Deepak Pareek

Deepak is a founder of HTPL a management consulting organization focused on the Agriculture sector. HTPL works with AgTech companies, Producers (Farmers, Corporate Farms, Farmer Cooperatives, and Farmer Produce Organizations), Governments and Multilateral Agencies and Agriculture Businesses (Agro Inputs, Commodity Buyers and Service Providers).
HTPL also supports startups and incubators/accelerators in the Agriculture domain.

I am a dedicated Agriculture Economist and Technology Strategist with a deep-rooted passion for advancing the agricultural industry through innovative solutions and data-driven insights. I am committed to shaping the future of sustainable farming practices and agribusiness.

As an Agriculture Economist & Technology Strategist, I have had the privilege of working on a diverse range of projects and initiatives that have directly contributed to the economic growth and sustainability of the… Show more

I am a dedicated Agriculture Economist and Technology Strategist with a deep-rooted passion for advancing the agricultural industry through innovative solutions and data-driven insights. I am committed to shaping the future of sustainable farming practices and agribusiness.

As an Agriculture Economist & Technology Strategist, I have had the privilege of working on a diverse range of projects and initiatives that have directly contributed to the economic growth and sustainability of the agriculture sector. My work involves:

📈 Analysing Market Trends: Leveraging my expertise in economics to conduct in-depth market analysis, identify key trends, commodity balance sheets and prices and provide valuable insights to stakeholders.
🌾 Promoting Sustainable Practices: Advocating for and implementing sustainable agricultural practices that optimize resource utilization and minimize environmental impact.
💡 Technology Integration: Spearheading the integration of cutting-edge technology solutions into agriculture, from precision farming techniques to data analytics platforms, to enhance productivity and decision-making.
🧮 Business Modelling: Developing robust models to evaluate the viability of agricultural projects, secure funding, and maximize returns on investment.
🌍 Global Perspective: Collaborating with industry stakeholders, government agencies, and international organizations to address global food security challenges and agricultural development.
🚀 Technology Strategist: Bridge the gap between traditional farming practices and the digital age.
📲 AgTech Advancements: Identifying emerging technologies such as IoT, AI, and blockchain to create innovative solutions that optimize agricultural operations, increase yield, and reduce costs.
🤝 Collaboration: Fostering partnerships with tech companies, startups, and research institutions to drive the development and adoption of transformative agtech solutions. Show less

Engage with global agriculture sector stakeholders to create winning partnership with Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture (ICFA).

The ICFA is the apex body in India, working on business, policy, and development agendas and serving as a global platform for trade facilitation, partnerships, technology, and agribusiness services.

Played a pivotal role in mobilizing support and setting up objectives and future direction of the Global Pulses and Grains Council. Engaged with stakeholders including government bodies, private players, think tanks, foreign high commissions, and embassies to bring everyone on the same page for the betterment of the sector. The establishment of the Global Pulses and Grains Council by ICFA represents a strategic endeavor aimed at addressing industry challenges, leveraging emerging… Show more

Played a pivotal role in mobilizing support and setting up objectives and future direction of the Global Pulses and Grains Council. Engaged with stakeholders including government bodies, private players, think tanks, foreign high commissions, and embassies to bring everyone on the same page for the betterment of the sector. The establishment of the Global Pulses and Grains Council by ICFA represents a strategic endeavor aimed at addressing industry challenges, leveraging emerging opportunities, and driving growth and prosperity in the pulses and grains sector. Through a comprehensive approach encompassing advocacy, research, market development, and stakeholder engagement, the council is committed to fostering a conducive environment for sustainable agriculture. In doing so, it significantly contributes to global food security and nutrition objectives. Show less

The Asia Africa Food Forum is an industry association that serves as a platform for connecting and fostering collaboration between businesses and stakeholders in the food and agriculture sectors in Asia and Africa. This forum aims to facilitate discussions, knowledge sharing, and partnerships to address various challenges and opportunities within the food and agriculture industry across these two continents.

Key objectives of the Asia Africa Food Forum typically include:

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The Asia Africa Food Forum is an industry association that serves as a platform for connecting and fostering collaboration between businesses and stakeholders in the food and agriculture sectors in Asia and Africa. This forum aims to facilitate discussions, knowledge sharing, and partnerships to address various challenges and opportunities within the food and agriculture industry across these two continents.

