Sai Prakash Medi

• Currently serving as Program Manager at Nutrihub, ICAR–IIMR, curating high-impact programs for millet startups under the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮) 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. • Designed and launched accelerator and capacity-building programs like "𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗫𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 "𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗻", "Parichay" "KSHITIJ Innovation Cohort"—a flagship initiative by ICAR-ABI, focused on early-stage startup development and scale-up strategies. • Leading international stakeholder engagement with entities from the 𝗨𝗔𝗘, 𝗨𝗦𝗔, 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 to promote the Nutrihub model and co-develop millet products using region-specific ingredients. • Curating training programs for diverse stakeholders, including 𝗙𝗔𝗢 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀, 𝗦𝗛𝗚 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆-𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶-𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀. • Supporting established companies in entering export/import markets, leveraging millet-based product innovation, and 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 strategies.

- 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 “𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀” (𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟭 – 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯; 𝗩𝗼𝗹. 𝟮 – 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱), 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. - 𝗢𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝟲𝟬+ 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗵𝘂𝗯’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 ₹𝟲𝟬+ 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗵𝘀. - Facilitated over ₹𝟵𝟬 𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 through training programs, commercial manufacturing support, R&D consulting, and business facilitation services. - Curated and led flagship training programs including “𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀,” “𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀,” and “ShreeAnna Xcelerator,” empowering early to growth-stage startups. - Enabled startup participation in national and international events like Gulf Food Expo, Singapore Food Expo, Indus Food Expo, World Food India, Global ShreeAnna Conference, etc. - 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟱𝟬𝟬+ 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟲𝟬+ 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁-𝗶𝗻-𝗔𝗶𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗞𝗩𝗬-𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗔𝗔𝗥 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲. - 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 of Nutrihub’s monthly magazine ‘𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁’ for 3 consecutive years, driving thought leadership and startup visibility. - Initiated the Advance Incubation category to help the startups to do collaborative projects with Nutrihub, ICAR-IIMR.

• Led strategic marketing initiatives for Nutrihub’s national and international programs, training sessions, and millet innovation campaigns. • Supported the CEO in positioning startup incubation activities through targeted outreach and promotional strategies. • 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗵𝘂𝗯, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 (𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮). • Played a key role in event branding and promotion for high-impact platforms like 𝗚𝟮𝟬, 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶-𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗖) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁. • Designed and executed branding content strategies to enhance visibility, stakeholder engagement, and startup ecosystem growth. • Contributed to building a strong millet startup ecosystem through effective brand storytelling, marketing collateral, and campaign management. • 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 (𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀) 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱.

. The critical team member who is involved in bringing the Operations on Autopilot mode. . Developed strategies and implemented them effectively. . Key areas of operations are demand forecasting, order conversation, and forward and Reverse Logistics. Time-to-time meetings with all the stakeholders to understand the painpoints (Feedback collection) and worked on Improvements.

. Studied and Understood the Indian Aquaculture sector with SCM as a major. . Identification of roadblocks in Effective SCM in Aquaculture Space. Adressed the pain points in logistics of aqua business in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Worked on projects which majorly focuses on developing Top-notch logistics, especially in Aqua Space which inturn increased the overall revenue by 5cr per month. - Onboarded NAVATA Supply Chain Solutions as Logistics partner for Tamil Nadu,Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

. Conducted brainstorming sessions on Companies business models and their strategies. . Coordinator of the Darphan - A national-level Business plan competition. . Brought the initiative of decoding the Marketing campaigns of various Brands.

. Worked on the project that involves effective branding and marketing of Lakadong Turmeric of Meghalaya - A Govt. of Meghalaya project. . As a part of the project interacted with various Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) which are major contributors of Lakadong turmeric of Meghalaya. . Member of the team involved in developing the Business Plan for Golden Spice of Meghalaya.

A key member of the team involved in • Studying and Understanding the core services of Kalgudi application. • Farmer profiling and geospatial locating of the farm fields for Mulkanoor Cooperative Rural Credit and Marketing Society Limited. • Analyzing the feedback from the farmers for further improvement of the Kalgudi Application.

• Ensuring quality production within the time frame • Helping the procurement team to select the quality of raw materials. • Quality maintaining and marketing the product as per regulations ( FSSAI, AgMark& ISO). • Product release/hold, handling Customer complaints, sectional inspections, documentation, monitoring batch preparation, Supplier sample analysis, Quality inspection, Final dispatch product inspection, Raw materials inspection, Maintaining the HACCP guidelines, maintaining GMP, GHP, personal hygiene overall plant. • Coordinating with the supplier for delivery. Monitoring installation and commissioning of the machinery. Communicating to supplier for the failure/ faults parts for replacing/rectifying it. • Regularly monitoring the efficiency of the machines for any necessary adjustments for maximum output. Thoroughly checking for any wearable parts and replacing them within a short time to avoid major breakdowns, troubleshooting for general problems. • Maintain the machinery for full production at any given time. Keeping machinery records /logbook for all kinds of repairs, and servicing for further references. • Dispatching the finished goods as First in First Out without fail. • Coordinating with sales and procurement team for balancing stock levels (Raw/Finished goods) to achieve maximum shelf life.

My key responsibilities are • Implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Documentation. • Raw material inspection and quality checking. • Maintenance of Logbooks for all Batches. • Enhancing the skill levels of Ground Staff by conducting Training. • Maintaining Safety, Cleanliness & Hygiene Conditions in the Plant. • Regular updating of daily production status.