To build a globally competitive Makhana industry, partnerships are the cornerstone. Session 3 brought together industry leaders, innovators, and policy experts to discuss how PPP models and blended finance can catalyse growth across the value chain.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 & 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

𝐌𝐫. Satyajit Singh, 𝐌𝐃, Shakti Sudha

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 INR 50,000 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒚 2035, 𝒊𝒇 𝒘𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒙 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”

✔ Urged HSN code standardisation, AI and blockchain integration, and SOPs for storage and quality

Dr Bipin Bihari 𝐁𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢, 𝐂𝐄𝐎, FDRVC (Foundation For Devlopment Of Rural Value Chains)

“𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏-𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.”

✔ Advocated for women-friendly mechanisation, financial literacy, and market access

𝐌𝐫. Rahul Prakash (. 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐂𝐄𝐎, Amalfarm

“𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄-𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.”

✔ Emphasised processing hubs, logistics investment, and impact investors to fuel scale

𝐌𝐫. Bharat Kumar Bali, 𝐏𝐏𝐏𝐀𝐕𝐂𝐃 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭

“𝑷𝑷𝑷𝑨𝑽𝑪𝑫 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝑷𝑶 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.”

✔ Showcased best practices from existing projects and stressed district-level infrastructure creation

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