Ruchit Garg, a talented IT professional with six years of experience who was with Tech Giant Microsoft in Hyderabad,  has just walked away from his 1crore per annum job to pursue his dream in the field of entrepreneurship. He was shifted to the headquarter of Microsoft in Redmond But he came back to India after few years.

He told the media, “I got bored. I felt like a misfit there. I always wanted to run a business. I had dabbled a bit in entrepreneurship in 2004 when the startup craze hadn't started yet. In 2011, when I saw them mushrooming in the US, I decided to get back in the game again.”

To proceed with his earnest desire to do something for the Indian agriculture industry, he started a startup focused on empowering farmers and revolutionizing the agricultural sector. He took the inspiration from his grandfather who was a farmer in Uttar Pradesh.

Garg wanted to create a platform that would enable small-holder farmers to thrive by connecting them directly with consumers and eliminating intermediaries. Till date, the company has  benefitted more than 37 lakh farmers in India.

With his Agri-tech startup ‘Harvesting’, he helps the farmers with anything they need to grow their crops from advisory, seeds, pesticides, etc., till they sell their produce online and offline. Garg sudden jump from corporate high salaried to agricultural entrepreneur is not an easy task, but with determination and confidence he has made his way towards his goal. He developed the idea of business, while reading a book, called Harvard Business Review, and hit upon an idea of this business, polished up his passion for entrepreneurship.

He described his startup as the next generation Amul , which will work to uplift the small-holder farmers by offering them essential resources. After launching his startup in 2018, he was invited to Harvard University to speak about financial inclusion for smallholder farmers.

He exclaimed in joy, "And I bought a copy of Harvard Business Review at the Harvard University campus, mine own copy! I still feel super elated about being able to do this -- from not being able to afford a few rupees for books to getting invited as a panelist at Harvard and buying a copy of my own."

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