Kryzen leadership
Our board, our advisors and the people who run Kryzen every day: engineers, farmers and builders who have taken Kryzen from one farm in Satara to 350+ across India.
Board of Directors
Kryzen Biotech Private Limited is led by its two directors and founders.
Founder and Managing Director
A computer engineer turned hydroponic farmer from a multigenerational farming family in Satara. After studying engineering in Bengaluru, he worked at multinationals from Nokia to Sapient before coming back to farming. He grows his own greens on a vertical hydroponic farm, and switches off with Netflix and video games.
Co-founder and Finance Director
An engineer from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar who worked with automotive clients including Audi, Bosch, Continental and Keihin on part development and certification, including ISO standards. She leads finance at Kryzen, and loves dancing and the gym.
Board of Advisors
Experienced people from farming, industry and business who guide our decisions.
Strategic Growth & Scaling
CA Chandan Khandelwal brings over two decades of financial engineering and corporate governance expertise to the Kryzen Board of Advisors, having previously led commercial assurance strategy globally for the Volkswagen Group. He guides strategic growth, scaling and financial risk mitigation to help drive the company’s long-term market leadership.
Supply Chain Development
Maruti Chapke brings over two decades of farm-to-fork agribusiness experience, having led national fresh produce verticals at retail companies including Reliance and Future Group. He uses his expertise in agri-economics and sustainable supply chains to drive market transformation, empower smallholder farmers and scale agricultural trade.
International Associations
Dharmendra Rai is the India Country Director of the Germany-based Association for Vertical Farming (AVF), pioneering tech-driven urban agriculture frameworks across India. He brings deep expertise in modular hydroponic systems, and was the first expert to visit our Satara farm in 2020.
Financial Advisor & Controller
CA Akhil Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and SEBI-registered Research Analyst with over 14 years in the financial sector. He has been associated with Kryzen for the last four years, guiding our financial planning, capital growth and risk management, and he played a big part in Kryzen securing its Shark Tank India funding.
Government Policy Advisor
Dr. Prashant Naikwadi is National President of the Residue Free & Organic Mission India Federation (ROMIF INDIA) and state advisor for Maharashtra’s organic policy. With nearly two decades as a senior international organic inspector and agribusiness specialist, he bridges government policy with farm-level execution to scale safe, export-ready and climate-smart farming.
Corporate Laws Advisor
Adv. Prasad Jichkar holds an LL.M. in Criminal Law from the University of Mumbai and post-graduate diplomas from Symbiosis Law School, with a strong foundation in corporate compliance, financial fraud and white-collar defence. Enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, he brings legal foresight, corporate governance insight and regulatory risk mitigation to safeguard Kryzen’s growth.
Key people
The team leads behind our farms, factory, technology and customers.
Sagar Devkar imagined Kryzen together with his brother, Sudhir Devkar.
Kryzen team
Beyond the directors and key people above, these teams design, build, grow and support every Kryzen farm.
Every one of these 101 people is part of how a Kryzen farm gets planned, built and grown. Come and grow with us.
Talk to our team
Tell us about your land, crops and budget, and we’ll help you plan what to grow, how to grow it and where to sell it.
