Agronomist Basic degree in Agriculture Post graduation in Forestry and Management Core Competencies 1. Issues related to Global warming and Climate Change 2. Leveraging Carbon Markets for Poverty Alleviation in Rural sector 3. Rural and Agriculture based project conceptualization, and management 4. Agriculture Technical capacity building for CBOs and NGOs 5. Community based Business Development Services (BDS) 6. Value chain with emphasis on Organic and Fair Trade 7. NPM in cotton, paddy and groundnuts Some of my Accomplishments 1. Introduction of Agro Advisory Services to farmers through ICT using Mobile Phones 2. Guided state level network of NGOs in Sustainable Agriculture in Tamilnadu 3. Enhanced income of farmers by 20 – 25% in Nagapattinam district affected by Tsunami 4. Facilitated participatory income generating activities among sisal fibre cultivators 5. Coordinating bulk marketing of mangoes by linking farmers with Fair Trade processors 6. Setting up of technical systems for Organic Cotton Project 7. Establishment of Farmer Field School (FFS) among NGOs in Tamilnadu. 8. Establishment of Non Pesticide Management (NPM) practices in Paddy among Tsunami affected villages in Tamilnadu 9. Guiding newly formed farmer federations in Post Tsunami Agricultural Rehabilitation 10. Supported income enhancement through bulk delayed marketing in paddy 11. National and International Publications regarding agricultural technologies 12. Initiated a large Organic Cotton Project linked to Organic Khadi making in Tamilnadu. 13. Introduction of Low Carbon Farming (LCF) in collaboration with Fair Climate Network (FCN).