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Krishna Kumar Founded CropIn which resulted as a Boon for Modern Day Indian Farmers

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Krishna Kumar

Krishna Kumar is the founder and CEO of CropIn which is the main Agri-tech association that is driven with the vision to expand per section of land esteem and the mission to make each ranch recognizable.
He finished his graduation in 2006 from Visvesvaraya Technological University in Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering and has strong specialized training and has arranged all his expert around mechanical advancements.

Subsequent to finishing his graduation, he joined General Electric as Graduate Engineer Trainee and he worked there for a very long time and assumed different parts during his stretch there as Programmer, Senior Programmer, Information Management Leadership Program.

While working for General Electric, he concluded that he would assemble an answer to make a bigger effect on society. Subsequent to exploring numerous areas, Krishna understood that his advantage lay in tackling issues in the agriculture business.
Then, at that point in 2010, he established CropIn which is known for his work in making farms computerized and constructing the advanced framework for farmers. Their products and solutions incorporate distant sensors, AI usefulness, and examination to drive productivity in cultivating, which is at present a major issue.

The overall motive of CropIn was to answer the troubles that farmers need to look at because of an absence of data and environmental change conditions. It has gotten a solid degree of venture from outside sources, with the organization getting $32.6 Million from twelve investors. Strangely, one of the financial investors behind their business is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Entrepreneur India magazine has named Krishna Kumar as one of India’s 25 Top Tech Entrepreneur as a component of the publication’s yearly release of Tech 25 that highlights critical business visionaries who are saddling innovation for everyone’s benefit of humanity.