A 24-year agriculture veteran, Dr Gyanendra Shukla, Ph.D. (Agriculture Botany) and MBA, recently took over as Regional Lead and CEO, Monsanto India. He is the first scientist to become the company’s CEO, succeeding finance and strategy experts who held the position before him.
Business Line caught up with Dr Shukla to get to know his vision for Indian agriculture and his company’s plans.
Read the full, original story here: “‘Farm research needs regulator to be predictable’”
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