Archive: July 26, 2022

Safex Chemicals Aims to become a 1,000-crore company by the end of FY 22

New Delhi, July 2022: Safex Chemicals, the nation’s leading Agrochemical Company, has clocked a glorious growth journey by registering a revenue worth INR 782 Cr during FY21. Marking it as one of the most significant increases in the last 12 years, the company now envisions becoming a 1000 Cr valuation enterprise by the end of this financial year.

The agrochemical sector has witnessed a significant rise in opportunities to build resilience in maintaining effective management of food safety processes amid numerous challenges, including the climate changes (erratic monsoons) that led to an unpredictable demand pattern in FY22. The global pandemic further posed some serious hurdles by impacting the supply chain activities due to disruptions in transportation amid nationwide/state-wide lockdowns and the resultant labour shortage, fear among the employees to resume work, supply chain concerns, inflation and rise in commodity prices.

Safex has maintained its exceptional business momentum since the pandemic’s beginning with major advancements and product developments. It recorded an impressive revenue growth worth INR 702 Cr even in FY20. Armed with an intent to emerge as the most prominent name across the Agrochemical Industry, the company has already recorded a 21X revenue growth and 32X operating profit growth since the last 12 years of its inception.

Sharing his excitement about achieving such remarkable growth numbers, Mr. S.K. Chaudhary, Founder & Director, Safex Chemicals said, “Safex has been a significant part in enabling heightened crop productivity & crop protection in India for nearly 29 years now on the back of our world-class infrastructure, superior products, last mile connectivity and commitment to. This has helped us contribute immensely to the country’s food security, quality of life and health scenario. It’s heartwarming to witness our years of painstaking labour bear such remarkable results. Having clocked such a remarkable and inspiring growth journey by evolving our workflow, we are now focusing on skill enhancement and continuous workforce training to generate better outcomes by the end of this financial year.” 

Safex Chemicals currently operates with a 12,000+ dealer network, 1,200+ employees, six plants and 60+ warehouses across the country.

HAP to increase Milk Collection Centres aggressively from 3100 villages across Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra…

Mumbai, July 2022: Hatsun Agro Product Ltd.(HAP), a leading private sector dairy company in India, with brands ‘Arokya’, ‘Hatsun’, ‘Arun Icecreams’ has announced its procurement expansion plans in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. HAP has over 3100 milk collection centres that benefits farmers across various villages in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra. HAP plans to aggressively expand this network of milk collection centres in these three states to effectively serve over 1 lakh farmers.

HAP plans to position further its milk collection centres at remote locations to ensure farmers have access to the facility and help them reap the real benefit of having access to such a facility in their own village thereby providing them with market access leading to prosperity to our rural sector.

Hatsun Agro Product Ltd procures 100% of the milk directly from farmers and has heavily invested in procurement infrastructure over the years to effectively handle significant volume of milk.

HAP is India’s first dairy company to work on increasing farmer income by reducing cost of production. The company has been collaborating at the University level to commercialize its high-yielding, protein-rich hybrid Napier green fodder (kambu / bajra) such as Co-4 and Co-5.

Many of HAP’s farmers have halved the cost of feeding their cows by cultivating Co-4 and Co-5 hybrid fodder. By using cow dung as manure, brush-cutters to save harvesting labour, rain-guns to cut water consumption and milking machines, labour costs have reduced significantly.

Milk Procurement Ecosystem @ Hatsun Agro Product Ltd 

• Transparency with regard to farmers in all aspects-weighing, testing and billing in front of them Eko Milk Analyser for testing Fat & SNF in-front of the farmers Cashless payment through direct bank transfer to farmers even before Demonetisation. This system has single-handedly eliminated middlemen and loan sharks.
• Direct payment has brought farmers to the mainstream banking system that were earlier financially excluded and made them credit worthy.
  Electronic Weighing scale being used for accurate measurement of milk
• All collection centres within 2 Kms of the farmer’s place to ensure milk is collected fresh from the source.
• Timely collection
• Fixed time for route vehicles monitored by a team
• Extension services to farmers by way of Feed & fodder inputs, supply of cattle supplements and Ethno veterinary care.
• Animal Husbandry Services: Support & guidance on clean milk production, disease control, vaccination etc. by a strong team of artificial inseminators, agronomists & animal husbandry professionals and over 1000 procurement staff.
• Hatsun Processing and Distribution System: Hatsun ensures complete cold chain right from milk procurement, processing and supply chain logistics until the milk and milk products reaches the retail point. The collected milk is processed at our own processing facilities and distributed through company exclusive HAP Daily outlets of around 3500.

