Experience

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  Ruchi Soya

  • Deputy General Manager

    • Aug 2013 - Present

    - Managed the oil palm development activities for the entire operational area- Was involved in the knowledge transfer / technical guidance to staff and cultivators. This helped tremendously in plot upkeep and yield improvement- Introduced and supervised precision drip farming in oil palm plantations across the organization- Supervised the harvest and transport logistics of fresh fruit bunches to the palm oil mills- Was the front for handling regulatory dealings with growers and government officials- Was incharge of monitoring payments made for fresh fruit bunches- Other responsibilities included motivating and training farmers/staff/department officials, PR activities & Propaganda

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  Godrej Agrovet Limited

  • Manager

    • Jun 2008 - Jul 2013

    - Successfully bought 2500 ha under oil palm plantation from paddy cultivation. Oil palm was a new and untested crop to the Tamil Nadu farmers. This involved a lot of hard work and assurances to get the farmers to migrate crops- Contributed to supplying more than 55% of the raw materials involved in oil palm production- Planned and implemented policies to smoothen the functioning of overall oil palm area development operations- Came up with the strategy for enhancing operational efficiency in extension work- Worked closely with the government agencies, farmers and the staffs of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts- Managed and monitored the logistics of delivery of fresh fruit bunches to palm oil mills- Came up with an efficient way to determine the future need against production capacity of items within the predefined standards and financial cost

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  Cauvery Palm Oil Ltd.

  • Senior Manager

    • 2000 - 2008

    - Successfully introduced palm oil as a perennial crop across nine districts of Tamil Nadu- Was involved in planning, organizing and controlling all functions/activities of palm oil area development across the factory area - Trained farmers in the art of palm oil cultivation that made business and financial sense- Managed a high performance team to work on various targets to improve and maintain palm oil cultivation- Was involved in various PR activities

  • Manager

    • 1998 - 2000

    Worked to establish Cauvery Palms as one of the pioneers in the field of palm oil cultivation.

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  Cauvery Sugars and Chemicals Ltd.

  • Tiruchi

  • Senior Cane Officer

    • May 1991 - May 1998
    • Tiruchi

    - Was responsible in bringing a substantial area under cane cultivation. This was hard since the area is historically known to be under intensive Banana cultivation- Successfully tackled harvesting labor shortage by importing hands from far off districts and also training and managing them- Handled the technical cultivation process of planting sugarcane. This was also communicated to the farmers planning to commit- Achieved high output through managing work efficiently and optimally utilizing the resources given- Was the single point contact for raw material procurement, quality control, providing assurances and its timely dispatch- Coming up with a plan to direct, energize, coach, motivate, guide and support farmers