Akash K S

Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.

• All India and State study tour in 2018.
• Participation in Intercollegiate sports meet.
• Participation in NSS camp held by College of Horticulture, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada.
• Completed in junior division NCC And also have all India level Shivaji Trial Trek competition.
• Training visit to ITOr Foods, Hulgola, Uttara Kannada for training in production of ready to serve quality minor fruits juices like Indian gooseberry, Tamarind, Acid lime etc. and processed products of vegetables. Marketing strategies in processed products.
• Training in Horticulture Research and Extension Station, Sirsi, Uttara Kannada, for training in plantation, spice, medicinal and aromatic crops nursery management, nutrient management, good crop protection.
• Attended the Workshop from Enoteca - The wine academy, WEAT- Wine Education, Appreciation and Tasting, we get an knowledge about viticulture, vinology, importance of wine in our health.
• Participation in workshop conducted by Jawaharalal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research, CNR Rao Hall of Science, Bengaluru. Based on Advanced Nanotechnology in chemistry.
• Participation in Capacity Building and Entrepreneurship Development in Vegetable Nursery Management conducted by Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru and Training on dairy farming, hydroponics and piggery farming.
• Participation in Business Prospects in Processing of Fruits and Vegetables conducted by BESSR-HORT, IIHR Bengaluru.
• Participation in workshop on Dairying and Hydroponic Fodder Production by State Livestock Breeding and Training Centre, Hessarghatta, Bengaluru.

• Bio-fertilizers production and Bio-agents production.
• Essential oil Extraction and Mushroom production.
• Dealing with beneficial insects and micro-organisms.
• Production aspects in fruits, vegetables, spice, medicinal and aromatic and plantation crops.
• Hydroponics and exotic horticultural crops production.
• Solving all the queries of Farmers related to agriculture, horticulture and allied discipline. I will be acting as an technical consultant to guide the farmers regarding their queries and issues pertaining to agriculture.

• Omkar Cashew Grading Industry, Sirsi, 1 week, Input and output delivery of cashew nuts. Processing of cashew nuts. Marketing aspects. Critical situation handling and profitability management.
• Shree Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals, KengreMata, UttaraKannada, 1 week, Input and output delivery of ready made medicinal products. Export strategies of ayurvedic products. Production and storage of medicinal crops and their products.

• Listening to music
• Swimming.
• Playing cricket, volleyball.

• HRT (Experimental Technique in Horticulture), Studies on growth characteristic of Trichoderma spp. on different culture media and carrier material for mass multiplication of Trichoderma spp.,
• ELH (Experiential Learning in Horticulture), Where our team cultured and marketed the Bio-agents and Bio-fertilizers products like Trichoderma sp, Pseudomonas sp, Verticillium sp, Metarhizium sp, Nomuraea sp, vermicompost production, compost culture production, VAM production. Also get an experience in handling of Laminar air flow in a better way for the culturing of these bio-agents in a laboratory manner. Get an extraordinary knowledge in marking strategies and skills to attract the farmers in a better way to get the profit and given good quality products in bio-agents and bio-fertilizers. Get more experience in handling the situation of critical conditions and horti-business management.
• RHWE (Rural Horticulture Work Experience), In RHWE me and my collage mates completed our Rural camp stay which has organized in villages of Haveri dist. During that time I got a very good knowledge and also shared my own knowledge in Improved modern technologies and regarding agriculture and horticulture, marketing strategies. and Integrated Pest and Disease management. Vermicompost production, VAM production. With the help of RSK, combined with AO, AAO, AHO we visited to the farmers field examined the crops and given good recommendations. Demo on Soil and Water samples collection. Distribution of Soil Health Card. Examine the problems regarding crop production aspects and marketing aspects. Given good education in nutrient management in plantation crops, fruits crops and vegetable crops. Exhibition on the aspects of horticultural new technologies and methodologies. Given good information regarding food processing aspects. Mushroom production. Given education regarding borewell recharging, water conservation, rain water harvesting. Given proper knowledge in implementation of new government technologies and facilities to increase economics status of farmers. Given information on latest government schemes in agriculture. Given good information regarding organic production of horticultural crops. etc to the local farmers. At last we also learn about farmers good old age practices in production and food storage aspects.