IPL Biologicals - Transforming the Agriculture through the World-Class Technology & Innovation Centre in microbial solutions

IPL Biologicals Limited held a special event on 9th March 2022 which was attended by dignitaries like Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India), Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief Minister of Haryana), and V.K. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India).

Sugandh Bhatnagar Updated 29 March, 2022 5:51 PM IST

The changing agriculture scenario is facing multiple challenges of unsustainable agriculture, the decline in productivity, impact to the environment due to chemical nature of existing solutions, pest resistance, and growing food demand. Existing practices focus more on productivity while ignoring the long-term impact on our health, eco-system, and deteriorating soil health. IPL Biologicals Limited is continuously making an impact in Agriculture with its vision “To make the world safer and the healthier planet by leveraging the research capabilities and bringing sustainable, safe technological solution globally”.

In a special event held on 09th Mar 2022, IPL’s President Shri Harsh Bhagchandka met Shri Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India), Shri Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief Minister of Haryana), and Shri V.K. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India) at the IPL Biological’s Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) located in Gurugram. TIC exhibited its expertise in learning the potential of naturally occurring microbes and leveraging the benefits for humankind. The delegation appreciated the State of the art in-house R&D capability and the contribution of IPL Biologicals in identifying the most virulent indigenous microbial strains and developing an innovative sustainable microbial solution for the farmers.

Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India), Manohar Lal Khattar (Chief Minister of Haryana), and V.K. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India)

The discussion focused on IPL Biologicals’ contribution towards value-added environment-friendly solutions in agriculture which help to improve the productivity of key high protein output crops like Soybean that can aid to fight malnutrition in the country, use of innovative biological nutrients to increase the yield and productivity of crops being an Indian Company. Use of modern technologies drones and precision agriculture, to increase water use efficiency and shift towards biological agriculture.