Shashank is Co-founder and CEO of DeHaat who had led the organisation to a current milestone of 500,000+ digitised farmers network in India and current annual growth rate of 3.5x. He believes that technology can bring efficiency and transparency for the supply chain between different businesses and smallholders & that's exactly what DeHaat has been building. He has also been awarded as Forbes 30 under 30 in 2014 & BWDisrupt 40 under 40 in 2018. He is also an Ashoka fellow who has been awarded as distinguished alumni of IIT Delhi in 2017 for significant contribution for national development. He has been awarded as " Champions of Change" by PM - India & Niti Aayog in 2018. Hence DeHaat aims to bring 10mn Indian farmers together at one platform for various agri businesses. Shashank has raised USD 46 mn of investment for DeHaat from marquee funds like Nasper, Sequoia, FMO, Omnivore & AgFunder. Prior to DeHaat, He worked as a consultant in the supply chain industry for 3 years after he graduated from IIT Delhi in 2008.
Shashank Kumar
Co-founder and CEO, DeHaat, India