RAVISWAMY GOUDARA
Ranebennur
Summary
Experienced professional in seed production with over 8 years in parent seed nursery management and hybrid seed operations for various vegetable crops. Demonstrated expertise in maintaining genetic purity, delivering high-quality seeds on schedule, and optimizing nursery processes for robust field establishment. Proficient in integrated pest management, sanitation SOPs, and coordinating multi-location teams, alongside strong data analysis skills to enhance operational efficiency. Dedicated to ensuring quality compliance and promoting sustainable practices in seed production.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional R&D Manager
Plantgene Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
Ranebennur
12.2023 - 05.2026
- Achieved robust management of farm operations leading to improved efficiency.
- Delivered successful hybrid and open-pollinated seed production, enhancing crop diversity and yield.
- Facilitated effective parent seed production and management, ensuring high-quality output.
- Monitored and ensured compliance with agronomy standards, achieving target yields and seed quality.
- Oversaw nursery schedules and seedling health, ensuring timely supply to all production plots.
- Coordinated distribution of healthy seedlings, meeting all planting deadlines.
- Implemented sanitary and integrated pest management measures, resulting in over 1 million seedlings raised annually with high survival rates.
- Collaborated with research teams for timely updates, enhancing overall crop performance.
- Executed field demonstrations for commercial varieties, contributing valuable data for strategic decision-making.
Assistant Breeder
TCI Research Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru
06.2020 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: A subsidiary of Takii India Pvt. Ltd.
- Involved in parent seed production: Ensured 100% genetic purity, and coordinated nursery-to-in house production distribution.
- Involved in developing new hybrids combinations and their evaluation.
- Involved in field trial planning, phenotypic evaluation, and test cross analysis for hybrid performance.
- Managed data on seed production, purity, and inventory across trial and production plots.
- Assisted in Line development, marker-assisted selection for trait integration into breeding lines.
- Other crop support : Pepper, Okra and cucumber.
Assistant Breeder
Ravi Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad
01.2018 - 04.2020
- Oversaw parent seed multiplication, inventory, and annual sowing as per production targets.
- Conducted hybrid trials and ensured parent/hybrid stock synchronization for on-time supply.
- Standardized hybrid seed production protocols, focusing on genetic purity assurance.
Education
M.Sc. - Genetics and plant breeding
University of Horticultural Sciences
Bagalkot01-2017
B. Sc. - Horticulture
University of Horticultural Sciences
Bagalkot01-2015
Skills
- Farm management
- Parent Seed Multiplication: annual, order-based planning, purification, rigorous field inspections, and rouging for genetic purity
- Nursery Management: centralised sowing, calendar-based nursery raising, health checks, timely dispatch of quality seedlings to production locations
- Seed production operations and planning (tomato, cucumber, okra, gourds, and pepper)
- Field agronomy: fertility, IPM, fertigation, sanitation, and GOT testing
- Staff Training and Standardisation: implementation of protocols, SOPs
- Data Reporting, record Keeping, MS Office, (Learning: Python, Tableau, SQL)
- Breeding Support: phenotyping, line development, field trial layouts, marker-assisted selection (as required), handling of segregating population, making new hybrids, and their evaluation at hot spot and commercial locations
- Inventory control
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Team coordination
- Quality assurance
- Strategic planning
- Budgeting
Languages
English (Advanced)
Kannada (Native)
Telugu (Conversational)
Hindi (Conversational)
Accomplishments
- Achieved 100% on-time seedling supply for all planned production targets and locations, eliminating field rejects.
- Improved parent seed purity and reduced off-types, resulting in superior hybrid seed yield and quality.
- Enhanced nursery survivability rates (+15%) and streamlined field planning, attaining zero gaps in production cycles.
- Conducted staff training sessions annually on SOPs for nursery, parent seed, and field production.
- Met 100% seed and seedling supply per order/production plan in >12 locations, minimizing inventory losses.
- Maintained genetic purity levels for parent seeds, lowering off-type rates and boosting hybrid quality.
- Delivered >1 million healthy seedlings annually; consistently improved field stand establishment across production zones.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Hands-on professional with 8+ years’ experience in planning, organizing, and managing vegetable seed production, with focus on parent seed multiplication and field execution as per production targets. Skilled in nursery management, seedling logistics, agronomy and resource planning, and maintaining high standards in parent seed multiplication. Actively involved in seed production and meeting the organizational goals.
References
Name : Lokesh, B. R.
Position : Area Production Manager
Company : Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd., Ranebennur
email ID : lokesh.br@basf.com
Mobile : +91 97314 11669
Hobbies and interests
- Long drive, Trekking, Playing Chess and Listening to Music, Spending time with the plants.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Raviswamy Goudara)
Timeline
Regional R&D Manager
Plantgene Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
12.2023 - 05.2026
Assistant Breeder
TCI Research Pvt. Ltd.
06.2020 - 12.2023
Assistant Breeder
Ravi Hybrid Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
01.2018 - 04.2020
M.Sc. - Genetics and plant breeding
University of Horticultural Sciences
B. Sc. - Horticulture
University of Horticultural Sciences