ABOUT KISAANU
Kisaanu runs model farms, orchards, bio-input production and community plantation programmes in Amethi, with a research collaboration in Finland.
THE ROLE
We are empanelling a Consultant Advisor we can call on, as and when required, for full-day engagements: workshops, consulting sessions, advisory reviews or training delivery. Physical or virtual. No minimum commitment.
Two areas:
CAPITAL. Non-dilutive funding across NABARD, the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, NHB and MIDH, CGTMSE-backed credit and FPO-linked routes.
CAPABILITY. Training our agriculture graduates and apprentices in farm economics and scheme literacy, so every field associate can advise a farmer on the credit and subsidy they are entitled to.
WHAT WE WOULD CALL YOU FOR
Scheme mapping and eligibility assessment
AIF eligibility structuring and application preparation
Reviewing our DPR and projections against bank appraisal criteria
Amethi credit landscape briefings: lead bank, agri-active branches, PLP priorities, DCC and DLRC cycles
FPO formation advisory
NHB and MIDH routes for our orchard blocks
Full-day training workshops for our apprentice and junior cohort
ESSENTIAL
Retired NABARD DDM / AGM / DGM, OR retired LDM / Chief Manager (Agriculture) from a PSB or RRB
15+ years in agricultural credit or district credit administration
Direct experience of the Awadh belt: Amethi, Sultanpur, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh or Ayodhya
Agri proposals prepared or appraised through to sanction
Fluent Hindi and Awadhi. Comfortable in a village and in front of a room of twenty-two-year-olds
Written confirmation of eligibility under post-retirement service rules
PREFERRED
FPO promotion under the NABARD-implemented scheme
Hands-on AIF portal experience
Horticulture financing: NHB back-ended subsidy,