Madhav A. Dhande

Krishidhan Seeds Limited (KSL) is a dynamic agricultural biotech company delivering high quality seeds for Indian commercial seed market. It is one of the top ten field crop seed companies in India. It was incorporated in 1996 and its registered office is at Indore (MP). Corporate office is in Pune (M.S.) and the operational office is spread over 16 acres of land in Jalna (M.S.) which is also known as 'the seed capital' of Indian agricultural Industry. KSL belongs to Karwa group of industries. It is a closely held company wherein 100% ownership vests with the Karwa family. KSL is 100% holding company of four other companies in the group. Krishidhan was established in 1996 and has grown into a group of companies committed for excellence in an integrated seed business based on quality R&D, Production, Quality Control, Processing, Marketing, Sales and Extension with sole goal of ushering prosperity to farmers both at national and global level. Krishidhan Seeds is a pioneer and dynamic agricultural biotech company delivering high quality seeds for the Indian commercial seeds market. Krishidhan is a research-based organization. Its R&D activities and research stations are recognized by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Govt. of India. The company is actively involved in research, production, processing, packing, and marketing of high quality seeds of Cotton, Cereals, Pulses, Oil seeds and Vegetables. Recently, it has incorporated a separate legal entity as Krishidhan Vegetable Seeds India Pvt. Ltd (KVSIPL), a company dedicated exclusively for vegetable seeds business. Krishidhan is one amongst the first three sub-licensees of M.M.B. India Ltd., which has commercialized Bollgard (BG-I) & Bollgard-II (BG-II) cotton hybrids in India. Introduction of other GMOs are on anvil.