Ajit Bhavarlal Jain

Mr. Ajit B. Jain is BE (Mech) from Pune. He has worked as Managing Director of erstwhile Jain Plastics and Chemicals Limited (now part of the Company). He joined in 1984 and started his training in production and maintenance in the pipe division. During the period from 1985-to 1990, he was in charge of establishing their new pipe production plant at Sendhwa (in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India). In 1993 he was appointed as Director of the Company. He is the Joint Managing Director of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, Jalgaon (India) since 1998 and is responsible for the Micro Irrigation System, pipe division as well as the marketing of all plastic products, including drip irrigation, guidance for extension service and development of new applications and products.

He was appointed Director with the overall responsibility of the pipe manufacturing plant at Jalgaon, including production, maintenance and marketing of new applications & products. He has a technical background and has been largely involved in the adaption and development of drip irrigation concepts in the Country. Besides overall production, administration and marketing management responsibility he has also handled all India marketing functions of Drip Irrigation and PVC pipe products, PE and other specialty pipes and fittings all over the world. He has been involved with the development of new applications & products and adaptation of drip technology for Indian conditions as well as technical integration of acquired entities in the last few years. He has substantial authority to oversee and implement the day-to-day operations of the Company as a Joint Managing Director.

He is the honorary secretary of DRIPMA and an active member of the National Horticulture Mission. He is also the Vice President of the Association for Improvement in Production and Utilization of Banana (AIPUB). Ajit Jain has made a strong contribution to the development of horticulture in the country with the promotion of water management tools for micro-irrigation in general and bananas in particular. He is instrumental in the promotion of the Hi-tech Banana cultivation model, the pioneer of the production of bananas under drip technology in the country. He has been propagating the concept of precision agriculture around the world.