-5th Edition-
AgriCon 2017
Conference on Precision Agriculture Technologies
10th March 2017: Hotel Hilton, Chennai
1000 - 1115 HrsInaugural Session
1000 HrsWelcome AddressCII Office-bearer
1005 HrsSpecial AddressDr K Ramasamy*
Vice Chancellor
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
1015HrsSpecial AddressMr K V Rao
Chief General Manager
NABARD
1025Hrs Special AddressMr S Chandramohan*
President & Group CFO
TAFE Limited
1035Hrs Special AddressMrGagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS*
Agricultural Production Commissioner &
Secretary to Government
Department of Agriculture
Government of Tamil Nadu
1045HrsInaugural AddressDr. Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy
Director
National Remote Sensing Centre
1110 HrsVote of Thanks
1115 – 1130 Hrs Tea / Coffee Break
1130 - 1230 HrsSession I: Geospatial Technologies in Precision Agriculture
1130 HrsOpening Remarks by Session
Chairman
1135 HrsRemote Sensing Applications Mr Swanand Gudhate
Business Development
ideaForge Technology Pvt Ltd.
1150 HrsGeospatial TechnologiesMr K Kannan
Business Analyst
AIMIL Ltd
1205 HrsUAV Applications in AgricutureMrM.ParvezAlam*
Chief Executive Officer
UCAL-JAP Systems Ltd
1220 Hrs – 1230 HrsQ & A Session
1230 Hrs - 1330 Hrs Session II: Building a Digital Agriculture:
Improving Agriculture Profitability
1230 HrsOpening Remarks & Address by
Session Chairman
1235HrsAccelerating Agricultural MachinerySpeaker from Design Company
Design
1250 HrsEnhancement of ProductivityMr. Ashok Sharma
President- Agribusiness and
MD & CEO- Mahindra Agri Solutions Ltd
1305 HrsSmart Irrigation solution: An IOTMr Rajendra Nath Gowsami
Perspective Senior General Manager
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business
Solution Pvt. Limited
1320 HrsDigital Mapping of Pest & Diseases Speaker from PEAT India
1330 Hrs – 1415 HrsNetworking Lunch Break
1415 Hrs - 1525 Hrs Session III: Internet of Things (IoT) in Agriculture
1415 HrsOpening Remarks bySession Dr K Parasuraman
ChairmanChief Scientist
M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation
1420 HrsPrecision Agriculture usingMs Manisha Sharma Kohli
Watson Big Data AnalyticsWorldwide IBM Offering Manager
Watson IoT Platform &
Solutions Provider Ecosystem
1450 HrsAccelerating AgriculturalMrNataraj*
Equipment Vice President
Accenture Labs
1305 HrsGPS & GIS in AgricultureDr V E Nethaji Mariappan
Scientist "F"
Centre for Remote Sensing and
Geoinformatics,Sathyabama University
1505- 1525 HrsQ & A Session
1525 Hrs – 1545 HrsTea & Coffee Break
1545 Hrs - 1700Hrs Session IV: Innovations in Agricultural Mechanization
1545 HrsOpening remarks & AddressDr. Manjeet Singh
by Session Chairman Senior Research Engineer & Head
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University
1550 HrsDesigning Equipment’s for Ms Devi Murthy
Small Farmers FOUNDER & MD
Simple Farm Solutions Pvt Ltd.
1605 HrsAgriculture Next - A 4.0Mr Rao
Chief Technology Officer
TAFE
1620HrsSolar Powered Constant/Dr. Padmakar Kelkar
Continuous Move Pivot IrrigatorDirector
Bright Stars Electronics
1650 Hrs Q & A Session
1700 HrsAgriCon 2017: Sum-up & Conference Conclude