After a decade of toil, DeHaat is now ready to fan out across India with its full-stack agricultural services for farmers. Can the most valued agritech player in India reap the harvest?
DeHaat founders (from left) Shashank Kumar, Amrendra Singh, Adarsh Srivastava and Shyam Sundar Singh
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“Tumse shaadi kaun karega (who will marry you),” was a grave question posed by a concerned father in 2011. Coming from a rural farming background in Bihar, Shashank Kumar’s father knew very well what his lad needed. First was high-quality education: IIT-Delhi alum Kumar scored high on that front. Second was a non-farming life, which also meant staying away from the state. Kumar performed brilliantly on this count too. After IIT, he joined a consulting firm and spent close to three years. His parents, understandably, were elated.