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.


Thursday, August 23, 2018

Gender Diversity and How It Can Affect the Corporate Sector

Gender diversity is a topic that been the subject of discussion quite a lot in recent times, and for all the right reasons too. With social scenarios within the country changing positively and people opening up to similar subjects of gender equality and women empowerment, now seems the right time to involve something as important as this into the existing systems.

Gender Diversity and How It Can Change the Society

The term gender diversity refers to just or equal representation among genders. Breaking stereotypes related to women, gender diversity aims at giving equal opportunities to women across various walks of life. Organizations can greatly benefit from this social outlook, especially in terms of management and output. With gender diversity in the picture, firms stand to gain better and fresher skills, improvement in financial performance, better reputation, increase in customer and client base, and so on.

According to studies, there are certain sets of skills that are singular to women and make them better performers than their male counterparts. Among these talents are, intuition, empathy, awareness of the concerns of people around them, good networking capabilities, good understanding of relationships, and so on. These are things that come naturally to women and can have great utility in work.
Furthermore, the dedication and nurturing abilities that women bring along make them great leaders too.

Gender Diversity in the Corporate World

The corporate sector has become alive to the importance of gender diversity with passing time. Various small to big firms in the recent times can be seen opting for gender diversity in their workplaces. Companies are bringing in interesting schemes to promote the subject and to help the womenfolk do better at work. Flexible working hours, crèches for young mothers, helpful workshops, etc. are a few such inclusions that IFFCO employees list down as promoters of gender diversity in the workplace.

As the times change, we need to broaden our mental horizons and acquire fresh thought processes too. It is only when women and men work together that a country can hope to progress in the right direction.

Thursday, July 19, 2018

IFFCO Bazar – An IFFCO Initiative That is Transforming Lives


IFFCO or the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), one of the largest fertilizer cooperative federations in India, has been in business for over half a century now. Over the years, the organization has not only registered massive growth in business, but also brought about efficient schemes.

Monday, June 25, 2018

3 Initiatives by IFFCO that are Drawing Applause from the Society


IFFCO, India’s largest fertiliser cooperative is known for the good work it has been doing for Indian farmers. IFFCO’s initiatives, led by its MD U.S.Awasthi, have been in news for the right reasons.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Laurels of Dr. U.S. Awasthi - IFFCO Rural Innovation Scholarship and Others


Dr. Udai Shanker Awasthi is the Managing Director & CEO of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) India. He is known for his revolutionary work in the Indian agricultural industry. For over four decades, he has been actively working in the fertilizer industry and has set benchmarks with his contributions.