Key objectives of the Asia Africa Food Forum typically include:

1. Networking: Bringing together professionals, companies, and organizations from Asia and Africa to create opportunities for networking, information exchange, and collaboration.

2. Trade Promotion: Promoting trade and investment in food products, agricultural commodities, and related services between Asia and Africa.

3. Knowledge Exchange: Facilitating the sharing of best practices, innovations, and research to enhance food security, sustainability, and overall industry development.

4. Capacity Building: Organizing workshops, conferences, and training programs to build the skills and capacity of individuals and organizations in the food and agriculture sector.

5. Policy Advocacy: Advocating for policies and regulations that support the growth and development of the food and agriculture industry in both regions.

By bridging the gap between Asia and Africa in the food and agriculture sector, the Asia Africa Food Forum aims to contribute to economic growth, food security, and sustainable development in these regions while fostering international cooperation and partnership in the industry. Show less

Indigram Labs Foundation (ILF), an ISAP subsidiary, is a six-year-old Technology Business Incubator affiliated and supported by NSTEDB, DST, GoI. ILF is fostering and nurturing viable business ideas in the domains of Agriculture, Food Processing, Renewable energy, Rural Healthcare Education to grow full-fledged business enterprises that touch & transform rural lives. As of date, ILF facilitated 100+ Startups.

Benzai10 Investment Ventures has been created to harness the depth of experience our partners in the fund management team have in the AgTech and allied sector space and a vast network of relationships around the Agri and allied sector start-up ecosystem. The fund will cater to the unmet need for early/ seed-stage funding.

Benzai10 is currently in the fund-raising mode and is looking for LPs for their fund..

AgriWatch is a consulting firm that provides market intelligence, research, and advisory services across the agribusiness value chain. AW is bridging the information and insight gap that exists in various sub-sectors of the agricultural economy in general and agricultural commodities trade in particular through access to lakhs of farmers and thousands of traders.

Building agriculture value chains which are transparent, fair and sustainable using Blockchain.

Advising on future direction, strategy, and funding.
Functional Areas of impact include but are not limited to Leadership, Business Development, Product Development, New Markets Access, and Funding.
Domains of interest include but not limited to Industry 4.0.

Deepak is a member of World Economic Forum and was honoured as Technology Pioneer 2018. He also was invited to speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of Champions (Mini-Davos) – Tianjin 2018 and World economic Forum ASEAN - Hanoi 2018. Deepak is part of the World Economic Forum's Experts Network as an expert on Digital Transformation. He is also part of various subgroups of the World Economic Forum and nominated to participate in forums activities around Future Food, Accelerating… Show more

Deepak is a member of World Economic Forum and was honoured as Technology Pioneer 2018. He also was invited to speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of Champions (Mini-Davos) – Tianjin 2018 and World economic Forum ASEAN - Hanoi 2018. Deepak is part of the World Economic Forum's Experts Network as an expert on Digital Transformation. He is also part of various subgroups of the World Economic Forum and nominated to participate in forums activities around Future Food, Accelerating Sustainable Production, and Production 4.0. Show less

DigiAgri is a platform that holistically integrates every ecosystem player and technology to deliver value to farmers. As a CEO provide vision to DigiAgri to use cutting-edge technologies including Machine Learning, Blockchain, Geo-Spatial Technology, Computer Vision, Mobile Technology, Drones and Internet of Things for improving profitability and productivity of small and marginal farmers on one hand and providing valuable insights to agriculture ecosystem participants (Agri-Input Companies… Show more

DigiAgri is a platform that holistically integrates every ecosystem player and technology to deliver value to farmers. As a CEO provide vision to DigiAgri to use cutting-edge technologies including Machine Learning, Blockchain, Geo-Spatial Technology, Computer Vision, Mobile Technology, Drones and Internet of Things for improving profitability and productivity of small and marginal farmers on one hand and providing valuable insights to agriculture ecosystem participants (Agri-Input Companies, Agri-Finance Companies, Government Agencies and NGOs to name a few) on the other. DigiAgri is currently engaged in different activities across multiple countries (India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Iran, UAE) serving thousands of farmers. Show less

