Managing Director – Mahindra EPC Irrigation Limited
Mr. Ramesh Ramachandran, is an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, an MMS from S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research and a B.Sc. (Hon) from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
Mr. Ramesh has more than 30 years of leadership experience in innovation, marketing, strategy, P&L management and various general management functions. This includes 9 years with Unilever’s ice cream and frozen foods business in a variety of UK and European roles as well as 6 years in the London office of a boutique innovation and venturing consultancy where he helped Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 clients incubate and grow new businesses. He also has 6 years of early work experience with Shell in India across Sales, Marketing and Business Development.
Mr. Ramesh joined the M&M group in 2015 and prior to his current role he set up and headed both Krish-e (a Farming as a service vertical) as well as strategy and precision farming for the $4B Farm Equipment Sector. As business head for Krish-e he led a team across technology, sales and operations and created and scaled a range of value-added services for farmers. Krish-e’s advisory, rental and digitization services have impacted more than 100,000 farmers and generated a gross merchandise value (GMV) of Rs 450 crore for the business, to date.
He is a veteran Agri and AgTech professional and has served as a board member for 3 Agri tech startups – one each in India, Switzerland and Canada.
From 1st September 2023, Mr. Ramesh Ramachandran has taken over leadership of Mahindra and Mahindra’s Agri sector which includes Mahindra EPC Irrigation Limited, Mahindra Agri Solutions Limited and Mahindra HZPC Limited.
Mr. Ramesh has also served as a member of several CII and FICCI councils and committees including the National Council of Agriculture and was co-chairman of the CII Western Region Rural Urban Committee.