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Tata Kisan Sansar

TKS is a Branded, Exclusive, Franchised Agri – input Retail Shop Tata Kisan Sansar TKS is a Branded, Exclusive, Franchised Agri – input Retail Shop

Operating Area W.Bengal Jharkhand

TKS – A Spoke Products: Services : Seeds Fertilizers Pesticides Speciality Fert. Organic Fert. Farm tools Animal Feed Services : Mobile Kheti . Foliar Nutrition . Smart Krishi . Soil Testing . Contract Farming Crop Protection

Resource Centre – A Hub Farmers Training Centre Soil Testing Lab Farmers Library Warehouse Demo Farm 3 – 4 acre land

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TKS-Reach & Achievements TKS outlets - 820 Number of Farmers - 2.8 mill Cultivated Land - 4.0 mill ha Business turnover - Rs 1400 cr

Concept of Skills: Generating new options and better choices Enabling the farmer in making the final decision Executing the decision in the field with the latest know-how Overall: 143 million hectares of land to be cultivated Experts: 1 for every 500 acres (requirement: ~5lacs) Practitioners: 1 for every 200 acres (requirement: ~15lacs) Farm Technicians: 1 for every 50acres (requirement: ~50lacs) Roles played by each group for the farmer

Farm Technicians A pioneering effort

Skill building through Partnerships Key Requirement Infrastructure Target candidates Faculty Faculty - Machine Operation Solution Tata Kisan Sansar network School drop outs KVK , Tractor Co. & TCL Operators from Punjab

Course Design Study Center: Tata Kisan Sansar Class room teaching: 2 months On the Job training : 10 months Exposure visits to John Deere Factory, Kisan Melas Faculty : KVK scientists, Experts from TCL & John Deere Eligibility: Rural youth Fee : Rs 2500/- per student

Skills Imparted Driving & Operating skills Repairs & Maintenance Crop cultivation practices

Certification of skills Certification Institute: CCSNIAM Place : Atrauli, Aligarh (U.P.) No. of candidates qualified - 20 Examination Panel: Director, CCSNIAM, Jaipur, Rajasthan Professor and Dean (CP & C), SHIATS, Allahabad, UP Subject Matter Specialist – Agricultural Extension, KVK, Aligarh Evaluation Criteria: Skill Test – Farm Machinery Skill Test – Agriculture Practices Interview

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Inauguration: 30th Sept 2011

Farm Technician: Class room training On the job training

On the Job Training.

Combine Harvesting - Wheat

Combine Assembling

Harvesting : Basmati Rice….an innovation

Written exam: Farm Technician

Skill Test : Farm Machinery Dr Ashok Tripathi, Professor(Farm Machinery) SHIATS,Allahabad testing operating skills

Skill Test : Crop cultivation practices Dr Netra Pal Malik, Sr Scientist, KVK, Aligarh evaluating the knowledge in crop cultivation

Attitude Test : Farm Technician Dr Kamal Mathur, Director, NIAM Jaipur evaluating attitude in candidate

Convocation ceremony: 1st Batch of Farm Technician

Need for Skilled manpower: Skills Area covered (acre) No of farmers covered No of villages covered Skilled manpower requirement Farm Experts 10,000 3,000 20 35,000 Farm Practitioner 500 150 1 705,000 Farm Technicians 50 15 <1 70,50,000

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