Kuldeep .

Consultant @ Grant Thornton Bharat | Agribusiness & Horticulture | Value Chain | Power BI | MIS | Govt. Programme Delivery | NIAM | 2x SPOT Award

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

About

I have 3 years of experience as a management consultant delivering agribusiness and horticulture projects across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka and Maharashtra — working with state governments, national boards, and private clients on everything from value chain strategy, cluster development programme (CDP) to on-ground implementation. At Grant Thornton Bharat LLP, I have managed multi-stakeholder government programmes, built MIS dashboards tracking ₹crore-scale initiatives, led business development proposals, and run capacity-building sessions that reached ~8848 women farmers & >3000 farmers across 5 states. What I bring to every engagement is unique combination — structured project thinking, field-level ground reality, and the ability to translate both into results that clients can see.

Experience

  • Grant Thornton Bharat LLP ()
    • Senior Consultant
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      Contributed to BD proposals across cluster programs, CSR planning, and food & agri market development. Produced knowledge assets including a ministerial-level central government, state departments, PMFME review presentation and FPO Benchmarking Report — both with national-level policy visibility. ~Cluster Development & DPR | NHB CDP 2.0 Led development of Detailed Project Reports for peri-urban vegetable and multi-commodity clusters — managing private clients end-to-end from concept note to final NHB submission, integrating technical, financial, and operational components into government-aligned, investor-ready documents. ~Horticulture Policy Advisory | Haryana Department of Horticulture Embedded within the state PMU — contributed to drafting the State Horticulture Policy, studied MIDH, CCDP, and FPO scheme frameworks, produced a Coffee Table Book on Haryana’s horticultural landscape, and supported government client engagement at the highest levels.

    • Management Trainee
      May 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Deployed as part of the PMU for GSRLM’s flagship project on Promotion of Value Chain with Specific Focus on Market Linkages, working directly with women-led Producer Groups across Gujarat. Identified 9 commercially viable commodities through secondary research and field studies. Conducted market assessments and value chain analyses in Gujarat engaging 8000+ farmers through FGDs to design cluster intervention strategies and mapped 300+ potential agri-commodity buyers to create productive market linkages for women farmers. Prepared Diagnostic Study Reports (DSRs) identifying the most profitable agri-commodities, MPRs, QPRs to ensure timely client communication and payment milestones. Built end-to-end MIS systems on Power BI and Google Looker Studio tracking KPIs including PG outreach, bank linkage, fund utilization, and market linkage etc.

  • Management Intern at Innoterra
    Mar 2022 - May 2022 · 3 mos

    Supply Chain Management* My internship with Innoterra India Pvt. Ltd. was amazing with great learnings and experiences in Procurement, Logistics & Transportation. - worked as ‘Farmer relationship manager’ - played a liaison role between the operation and planning team to ensure procurement of Alphonso mangoes in the Ratnagiri & Devgad region - successfully procured 500+ tonnes of mangoes with teamwork - and gained hands-on experience in the procurement - improved as a good negotiator, strategic planner, and purchaser - worked with the Tech business unit to establish farm-to-fork traceability for the "Ekyaam" brand of Alphonso mango

  • Supply Intern at Innoterra India Pvt. Ltd.
    Mar 2021 - May 2021 · 3 mos

    Established packhouse and collection centres across Ratnagiri and Devgad; maintained farm-to-consumer traceability for the Ekyaam brand Alphonso mango supply chain.