Dr Bharat Kulkarni

Dr Bharat Kulkarni is founding director of Stalwart Management Consultancy Services, a consulting firm, and works as a consultant in policy advisory and development of Agricultural value chains globally. He has worked with agencies like United Nations and has been a consultant to International organizations like The World bank, UN-ITC, IFC, USAID and others. He is a renowned name in Agricultural policies globally and has been advising various governments on Agricultural policies and market development. He is a PhD in Economics and holds MBA in finance and MA in Economics. He has authored two books, one on Commodity Markets and other on Agri Risk Management. He has also served on several international task forces for Agricultural market development. He is a regular speaker at prestigious forums like United Nations Annual Experts Meetings on Commodity Markets, Harvard Business School and World Investment Forum.

Have worked on poverty elevation and Zero Hunger in Africa formats 10 years, impacting lives of millions of farmers. Have helped the governments in Africa to set up modern market structures that allow farmers to store and sell the produce more efficiently and helps them to produce more