Technology and innovation are pivotal for the growth of humankind. We thrive on progress in research and how it helps us shape our future. With science, humanities, creative fields and quantitative studies, society learns from existing social systems and works towards its sustainability. Bharat has been growing phenomenally over the last few years across diverse industries.
Today, we want our readers to analyze the success story of Deepak Kumar Padhy, whose unparalleled dedication fostered growth in the agritech industry in India. Deepak Kumar Padhy founded Dreamagro International OPC Private Limited in 2021 in Koraput, Odisha. Deepak Kumar has been strengthening the foundations of Dreamagro International to support farmers and Self-help groups (SHGs) by providing them cost-effective agricultural equipment and food processing machinery.
Most importantly, we could understand that Deepak Kumar Padhy vision is to further contribute to the ‘Make in India’ campaign and Atma Nirbhar Bharat. They are empowering rural communities/self help groups while creating alternative livelihood options for rural communities in India with our range of machines in the farming and food processing sector.
Deepak Kumar and his expertise in scientific background inspired him to delve deeper into agriculture and its innovative possibilities. It is riveting to acknowledge visionaries, who want to help Bharat’s farmers thrive in the market and take the agriculture industry to further heights. The rural community is often faced with several challenges to cope with emerging technological advancements. Rising cost of agricultural equipment along with their maintenance makes it a tedious task to provide good output in agriculture. Some of the awards won by Deepak Kumar are Agri Startup of the Year 2023, Innovator of the Year 2023, India MSNE Award 2023 and National MSME Summit.
When it comes to education, Deepak Kumar Padhy graduated from the University of Bristol in Biomedicine. There he did 2 to 3 part time jobs while studying. Deepak took part in the DPIIT competition where he started his career as an entrepreneur, he pitched his idea in DPIIT and his idea got selected. But for financial issues he came back to India during COVID. He began his career in around 2020 and navigated his entrepreneurial success through patience, effective strategy and leadership. Deepak Kumar started his business with just Rs. 1 lakh. His consistent leadership has garnered the business with about Rs. 1.5 crore turnover and expanded Dreamago to 5 districts in Odisha and 1 district in Andhra Pradesh.
The farming equipment made by DreamsAgro International are made in India which are inexpensive and share the latest innovative aspects. As farmers are facing many losses every year due to poor infrastructure and poor equipment. They help in capacity building, creating awareness about crops and giving them training for better farming so that the quality of crops increases and farmers will get justice and good profit. They also assist farmers with branding and marketing solutions so that they can launch their products in the market at better rates. Some of their products include power sprayers, earth auger machines, brush cutters, combine harvesters, rice mill machinery and many others.
The company highly invests their industry expertise in research and development. Anjil Jain is the Co-Founder, Dreamsagro International, works on designing products that are abreast with the current market demands. With an acumen over research and development, Anjil Jain has filed 135 patents and received 12 state and national awards for his commitment to the agritech industry. Since the inception of the company back in 2016, Anjil Jain has devoted his industry knowledge towards the growth of the agritech sector.
Over the years, Anjil has shown resilience in surpassing several challenges like procuring funding, addressing farming issues in the agritech sector and many others. Anjil Jain is extremely vocal about perfection; his purpose has always been towards the progress of the agricultural industry. Along with manufacturing agricultural equipment, Deepak says that it is crucial to maintain these products to ensure optimum efficiency. Dreamagro International provides the right training to FPOs. This helps during selling of machinery and the support is further extended to the farmers.
Creating a thriving community is essential for company growth. Deepak Kumar Padhy has been creating a system that offers technical support to the farmers in regards to maintenance of the products at village and panchayat levels. The company is also creating opportunities in rural areas for machine servicemans.
In a goal to replace farming machinery manufactured in China, Dreamagro International is setting a holistic vision for Atma Nirbhar Bharat. Deepak Padhy, Director and Dr. Dilip Kumar Padhy, CEO, synergizes their insight, experience and expertise in helping Bharat and its farmers. Dr Dilip is a Vijay Ratna Awardee 1998 by the Government of India. He is an expert in homeopathy and has 20 years of experience in the social work sector, working with NGOs. Under the guidance of Dr. Dilip, Dreamsagro International is empowering the rural community to develop socio-economic development under the niche of agri-entrepreneurship. The company is collaborating with FPO and PEs to ensure price uniformity in the small and medium farm mechanization sector.
The company is moving to Ahmedabad to scale their business. They also want to enrich their brand value as it helps with farmers trusting the brand. Being a bootstrap company, Deepak has faced several financial barriers. Expanding to a city will open doors to several opportunities for growth. When we asked Deepak Kumar about his take on success, he said, “A true entrepreneur does not give up. It is important to hustle during the hardest moments, which is the beauty of it.”
