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  • HELLO.

    I'M ANKIT

     

     

     

    Scientist

    Entrepreneur

     

    Throughout my life, I’ve approached every challenge with enthusiasm, creativity, and a ceaseless desire to achieve success. This passion has paved the way to countless opportunities, unique experiences, and exceptional relationships both personally and professionally. If you’re interested in learning more about me, keep reading or get in touch.

     

  • What I Do

    A graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Banaras Hindu University, Ankit is a social entrepreneur listed by the Times of India, The Telegraph, and many other local daily newspapers in India. He started his entrepreneurial journey while he was a sophomore. During his undergrad, Ankit ran a successful student organization with a motive to leverage platforms in the environment and agriculture for school and college students. In 2015, Ankit started an ag-tech startup in the northern part of India, which solved grass root level problems of the farming community like crop productivity and marketing access to farmers. Currently, Ankit works with Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute implementing programs for startups and entrepreneurs in the US and multiple countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.


    StrengthFinder: Learner, Futuristic, Strategic, Focus, Restorative.

  • Relevant Experience

    A selection of projects I've been involved with:

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    Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

    Work with the Policy team at the intersection of irrigation engineering, policy and entrepreneurship. Implementing programs for agtech startups and entrepreneurs in the US and globally.

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    Biological Systems Engineering Dept. at UNL

    Thesis: 'Water-energy-food nexus in shared smallholder mechanized irrigation schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa'.

    Also, worked on Smart Energy Meter Project (in Nebraska and Wyoming) with a goal to help irrigators better understand the connections between their energy and water use so that they can improve production practices through input cost savings and increased energy and water-use efficiency.

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    DeHaat

    Sr. Project Manager (2017-18)

    Led a CISCO-CSR project focused on the digitization of agriculture and IoT in Bihar, India. Built the project team and spearheaded econometric and supply chain of agricultural inputs. Also, improved the process efficiency by the expansion of agribusiness centers and capacity building of micro-entrepreneurs who run these centers.

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    Farmanze

    Built and designed the company from scratch while working in the remote areas of northern India. Headed farm-to-business (F2B) segment helping farmers grow and sell their produce at a profitable price enhancing their livelihoods.

  • Education 

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    University of Nebraska- Lincoln

    Masters of Biological Systems Engineering 2018-2020

    Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering

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    Banaras Hindu University

    Bachelor's of Science (B.S.) 2011 -2015

    Agricultural Engineering (major)

  • Publications

    Analysis, thoughts and ruminations.

    John Gates (VP Product, CropX) on water in agriculture and his journey as an entrepreneur (written/edited by Nick Brozović)
    Agtech,Water,Entrepreneurship
    John Gates (VP Product, CropX) on water in agriculture and his journey as an entrepreneur (written/edited by Nick Brozović) On a Spring day in mid-April, John Gates, Ankit Chandra, and Nick Brozović sat down for a conversation on the importance of water in agriculture, and what this means for...
    Customer discovery for Agtech startups
    April 20, 2021 · Agtech,Entrepreneurship
    Customer discovery for Agtech startups So you’re an agtech founder — how can you use customer discovery to validate your value proposition & business model? Over the last few months, my colleague Nick Brozović and I have spent time with multiple agtech and cleantech startups in the Midwest. We...
    The US Midwest agtech ecosystem
    February 9, 2021 · Agtech
    Where next, Midwest agtech? Last year, our team had the opportunity to dig into the state of the agtech startup ecosystem in the Midwest, and particularly in Nebraska. Our focus was on companies involved in crop production and livestock systems, and value chains. This represents the majority of...

  • Interests and Skills

    Things I've picked up over the years

    Agtech startups & ecosystem

    Business models

    Water-energy-carbon-food

    Econometric models

    Evapotranspiration models

    ArcGIS

    Geospatial analysis

  • Awards

    A few selected ones

    WaterSmart Innovations (WSI) Graduate Student Scholarship (2019)

    TBI PitchFest Top 100 start-ups in India (2016)

    Pitch4Bihar Top 20 start-ups (2016)

  • Reach Out

    Drop me a line so we can collaborate!

  • Let's Be Friends

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