MyCrop is a collaborative platform that strives to combine Cutting Edge technology (AI/ML, IoT, Cloud Computing), Innovative Business Model, and Focused Human efforts to empower smallholder farmers.
MyCrop is a Technology enabled initiative for farmers that empower them through Farmer Mitra delivering them Information, Expertise, and Resources, to increase their Productivity & Profitability hence improving their Standard of Living.
MyCrop uses cutting-edge technologies including Machine… Show more

MyCrop is a collaborative platform that strives to combine Cutting Edge technology (AI/ML, IoT, Cloud Computing), Innovative Business Model, and Focused Human efforts to empower smallholder farmers.
MyCrop is a Technology enabled initiative for farmers that empower them through Farmer Mitra delivering them Information, Expertise, and Resources, to increase their Productivity & Profitability hence improving their Standard of Living.
MyCrop uses cutting-edge technologies including Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Internet of Things for improving profitability and productivity of small and marginal farmers on one hand and providing valuable insights to agriculture ecosystem participants (Agri-Input Companies, Agri-Finance Companies, Government Agencies and NGOs to name a few) on the other. MyCrop is currently engaged in different activities across 7 countries (India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, Iran) serving thousands of farmers.
Deepak and MyCrop were honoured as Technology Pioneer 2018 by World Economic Forum and is currently a member of various World Economic Forum communities including Future Food and Production 4.0. MyCrop is amongst youngest organisation to be honoured as Technology Pioneer an honour given to organisations like Twitter, Google, Airbnb and Mozilla in past. MyCrop was awarded as Best Start-Up in Information Technology by Indian Council for Food and Agriculture. Deepak was also amongst top 100 Social Entrepreneur listed by National University of Singapore and DBS Foundation. MyCrop was also the winner of AI for Good 2019 - NASSCOM, amongst top 60 Technology Start-Ups at Rise – Hong Kong, and top 500 innovative Start-Ups at Pioneers – Vienna.
Initiatives undertaken by MyCrop under Deepak’s leadership has Increased Productivity of Farmers, Reduce their Cost of Cultivation, Enhanced Quality of Output, Catalysed Sustainability of Cultivation and hence increased Income of thousands of farmers. Show less

Lead a young team of technocrats to create a Super Network of Social Networks called HnyB. Was involved in creation of organisation and bring to the board best practices to ensure company achieves its goal. Key area of focus was to understand dynamically evolving social networking marketplace and redesign and retune product to provide user unchanged high quality experience. Worked with cutting edge technologies in Web Services, Mobile Platform and Collaboration ecosystems. Created innovative… Show more

Lead a young team of technocrats to create a Super Network of Social Networks called HnyB. Was involved in creation of organisation and bring to the board best practices to ensure company achieves its goal. Key area of focus was to understand dynamically evolving social networking marketplace and redesign and retune product to provide user unchanged high quality experience. Worked with cutting edge technologies in Web Services, Mobile Platform and Collaboration ecosystems. Created innovative business models to ensure end user is not charged for utilising majority of services offered by the product. Incubated, nurtured and mentored various ideas and concepts, helping them create deliverable service or product on HnyB Platform. Bring on board enterprises, social and digital marketing professionals and application developers. Create marketing and branding strategy for a global roll out.
HnyB Technologies is a Social Technology focused company passionate about developing next generation Social Technology platform, HnyB and Social Technology Product HnyB+. HnyB is a all inclusive Social Collaboration & Management platform which makes leveraging Social Networking phenomena easy, fast and hassle free for a large section of the Internet & Mobile Population. HnyB is developed by a team of professionals, technocrats & researchers having diverse and exhaustive experience. HnyB, an initiative of ‘HnyB Technologies’ which is a startup based out of India, is focused on delivering excellent and efficient social experience. Deepak Pareek is the brain behind HnyB and is having hands on approach towards its development. Show less

Successfully created EziEducation India’s first 24X7 (IP-TV) interactive education channel delivered thru Cable, Satellite, Web and Mobile Internet Device. The EziEducation concept and its execution was appreciated by corporate, government, and not to forget end-users as it delivered quality education and training to masses at very low or no cost using cutting edge platform independent Digital Content Technology. Structured business model in an innovative manner to ensure the concept becomes… Show more

