In the current era, where the entire globe is working towards digitalization, technology is playing the most important role. It has automated majority of the tasks with its involvement in almost every sector. While using the technology, the primary focus should be to protect the environment. Creating a green and sustainable environment should be a trend.
Recently, many people have realized the importance of a sustainable future and they have started taking steps towards a clean environment. The companies involved in the agriculture industry are the key drivers for achieving a clean ecosystem.
Clean Green Biosystems is one such company, which has utilized the technologies for creating a sustainable and clean environment by offering ecological solutions to the society.
In an interview with Insights Success, the team of Clean Green Biosystems has briefed us about their offerings, challenges, and the inspiring leader, who has led the company to the heights of excellence.
Following are the highlights of the interview:
Describe about your company in detail.
Clean Green Biosystems is an ISO 9001-2015 and cGMP certified company. Our company started working in 2005, but officially it was registered in 2011 as a turnkey agribiotech process systems supply company.
We have a strong support of our R&D team and facility. We develop technologies for agribiotech industry. Our company supplies plant and machineries for herbal/phytochemicals extraction, nutraceuticals and functional foods extraction, and fruits and vegetables processing systems with a backward integration of agritech and farmtech.
Brief us about the featured person and shed some light on his/her professional tenure.
Dr. S. Prem Mathi Maran is a Doctorate in Biochemistry and Doctor of Science in Phytochemistry. He has 22 years of experience in the Phytopharma industry.
He is a phytopharmaceuticals expert and phytopharmaceuticals process research specialist.
In the words of Dr. S. Prem Mathi Maran:
I am the founder, Director and CEO of Clean Green Biosystems, Clean Green Bio Research Foundation, and CRS Bio Engineering Pvt. Ltd. I have also Co-Founded a Canadian Company, G Bio Extractions Corp. I have around 22 years of expertise in the process design and process engineering, process development, method development of herbal/ phytochemicals/ nutraceuticals/ functional foods extraction system. I have developed novel methods of extracting bioactive principles from fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables.
I authored more than 25 research publications in peer reviewed journals of national and international origins. I am the associate editor of Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. I am the visiting faculty in a few Indian universities and handling subjects on phytochemicals extraction to M. Tech and M.S courses. Â I am the Doctoral committee member in an Indian University and technical adviser in various herbal extraction companies and phytopharmaceuticals companies in India and overseas.
I have four patents (2 published and 2 filed) of my credit.
I authored a book entitled Extraction of Highly Bioavailable Catechins from fresh tea leaves published by Scholars Press in Europe. This book is based on our work and patent.
I am the recipient of the prestigious Sir JC Bose Memorial award for my outstanding contributions to Phytopharmaceuticals, herbal medicines and industrial food technology.
What made you venture into the agriculture space?
There is an inspiring memory behind this.
When Dr. S. Prem Mathi Maran was pursuing the doctorate, his guide and mentor said, “Three industries are an integral part of the universe…till the human are there …these three industries will survive. Agriculture, medicine, and education.”
So as a biology student, he selected agriculture as his venture.
What kind of offerings do you provide to your clients?
We provide turnkey agritech solutions with a forward value addition of agri products. This includes conversion of agri produces into Phytopharma compounds, nutraceuticals, natural food colors, natural food flavours, etc.
What kind of challenges have you faced while entering the agriculture space?
While entering, way back in 2005, we were trying to automate the farming system. That automation was later nomenclature as artificial intelligence and machine learning. We were trying to implement AI solutions in precision farming, post-harvest, weather forecast, etc.
In the technical era, initially, there was a resistance amongst our clients. Everybody wanted to have a demonstration of our systems. But being a startup at that time, investing on the demonstration units was a bottleneck for us. But somehow, we overcame that and worked to be a fortune company today.
How much your company was affected in these pandemic times and what were the steps taken by you to curb the damages all the while helping your clients and maintaining the safety of your employees?
We were affected adversely during the pandemic as the spending capacity of individual farmers and capital investment of corporates were nil. We are anyway maintaining our staffs. But we foresee a great leap in another three to four months as the future for phytopharma is very promising and the food habits of people have changed to a great degree.
What would you like to advice the young generation of entrepreneurs looking to enter in the agriculture space?
The future is in the hands of agriculture, agritech, agribiotech, and food processing industry. Hence without any second thought one can enter this field.
What kind of technological advancements pertaining in the agriculture industry have you adopted to streamline your business’ operations?
We have adopted artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), solar powered cold storage, processing systems on wheels into the agriculture sector. This can be applied in farming, processing, and post-harvest industries.
What is the current industrial scenario of the Indian agriculture sector?
Indian agri sector is growing steadily. There is a new farming of alternative fibers from hemp, bamboo fibers, banana pith fibers, etc.
