Investors Section
Board of Directors
Aryamman Agarwaal
CEO & Promoter
Aryamman Agarwaal aged 25 years is CEO of our Company, he entered the corporate world at the age of 15 where he worked for a local agricultural trading company and gained experience in exports, imports, market research for specific products, fluctuating markets, accounts and built upon his managerial skills while he finished his higher education from HR College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Further, he decided to pursue further studies in Business Management and Marketing with extra courses in Finance from the University of Exeter, UK.
Although, he had multiple corporate job offers to settle down in the UK he decided he wanted to come back to his country suffering in the pandemic and explore opportunities. He had exposure to his family business which had worked in agriculture in the past and he had studied and worked with multi-billion-dollar Banana based companies such as Dole, Unifrutti and Fyffes in the UK. He was firm and confident about India’s agricultural potential in fresh produce. He led and is leading the company to become one of the largest exporters of fresh produce in India today, especially bananas.
Besides being covered in several articles he was recently invited by the Department of Commerce and the Chairman of APEDA to advise the government on solutions to increase the exports of fresh produce. He is currently working on multiple trials to open more export markets in India and envisions India to become a multi-billion-dollar banana industry.
Furthermore, he is also working on agricultural processing such as a banana chips brand, banana flour and Compressed Biogas (CBG) from agricultural waste.
Mr. Harry Vasant Ashar
Managing Director & Chairman
Harry Ashar is a Chemical Engineer with specialization in Agro Chemicals like Tricontanol (Plant enhancement nutrient), has 28 years of varied hands on experience in Agriculture industry.
He started the career with Dhanuka Agro Limited in the year 1995 to 2002 and trained personnel for different processes from harvesting & farm gate collection, receiving fresh produce for processing, sorting, washing, grading, packing & labeling, storage and distribution. The main contribution was to streamline the processes for wheat, paddy and various agricultural production.
In 2002 he was selected by Delmonte USA for overseeing their plantations in Ecuador & Costa Rica majorly for Banana as well for streamlining plantations of various agriculture produce as a part of backward integration for their supply chain management in Ecuador and Philippines. The key reporting activity was focused from selection of the right breed of fruit or vegetable, plantation of the same with fruit care arrangements and focusing on the right yield per land area. He was associated with DELMONTE ® till 2014 and in this span he held various senior position and gained rich experience and networking in exporting of fresh produce as well quality management as per international standards.
In 2014, he returned back to India and started merchant trading business of mangoes, grapes, pomegranate, banana and few more to distribute in domestic market, he also gave consultancy to various large and mid-size companies for setting up grapes and onion verticals and cold stores with their in-house ripening facilities.
After few years he acquired Trident AgroCom Exports Pvt. Ltd. and became the key promoter of the company, however due to his NON COMPETE AGREEMENT with his previous employer DELMONTE which was valid till December 2020, so he came on Board of the company in January 2021 and passed on his entire expertise and rich experience for setting up the fresh produce division from sourcing to distribution level for the export market. The key result area being to understand the export market demand, selection of the fruits, sourcing the key regions, liaise with team to make decisions for operational activities and set strategic goals, plan and monitor the day-to-day running of business to ensure smooth progress, supervise staff from different departments and provide constructive feedback, evaluate regularly the efficiency of business procedures according to organizational objectives and apply improvements, manage procurement processes and coordinate material and resources allocation, oversee customer support processes and organize them to enhance customer satisfaction, review financial information and adjust operational budgets to promote profitability, revise and/or formulate policies and promote their implementation, manage relationships/agreements with external partners/vendors, evaluate overall performance by gathering, analyzing and interpreting data and metrics, ensure that the company runs with legality and conformity to established regulations.
Mr. Rameshwarlal Kasotia
Director
Mr Rameshwarlal Kasotial is qualified B. Sc, in agriculture, and has approx. two decades of experience in agribusiness / clinical projects.
Mr. Rama Krishnareddy Thatigutla
Independent Director
Mr. Rama Krishnareddy Thatigutla, aged 39 years is the Non-Executive Independent Director of our Company. He is a B.Sc graduate in Agriculture & Postgraduate in the field of Agri-Business Management from Utkal University Bhubaneswar. He had about 15 years of experience in Agri Business. Currently working at Ventura Agri Pvt Ltd & 1000 forms Agri Tech Pvt ltd, He is responsible for Budget planning, Sales and Collection and Business Development, Dealer Management, etc.
Ms. Roshani Vilas Gangawane
Independent Director
Ms. Roshani Vilas Gangawane, aged 31 years is the Non-Executive Independent Director of our Company. She is a LLB graduate & Post graduate (M.com) from Mumbai University. She had about 2.5 years of experience as an Independent Director at Birla Precision Technologies Ltd. She is semi qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and she had also completed her eleven-month management training from RN Shah & Associates where she was responsible for all secretarial work, Drafting, ROC Filing etc.
Dr. Sundeep Priyadarshi
Dr. Sundeep Priyadarshi, aged 61 years is the Non-Executive Independent Director of our Company. He has master’s Degree (MSc) in Botany with a specialization in Cytogenetic and Plant Tissue Culture from Calcutta University, West Bengal and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Science) from the University of Calcutta. Over all, he had about 3 decades of experience in Agri-Business. Currently working as a consultant in the area of Plant tissue culture and various other ancillary matter in Agriculture.