Dr.Sachin Kushwah
Chandigarh
Summary
I have a breadth of 14 years of experience across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Haryana in various domains: crop insurance, livestock insurance, motor insurance, banking, rural development, organic certification, seed processing, agricultural marketing, agri-innovation and climate change, agricultural value chain adjustments, and agricultural technology. Significant role in driving sustainable development and empowering communities in rural areas.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
State Head Rural & Agri Business
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
Jaipur
09.2021 - Current
- Liaising with the Agriculture Department, banks, the State Co-operative Department, the District Administration, and other government authorities.
- Effectively handled the cluster with the team on the field.
- Developed an enthusiastic and motivated team to achieve the stipulated target.
- Ensuring prompt customer service and delivery in adherence to TAT.
- Ensuring compliance with the requirements for the government and schemes related to the rural and agricultural insurance schemes.
- Facilitating senior management in the escalation zone.
- Implementing strategies for achieving business targets, both in terms of numbers and geographic spread, as set by senior management in respect to rural and agri-business.
- Organizing and participating in workshops, conferences, fairs, and meetings, and preparing MIS for internal and external authorities in respect of rural and agri-business.
- Premium collection through banks and ensuring timely in warding and booking of business sourced.
- Mongering all operations data of crop insurance, as well as general insurance.
- Participation in crop-cutting experiments, collection of yield data, and monitoring data from the weather station.
- Reconciliation and preparation of MIS for the reporting of information to internal and external authorities in specified formats.
- Manage state-level and district-level teams handling data of crop insurance (PMFBY).
- Undertaking ownership and ensuring delivery of work as per timeline.
- Strategy planning and implementation, as per GOI, to achieve the assigned premium target of all activities.
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop your teams to achieve career development goals.
- Drive strong financial results and growth of your portfolio to ensure deepened, optimal customer advocacy.
- Monitor strategic business plans for the secondment period.
- Tertiary qualification in a business-related field.
- Develop and improve professional excellence through the management of individual and team performance.
State Head Rural & Agri Business
Leads Connect Services Pvt .Ltd
Bhopal
11.2020 - 08.2021
- Manage business relations with existing insurance companies and government departments.
- Developed and implemented performance improvements and plans to promote continuous.
- Administrative and functional support to project staff members.
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop your teams to achieve career development goals.
- Drive strong financial results and growth of your portfolio to ensure deepened, optimal customer advocacy.
- Monitor strategic business plans for the secondment period
- Tertiary qualification in a business-related field.
- Develop and improve professional excellence through the management of individual and team performance.
- Developing and maintaining a strong knowledge of agricultural customers in the local marketplace, including the nature and progress of high-value agri-businesses, their financial position and structure, and the terms and conditions of financial services used.
- Teamwork is necessary.
- Identify whether the government has developed regulations or standards to identify the quality of fertilizers for handling and usage.
Manger Rural & Agri Business
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
Jaipur
10.2016 - 10.2020
- Implementation of Crop Insurance in Haryana, Rajastha MP and CG
- Implemented WBCIS, MNAIS and PMFBY scheme
- Liaisoning with district administration for implantation of crop insurance
- Premium collection through banks and ensuring timely in-warding & booking of business sourced
- Organizing/Participating in workshop, conferences, fairs, meetings and Preparation of MIS for internal and external authorities in respect of Rural & Agri business
- Participation in crop cutting experiments, Collection of yield data and monitoring data from weather station
- Ensuring that the business sourced is as per UW & compliance requirements
- Reconciliation and Preparation of MIS for the reporting of information to internal and external authorities in specified formats
Manger Rural & Agri Business
EM3 Agri Service Pvt Ltd
Ujjain
02.2016 - 09.2016
- Ensuring filed crop survey for crop maturity stage and identified of potential business market
- To achieve the defined revenue targets for mechanization of services on assigned Area
- Ensuring order efficiency and deployment of resources during the season
- Provide marketing support, ensure branding and customer communication as per approved plan
- Timely serves providing of customer mechanization for the farming
- Improved brand awareness by monitoring all marketing campaigns and fostering membership acquisitions and business development
- Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs
- Assisted with marketing strategy creation and advertising initiatives to better promote facility to Rural Area
- Created, managed and executed business plan and communicated company vision and objectives to motivate teams
- Liaison with of government officer reading customer hiring center
- Identify new business of Agri technology in the area
Manger Rural Agriculture development
Gramco Infratech Pvt.Ltd.
