1. B B Singh, Tata Chemicals Ltd, Noida, 8th July 2016
Skill Building
for
Mechanization of small farms
B B Singh, Tata Chemicals Ltd, Noida, 8th July 2016

2. Tata Kisan Sansar

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

4. Operating Area
W.Bengal
Jharkhand

5. 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

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

7. TKS – Model (Hub & Spoke)
Resource Centre
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8. TKS-Reach & Achievements
TKS outlets - 820
Number of Farmers mill
Cultivated Land mill ha
Business turnover - Rs 1400 cr

9. 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

10. Farm Technicians A pioneering effort

11. 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

12. 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

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

14. 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

15. Study Center:

16. Inauguration: 30th Sept 2011

17. Farm Technician:
Class room training
On the job training

18. On the Job Training.

19. Combine Harvesting - Wheat

20. Combine Assembling

21. Harvesting : Basmati Rice….an innovation

22. Written exam: Farm Technician

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

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

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

26. Convocation ceremony: 1st Batch of Farm Technician

27. 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

28. Thank you