Mr Salil Singhal, Deputy Chairman CII Northern Region & Chairman Secure Meters Ltd, while addressing, shared concerns about the challenges which come in the way of leveraging this huge opportunity.
He said that there is a need to put in place clear “growth engines” for the rural sector that will lead to employment and income generation. Given the structure and complexities of the Agrarian and the Rural economy of the country, the most important characteristics of which is small and highly fragmented land holdings.
Adequate levels of technology use, credit and marketing interventions can be brought about only if value adding agribusinesses come forward to invest in the farm sector, impact the value chain in their entity, and link them to the markets.
The Conference included thought provoking presentations and discussions by persons of eminence and key companies engaged in the rural retail sector including Mr Kalyan Chakravarty, Country Head- Food & Agribusiness Strategic Advisory & Research YES BANK Ltd, Mr Sanjay Chhabra,Head – Retail Operations, DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd,Mr Laxman Singh Rathore, Chief Operating Officer- Agribusiness, Tata Chemicals Ltd, Mr Ajai Rana, All India Corn Crop Group Lead, Monsanto India Ltd, Mr Rohtash Mal, Chief Executive Officer, Field Fresh Foods, Mr Sanjay Sethi, Vice President, Premium Farm Fresh Produce Ltd,Mr Arvind Chaudhary, Chief Executive Officer- Food Business, Pantaloon Retail Inida Ltd, Ms Shashi Sareen, Director, Export Inspection Council,Mr Shailendra Tyagi, Vice President- Marketing, ITC Ltd, Mr Jaymin Shan, Category Manager- Perishables & Staples, Hypercity Retail (India) Ltd, Mr Kumar Ashish, General Manager- Rural, Micro banking & Agribusiness Group, Mr K R Suresh Kumar, General Manager- Retail Sales, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Mr K Muralidhara Rao, General Manager, NABARD, Mr Arun T T , Project Head- Samruddhi, Rural Innovations Network Foundation.
The diverse technical sessions on the agenda comprising Rural Retail 2015,Rural Hubs – Organising Food Value Chain, Rural Retail- Beyond Selling Agricultural Inputs, Orgnaised Retailing- Role of Government/ NGOs/Financial Institution, powered by thoughts of an experienced pool of eminent speakers, make this Conference a distinct learning forum for over 150 delegates representing varied industry segments, aspiring to leverage the huge potential in Rural Retail.
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