VAMNICOM and CICTAB, Pune, have jointly launched the “Innovations and Agribusiness Management” training program. This two-month program is exclusively designed for 50 officers from the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, including 27 from the Army, 9 from the Navy, and 14 from the Air Force. The initiative aims to prepare defense personnel for agribusiness opportunities after retirement.
The program was inaugurated in the presence of Dr. Shantanu Ghosh, Registrar, VAMNICOM, and Dr. Mahesh Kadam, Program Director. The inaugural session featured special addresses by Brigadier Rohit Mehta, ADG, DRZ (South).
In his address, Dr. Shantanu Ghosh, Registrar, VAMNICOM emphasized that this program is designed to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in the agribusiness sector. Brigadier Rohit Mehta highlighted that the training would not only open opportunities in agribusiness for defense personnel but also support their journey towards self-reliance.
The training program, scheduled from March 24, 2025, to May 16, 2025, will include practical workshops, case studies, field visits, and interactive classroom sessions led by industry and academic experts. This initiative marks a significant step in fostering entrepreneurship, rural development, and self-reliance in agriculture at the national level.
VAMNICOM was envisaged to undertake the training of senior personnel in the cooperative institutions/departments, conduct fundamental/applied research and provide consultancy services, organize courses in business management for senior personnel in cooperative business organizations and train the youth on various facets of Management.
The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) is an Inter Service organization functioning directly under the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (Ministry of Defence). In order to maintain a youthful profile of the Armed Forces, approximately 60,000 service personnel are retired/released every year at comparatively young age.
Majority of the service personnel at the time of retirement are at an age where they have numerous unfinished domestic responsibilities, which necessitate their taking up a second occupation. DGR assists Ex-Servicemen to train and acquire additional skills with a strong emphasis on evolving requirements of corporate and industry and facilitate their resettlement through a second career.