Candid Communication organises Eastern India’s one of the largest Education Summits ‘Edu-Meet 2022’ at the KIIT Campus, Bhubaneswar

Edu- Meet 2022 was powered by Pathfinder and had Alliance Broadband as a broadband Partner, KiiT as a supporting partner, and Sanjiban as a wellness partner

Bhubaneswar, 25 July 2022: The first edition of a one-of-a-kind Education Summit – ‘Edu-Meet 2022’ was organised for the first time in Eastern India on Sunday, at the KiiT Campus-7, Bhubaneswar. The event was inaugurated by Yemi Odanye, Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, Rohit Pujari, Minister of Higher Education, Orissa, Arun Lal, Former Indian Cricketer and Cricket Commentator, Dr. Mona Lisa Bal, Chairperson, KiiT International School, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, Transgender Rights Activist and Sukriti Patannaik, National Co-Chair INWEC. Climate Change, Special Education Needs, Gender Bias, and the Future of Sports in India were the four main focuses of Edu-Meet’2022. The Education Summit, instituted by Candid Communication in collaboration with the ‘Association of Leaders in Education, British Council’, ‘BOPTER’ and ‘NASSCOM’, is claimed to be Eastern India’s prominent education summit. The summit has Pathfinder as powered by partner, Alliance Broadband as Broadband partner KiiT as supporting partner and Sanjiban as wellness partner .

Bhubaneswar is emerging as a knowledge hub in India with several new public and private universities, including the establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology. Odisha has fared reasonably well in terms of literacy rates. It has had a tradition of educational excellence since ancient times, hence there could not have been a better time to organise the education summit in this emerging hub of education in Eastern India.

The Summit brought together notable names for each of the panels to discuss and address various developmental concepts of the society. The first panel ‘Green Climate and Education – Impacts, Policies & Actions’ addressed the rising concerns about Climate Change. It was chaired by Aditya Pundir (Director, South Asia, The Climate Reality Foundation), Chiranjeet Chatterjee (Program Director, South Asian Ear for Environment- SAFE) and Saikrishna Mohanty (Managing Partner at Solar Infra and EC Head INWEC).

The panel thereafter that was ‘Girls’ Education, Gender Equality and Special Education’ was among the most prolific topics, throwing light on the seriousness of Gender Equality and the need for Inclusive Education. The panel was chaired by Deepa Sundara Ranjan (Assistant Director, Society India EDI Lead, British Council), Dr. Mona Lisa Bal (Chairperson, KiiT International School), Laxmi Narayan Tripathy (Transgender Rights Activist, Bollywood Actress), Merry Barua (Founder Director Action for Autism, National Centre for Autism).

The third session ‘Chak De India’ focused on the core scenario of sports in India and its future. The session was chaired by Arun Lal, Former Indian Cricketer and Cricket Commentator, Prasanta Banerjee veteran Indian Footballer and Hanshi Premjit Sen, Referee and Judge, World Karate Federation.

The fourth session was on the premise of ‘Skilling Indian Youth – Issues and Challenges’ which focused on the importance of skill-oriented programs to recognize an individual’s potential career. The session was chaired by Shri S.M. Ejaz Ahmad (Director, BOPT (ER) (Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Govt. of INDIA), Dr. Sanjay Suar (Principal, KiiT International School).

Dr. Mona Lisa Bal, Chairman, KiiT International School, said “It won’t be far off to state that today was completely captivating. I was exposed to extraordinary viewpoints during the course of the event since I was surrounded by maestros from many walks of life. I hope the event leaves our viewers with as much as it did with me.

Ms. Swati Chakrabarty, Director- Operations, Candid Communication said, “There could not have been a better time and initiative than Edu Summit 2022 when the students who are fresh pass out of school, are aiming to have the best platform in the form of colleges/institutions which will help them to reach the pinnacle of success. We bring one such platform to guide them best towards their desired destination.”

About Candid Communication:
Candid Communication, established in 2003, has been a frontrunner in the industry since its inception and today, it is acknowledged as the largest public relations and communication agency in the Eastern part of India. Headquartered in Kolkata, Candid Communication owns eight self-owned offices in the country and connected to 41 cities in India through channel partners. Besides its office in India, the organisation also has a wholly owned subsidiary of its Indian entity in United Kingdom – Candid Communication UK. This subsidiary has been endorsed by Department for International Trade (DIT), Government of UK in 2017, to set up