Successfully created EziEducation India’s first 24X7 (IP-TV) interactive education channel delivered thru Cable, Satellite, Web and Mobile Internet Device. The EziEducation concept and its execution was appreciated by corporate, government, and not to forget end-users as it delivered quality education and training to masses at very low or no cost using cutting edge platform independent Digital Content Technology. Structured business model in an innovative manner to ensure the concept becomes self-sustainable. Received a letter of admiration from Hon. CM of Gujarat Narendra Modi for excellence in field of Quality Rural & Distant Education. Was involved in structuring agreements with ISPs, DTH and Cable Operators for broadcast of channel across multiple media. Show less

Responsible for creating and leading the company’s new independent business group EziVentures and product EziBox. Created a fully operational profit centre from scratch within span of six months. Responsible for developing strategies for company’s Retail Business, working consistently towards new business creation, expansion, growth, and development. Deftly handled various assignments that included - conducting market analysis, product reviews, niche market identification, raising funds thru… Show more

Responsible for creating and leading the company’s new independent business group EziVentures and product EziBox. Created a fully operational profit centre from scratch within span of six months. Responsible for developing strategies for company’s Retail Business, working consistently towards new business creation, expansion, growth, and development. Deftly handled various assignments that included - conducting market analysis, product reviews, niche market identification, raising funds thru venture capital/private equity/project financing, branding and product strategies, along with day to day operations. Generated profits with in first quarter of the initiative by creating opportunities with existing as well as developing new clients. Lead all new initiatives of the organisation in diverse area including Education, Media and Communication Technology. Structured Business Group EziVentures and subsequent spinoff EVPL from scratch with a successful portfolio of products (EziBox & EziEducation) and services (EziCast). Show less

Deepak was taking care of non-US business for Resource4Business (R4B). R4B is recognized as one of the leading research and consulting firms specializing in the analyses of high technology areas, covering enterprise & open source, networking, internet, telecommunications, mobility & wireless and professional service companies and the markets in which they participate.
Servicing an international clientele of high-technology vendors, IT professionals and business executives, R4B has… Show more

Deepak was taking care of non-US business for Resource4Business (R4B). R4B is recognized as one of the leading research and consulting firms specializing in the analyses of high technology areas, covering enterprise & open source, networking, internet, telecommunications, mobility & wireless and professional service companies and the markets in which they participate.
Servicing an international clientele of high-technology vendors, IT professionals and business executives, R4B has continually distinguished itself by providing timely, accurate, high-quality information and research in a format which is uniquely responsive and tailored to our clients' needs.
Working with a host of blue-chip clients globally on complex issues has enriched R4B’s experience and knowledge assets, enabling it to provide unbeatable value and time-to-market in all the engagements.
Organizations looking for a comprehensive strategic knowledge solution, banks on R4B and see it as one-stop value-hub that helps them meet business challenges. Show less

Achieved high profit realisation by initiating steps to drive business growth, process improvement, enterprise efficiency and minimising development & deployment costs, also managed steady growth in customer satisfaction by partnering with clients across the lifecycle, suggesting strategies, architectures, and solutions, assisting them in leveraging technology investments to the max.

Manage Business Development and Strategic Planning for Exim’s Advisory, Consulting and Financial Services. Responsibilities included prospecting, requirement analysis, customer acquisition, key accounts and institutional relationship management. Developed and nurtured relationship with domestic and international trade/finance/ commerce bodies and institutions like WBG, IFC, MIGA, AfDB, CBI, IIT to name a few.
Launched new advisory and management consulting services catering to need of… Show more

Manage Business Development and Strategic Planning for Exim’s Advisory, Consulting and Financial Services. Responsibilities included prospecting, requirement analysis, customer acquisition, key accounts and institutional relationship management. Developed and nurtured relationship with domestic and international trade/finance/ commerce bodies and institutions like WBG, IFC, MIGA, AfDB, CBI, IIT to name a few.
Launched new advisory and management consulting services catering to need of clients with global focus, especially for conducting viability studies in different markets (Asia Pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe), strategy planning, opportunity monitoring, supporting new initiatives, and advising on partnerships. Show less