India, Sept. 27 -- Ajay Kangralkar had just finished his Bachelor of Engineering in construction when the World Trade Centre crisis hit the USA in 2001. As the construction industry was badly hit due to the recession, he took up a job with Cadburys in sales and marketing. In 2003, he joined a construction company in Mumbai but was restless to work by himself rather than under someone. So, he quit to become a construction contractor and a project management consultant (PMC).

Interest for agri rekindled

But, life took a different turn in 2016, when his father-in-law, a Krushi Bhushan awardee, passed away. His father-in-law had exposed him to agriculture. "When he passed away, I started thinking more deeply about agriculture," he said. "I ...