Indore
04.2014 - 01.2016
- Drove operational improvements which resulted in savings and improved profit margins
- Managed quality assurance program, including on-sit evaluations, internal audits and customer surveys
- Resolved Farmer problems, improved operations and provided exceptional client support
- Developed team communications and information for business meetings
- Implementing competitive strategies for generating sales of Agri product like Fertilizer & Pesticides & seed
- Dealer Requirement and communicating the same to the sales teams for Accomplishment of the business goals
- Achieved target of monthly and annual basis
- Identify new business area planning of our center
- Mention warehouse activity and as per government guideline like storage
- Monthly review meeting our team of achieved target in allocated area
- Developing of farmer Producer Company in Agri product
- Monitoring Organic project as per NPOP & NOP
Organic Inspector
Biocert India Pvt.Ltd.
Indore
09.2013 - 03.2014
- Managed a quality assurance program, including on-site evaluations, internal audits, and organic certification.
- I was coordinating for the Organic Certification audit for different standards, like NPOP, USDA-NOP, GOTS, and Fair Trade.
- Certified product of Grower Group, Processor, and processors and handlers of organic crop. Wild crop.
- Apiculture, livestock, and livestock products as per accredited organic standards.
- Managing the development activities in the organic farming project.
- Managed the full life cycle of assigned audits in alignment with departmental procedures, delivering progress reports as well as closing reports to senior management and clients.
- Developed team communications and information for certification meetings.
- Maintaining good relations with the clients.
- Prepare the audit report and submit it, defining the timeline as per NPOP.
- Help the project teams in preparing the audit documents/ICS documents.
- Coordinate and assist in the external auditing.
- Responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the documentation related to audits and ICS.
Seed Quality Officer
Eagal Seeds & Biotech Pvt.Ltd.
Indore
04.2013 - 09.2013
- Conducting different types of tests for knowing and improving the quality of seeds of field crops, such as germination tests, physical purity, viability tests, vigor tests, moisture tests, seed health tests, and EP tests, etc.
- Develop seed treatment protocols, and standardize them for different crops.
- Appraisal of screen sizes for effective seed grading.
- Preparation and implementation of the QA module in the Quality Department for efficient functioning.
- Preparation of the Master File of Quality Assurance, inventory reports, and warehouse stock reports, etc.
- Preparation of the Seed Analysis Report for the entire sample sent for testing to the lab.
- Preparation of all types of reports, release orders, QC certificates, etc.
- For the seed samples and warehouse.
Education
Ph.D. - Agriculture
Sunrise Agriculture University Alwar(R.J)
Sunrise Agriculture University Alwar(R.J)05-2025
Master of Science - Plant Pathology
Bundelkhand University Jhansi UP
Institute Of Agriculture Sciences Jhansi UP04-2012
Bachelor of Science - Soil Conservation And Water Management
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
Indore05-2009
Skills
- Crop insurance
- Agricultural research
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Customer relationship management
- Team building
- Regulatory compliance
- Project planning
- Financial analysis
Certification
- I am a certified 'Great Manager' at the Great Manager Institute in India for 2024
- Nationalsymposium on integrated farming systems for sustainable agriculture challenges and opportunities (IFSSA-2011) Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (UP) on "Activity of Four Plant Leaf Extracts Against Fungal Pathogens of Rice"
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Beginner
A1
Accomplishments
- Best Claim Management award
Timeline
State Head Rural & Agri Business
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
09.2021 - Current
State Head Rural & Agri Business
Leads Connect Services Pvt .Ltd
11.2020 - 08.2021
Manger Rural & Agri Business
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
10.2016 - 10.2020
Manger Rural & Agri Business
EM3 Agri Service Pvt Ltd
02.2016 - 09.2016
Manger Rural Agriculture development
Gramco Infratech Pvt.Ltd.
04.2014 - 01.2016
Organic Inspector
Biocert India Pvt.Ltd.
09.2013 - 03.2014
Seed Quality Officer
Eagal Seeds & Biotech Pvt.Ltd.
04.2013 - 09.2013
Ph.D. - Agriculture
Sunrise Agriculture University Alwar(R.J)
Master of Science - Plant Pathology
Bundelkhand University Jhansi UP
Bachelor of Science - Soil Conservation And Water Management
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
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