Meet Shashank Kumar.
He hails from Chhapra, Bihar.
Shashank Kumar is an Indian entrepreneur who co-founded Green Agrevolution also known as DeHaat, a start up working in the agriculture sector in India.
According to Wikipedia, He was awarded with Ashoka Fellowship in 2013 as a global changemaker.
Honorable CM, Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar awarded him as the Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Bihar in 2012–13. NABARD, ISB & PARFI awarded him as leading social entrepreneur in 2013.
In 2014, he got featured by Forbes India magazine as Forbes 30 Under 30.
He was also featured as Amazing Indian by Times Now in 2014. He had also received Role of Honour award during his IIT life in 2008.
He presented DeHaat technology to PM, Rwanda in Delhi in 2015 at Indo-Africa technology summit.
He accompanied PM India & FICCI delegation to Kenya in 2016 to present DeHaat technology.
He was invited to Tanzania by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to participate for deriving efficient model of agricultural extension in 2015.
He was also invited to TiECon silicon valley in 2016 as TiECon speaker.
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