Indija: Dr. Rahul Chaturvedi, kurio darbas pasiekė daugiau nei 25 000 bulvių augintojų, prisijungia prie bulvių ekspertų grupės
Dr Rahul Chaturvedi, who spent nearly 18 years with PepsiCo (Frito-Lay) and leads breeding at Tuberosum Technologies Inc., joins the Potato Expert Panel by Potatoes.News.
Dr Rahul Chaturvedi, Director, International Research and Market Development at Tuberosum Technologies Inc., has joined the Bulvių ekspertų grupė, kurią parengė „Potatoes.News“. Based in India, he has over two decades of experience in the potato industry, including nearly 18 years with PepsiCo (Frito-Lay).
From Frito-Lay India to three regions
Chaturvedi began his career in the potato industry in 2005, after returning from the USA and joining Frito-Lay India. He went on to hold leadership roles across South Asia, the Middle East and Africa, introducing and commercialising several potato chipping varieties.
He helped establish contract farming systems and aeroponics-based minituber production facilities, and advanced agronomic practices through technology transfer. According to his profile, these initiatives reached more than 25,000 potato growers across the region.
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Breeding with True Potato Seed
For the past three years Chaturvedi has been associated with Tuberosum Technologies Inc., Canada, where he leads the True Potato Seed (TPS) and conventional clonal breeding programmes. The work focuses on breeding solutions that enhance potato productivity, sustainability and resilience. He leads the company’s research and development agenda across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and supports its Canadian operations remotely, with visits to Canada three to four times a year.
2026 m. Kenijoje vykusiame Pasauliniame bulvių kongrese jis gavo Pasaulinį pramonės apdovanojimą.
Kompetencijos sritys
Bulvių perdirbimas (smulkinimas); veislių kūrimas; tikrosios bulvės sėkla (TPS); bulvių sėklų gamyba; perdirbamų bulvių sandėliavimas.
KAS YRA KLAUSIMAI?
Variety, seed and storage decisions determine whether a potato meets a processor’s specification. For growers, seed producers and traders, a specialist who has worked on chipping varieties, contract farming and minituber production, and now on True Potato Seed and clonal breeding, can explain what these choices mean in practice across South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
Prisijunkite prie skydelio
Potatoes.News kviečia bulvių specialistus iš bet kurios šalies prisijungti prie bulvių ekspertų grupės. Norėdami pateikti paraišką, rašykite adresu v.kovalev@potatoes.news Pateikite trumpą biografiją (80–150 žodžių), savo kompetencijos sritis, šalį ir organizaciją bei portretinę nuotrauką. Ši diskusija yra pirmas žingsnis kuriant tarptautinį bulvių specialistų tinklą kartu su Tarptautiniu bulvių turu. Skaitykite daugiau apie grupės atidarymą.
Based on the expert profile provided by Dr Rahul Chaturvedi. Read his eksperto profilis.
