Amit Saha

Amit Saha

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Director at FoGS global R&C with the mission to help access sustainable disruptive frontier technologies in herbs and dairy to the stakeholders for a sustainable planet, community and environment.

  • Education

    • Coursera

      2018 -
      Certificate Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 92.3%

      Data Warehouse Concepts, Design, and Data Integration by University of Colorado System on Coursera. Certificate earned at Friday, March 23, 2018 11:41 PM GMT

    • Coursera

      2017 -
      Certificate Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 93.7%

      "Database Management Essentials by University of Colorado System on Coursera. Certificate earned at Sunday, June 4, 2017 4:22 PM GMT"

    • Coursera

      2018 - 2018
      Certificate Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration 91.3%

      Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses by University of Colorado System on Coursera. Certificate earned at Monday, June 25, 2018 4:19 PM GMT

    • Vyomayana Samastha Vidyalaya

      1978 - 1990
      Senior school certificate English, Biology, Physics, Chemistry

      Activities and Societies: Music, debate, writing

    • National Dairy Research Institute

      1994 - 2003
      M.SC, Ph.D. Dairy Economics

      Developed a model to fulfill the goals and aspirations of millions of farmers in India

    • Alison

      2020 - 2020
      Certificate in Alison Publishing Pedagogy A
    • Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology

      1990 - 2003
      B.Sc (Agricultue) Agiculture

      Here my base for future work begins

    • Universität Hohenheim

      2001 - 2003
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Agricultural Economics
  • Experience

    • Professional Assistance For Development Action (PRADAN)

      Sept 1996 - Nov 1996
      Development Executive

      Worked in watershed projects of PRADAN in Kishangarh block of Alwar district in Rajasthan in community organization and in project execution of building checkdams, irrigation management and water management.

    • Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited

      Jun 1997 - Jun 1998
      Marketing Executive

      Work involved appointment of dealers and subdealers, distributors and warehouse management, rake handling; inventory management, credit handling, accounts management, demonstration of fertilizer and pesticide application through extension education, plot demos and adverstisement strategies

    • IFCN Dairy Research Network

      Jan 2001 - Jan 2011
      Dairy economist

      Was responsible for monitoring database of typical dairy farm types in Asia; analysis of data and presentation of results; working on farm modelling to analyse, benchmark, develop stochastic models for risk minimization and identifying best options for increasing productivity.

    • Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany

      Jun 2001 - Dec 2001
      DAAD Fellow

      Worked in University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany with Prof. Dr. W. Doppler in developing a goal program for optimizing dairy farming systems using GAMS Software for my PhD

    • FAO

      Nov 2003 - Dec 2003
      Consultant

      Execution of the project on PPLI (ProPoor Livestock Inititative) on benchmarking, impact and risk analysis of dairy farming systems in India.Worked in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana with local,cooperative, public and private stakeholders.Two working papers published out of the study.

    • Institute of Farm Economics, TI Braunschweig Germany

      Jan 2004 - Oct 2005
      Post doctorate

      2. Worked in Federal Agriculture Research Centre, Braunschweig, Germany as post-doctoral research fellow in analysis of smallholder dairy development for developing countries. During this project served as consultant to FAO in ProPoor Livestock Project Initiative (PPLPI) for its project in Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa for risk analysis of smallholder dairy farming . A number of publications were based on these studies.

    • National Dairy Development Board

      Nov 2005 - Dec 2014
      Manager

      1. Providing intelligence and need based consultancy on strategic and operational decision making by management in National and International issues, Market related and farm level issues in dairy industry2. Providing need based reports to the management on the dairy related issues and parliament questions as and when needed3. Held the position of MIS I/charge of Raipur District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited for one year under rehabilitation project.4. Routing of milk collection routes for Raipur milk union and Jalgaon milk union using GPS and ArcGIS software for optimizing milk transportation costs and route planning.5. Management of Internet Based Dairy Information System for 4 states – Maharasthra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Chattisgarh on a monthly basis covering about 32 milk unions and 5 metro dairies on about 700 variables related to milk procurement, input services, prices, marketing, processing, accounts and organizational development of cooperatives. This covered a communication network with over 60 officials from different cooperatives.6. Managing an international project on cost of milk production as country partner. The project involved setting up typical dairy farms from 6 states covering the country. The task was of organizing data collection, training of supervisors, data valiadation and model running using a harmonized softwared for international cost comparison , TIPICAL of IFCN.7. Undertaking training of Union officials in managing information system and providing MIS reporting to management Show less

    • Lupin Human Welfare & Research Foundation

      Feb 2007 - Feb 2007
      PRA Expert

      PRA ( Participatory Rural Appraisal) expert in World Bank Poverty Initiative Project in conducting poverty mapping and identifying opportunities for poverty alleviation in Bharatpur , Rajasthan through grassroot level community mobilization and field studies

    • IFCN Dairy Research Center

      Jan 2015 - now

      Farm Comparison - managing the data sourcing, analysis and reporting - Team leader of the Dairy Farm Analysis Group - Farming Systems Research - Global dairy sector economic analysis - Consultancy projects on dairy sector analysis - Presentation on dairy analytical issues in key events globally - Innovative ways of analysing, developing KPIs and tools for farm analysis Show less

      • Dairy Consultant

        Nov 2019 - now
      • Senior Researcher

        Jan 2015 - Oct 2019
    • FoGS Global Network

      Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
      Founder and CEO

      Our mission is to spearhead frontier technologies in food, health and livelihoods in an interactive and symbiotic manner to enhance the development of sustainable food systems globally.

    • Herbalife Nutrition

      Nov 2019 - Jul 2022
      Senior Consultant

      Consulting and coaching for holistic wellness

    • FOGS Global Research & Consultancy Centre

      Apr 2021 - now
      Founding Director and CEO

      Disrupting the dairy and fresh herbal value chain through frontier innovations

    • FresHerbal Ahmedabad

      Apr 2021 - now
      Director
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agribusiness centre

      Ministry of agriculture , india
    • Happy at Work Workshop

      HimPuls Germany
    • Setting up AgriClinic Business Centres

      Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India
    • Zertifikat Deutsch

      Telc GmbH - The European Language Certificates
    • B2 Deutsche Kurze

      Inlingua
    • Basic Programme on Derivatives

      BSE Institute Ltd
    • DAAD Fellowship

      DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
    • Data Analysis Using SAS for Dairy Managers

      National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
    • National Eligibility Test for Assistant Professor in Indian Universities

      National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP)/ Indian Council of Agricumtural Research
    • IFCN Dairy Award 2006 for best Network Analysis

      IFCN Dairy Research Center
    • Training of Trainers Course

      Human Touch HR Consulting
    • Phaenomenon and Gift Course

      Oneness University
    • Introduction to e-learning

      Alison
      Dec 2019
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    • Relational Database Support for Data Warehouses

      Coursera
      Jun 2018
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    • Entrepreneursip Orientation Programme for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

      ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research
      Jan 2021
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    • Database Management Essentials

      Coursera
      Jun 2017
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    • Business Intelligence Concepts, Tools, and Applications

      Coursera Course Certificates
      Sept 2018
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    • DPIIT Approved Startup

      Startup India
      May 2021
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    • ESSR Participation

      ESSR Ecole de Santé de Suisse Romande
      Dec 2020
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    • Alison Publishing Tool Training Course

      Alison
      Dec 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Data Warehouse Concepts, Design, and Data Integration

      Coursera
      Mar 2018
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