. But out of that, 40% is wasted due to inefficient irrigation system & overall poor water management. That’s a shocking truth. Isn’t it?

So, what is the solution? The need of the hour is to embrace technology & innovation to ensure positive impact of water for agriculture along with futuristic policy formulation.

For that, it is essential to nurture innovators and startups to focus more on these aspects and at the same time governments world over, including India, need to come up with a comprehensive policy to tackle the problems of water wastage in agriculture.

Realising this, Villgro Innovations Foundation and Hindustan Unilever Foundation had started ‘Technologies for Collective Good in Agricultural Water Use’ program in 2019 nurturing 9 Startups. The objective of the program is to identify solutions that have a positive impact on water use in agriculture and are solutions that can scale sustainably. To celebrate the success of the program, APAC News Network is organising ‘Uncharted Waters Conclave’. This event is Supported by ‘Villgro’ and Hindustan Unilever Foundation.

Save the Date:
3rd March 2023
 
Venue:
Tamarind Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Time:
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
 
 
 

Key

Themes

Government Policies and Projects Achieving Efficient Water usage in Agriculture

Innovation Adoption among Smallholder Farmers

Future Potential and Opportunities of Partnerships between Government, Industry and Startups in Implementing Policies

Keynote Speaker

Archana Varma, IAS

Mission Director
National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti
Government of India

Key Speakers

R.A.S Patel

Deputy Commissioner (NRM/RFS)
Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Government of India

Kuldeep Singh

Senior DGM
National Seeds Corporation

Shraman Jha

Chief Executive Officer
Hindustan Unilever Foundation

Srinivas Ramanujam

Chief Executive Officer
Villgro Innovations Foundation

Panelists

S Baskar Reddy

Executive Director
Syngenta Foundation India

Hemendra Mathur

Venture Partner
Bharat Innovation Fund

Swetha Kolluri

Head of Experimentation
Accelerator Lab UNDP India

Dr Sangita Ladha

Business Director
Rivulis Irrigation India Pvt Ltd

Sarita Bahl

Country Group CSR Head, South Asia Director
Bayer Foundation India

Featured Startups

Mallesh TM

Founder and CEO
cultYvate

Vinay Chataraju

Co-founder
Kritsnam Technologies

Rahul Bakare

CEO & Founder
Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Prajwal M

CEO
Oscillo

Archana P

Founder
myHarvest Farms

Ekta Jaju

Founder & CEO
ONganic Foods

Rajesh Kumar

Founder & CEO
GreenSupply

Jayanivas Venkateswaran

Founder & CEO
Aana Crop Solutions

Rishabh

Founder
Ekatvam Innovations

#APACwater

Souvik Goswami

3rd March 2023

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