Monday, September 17, 2018

Chairman of Rajkot District Cooperative Bank felicitates U S Awasthi

IFFCO Managing Director and Chairman, Dr U.S. Awasthi was in news recently. Dr Awasthi got felicitated by Jayesh Radadiya, Chairman of Rajkot District Cooperative Bank, at Jamkandorana in Gujarat. To grace the occasion, 15,000 co-operators and farmers were present. Co-operators like NAFED Chairman, V.R.Patel and Gujarat State Cooperative Bank Chairman, Ajay Patel had their benign presence over at the prestigious occasion. Plus, various officials of IFFCO were also present at the venue, along with Mr Yogendra Kumar, who is the Marketing Director at IFFCO. The felicitation ceremony took place during the AGM of the Rajkot District Cooperative Bank.


IFFCO is short for the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited and is among the largest cooperative societies in India. Indian Cooperatives wholly own IFFCO. It was founded in 1967. IFFCO is an amalgamation of 36,000 Indian Cooperatives today. With their help, the organization reaches out to a total of 55 million Indian farmers. IFFCO has had various joint ventures in the past, for example, KIT-Dubai, JIFCO-Jordan, ICS-Senegal, OMIFCO-Oman, etc.
Dr U.S. Awasthi was in the news as he tweeted after the felicitation ceremony on being deeply moved by the gesture.

Dr U.S. Awasthi is a world famous chemical engineer and he has an experience of almost four decades in the industry. All these years, he has worked dedicatedly towards the Indian fertiliser industry. He is known to serve the public, cooperatives, and private sectors of India. Dr U.S. Awasthi has also been in news for enormous efforts made by IFFCO.

The mission of IFFCO is to help Indian farmers taste prosperity with timely supply of superior quality agricultural services and inputs that are highly reliable in nature. All of this is done in a sustainable manner. IFFCO strives to strengthen farmers by focusing on certain democratic and economic aspects. This imparts power and hope to the rural parts of India. IFFCO has undertaken significant activities to uplift the life of farmers in India and continues to do so.

Dr U.S. Awasthi has been in news, where he has toured throughout India to bring farmers and co-operators together on the same platform, so that farmers can further benefit from such a move.