India’s demand for cattle feed is rising, but the number of professionals who can turn feed science into results for mills, advisors and farmers has not kept pace. To close that gap, Innovatief Technologies launched nKB Konnect on 25 October 2026 at Chandigarh, a professional learning and skill development programme for people working across the dairy feed value chain. More than 100 participants attended the launch, representing dairy feed millers, feed mill operations managers, dairy advisors, milk processors, dairy input companies, and animal nutrition and animal health professionals.
The name nKB Konnect stands for “New Knowledge Base” Konnect, and the programme is organised around three steps: Learn, Implement, Grow. It is open to entry-level professionals, mid-level managers in feed milling, animal nutrition and animal health, dairy farm advisors and veterinarians – the people whose daily decisions shape feed quality, farm advice and customer trust. The aim is practical: to help them convert what they know into the skills and capabilities their roles actually require.
Each learner begins with a qualification round, conducted by nKB Konnect’s experts and counsellors, that places them at the Basic, Intermediate or Advanced level. From there, learning follows an Online, Offline and On-Farm model that Innovatief describes as the first skill development programme of its kind in Asia. Participants move from self-learning to coaching by experienced international and national industry experts, and then put what they have learnt into practice in real time at dairy farms and feed mills.
The programme is built as a continuing platform rather than a single course. Innovatief’s view is that an industry grows only as fast as its talent, and that talent is best developed at the workplace, under working conditions, through learning that is steady, consistent and practical. The curriculum therefore follows the situations sales and operations executives and managers meet every day, and treats scientific understanding, business judgement and effective communication as skills that must grow together.
Mr. Sujay, Managing Director of Innovatief Technologies, opened the programme with the company’s vision for continuous learning and industry growth. Drawing on his background as an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) and his corporate experience, he explained how Indian agriculture and the animal feed industry depend on each other, and why investing in the sector’s people is the way to unlock the full potential of the rural economy. He described nKB Konnect as a means of widening access to professional knowledge and giving professionals the guidance to use it in their everyday work.
Dr. P. M. Radhakrishna, Managing Director of Chemlife Innovations and Research Advisor to Innovatief Technologies, looked back on two decades of research and development in India’s cattle feed industry. He tied innovation to business needs through product development, quality, field trials and customer understanding, and made the case that a formulation is only as good as the evidence of its usefulness – evidence that rests on understanding how raw materials and feed additives interact chemically. He also set out the links between feed manufacturing and milk processing, and the lessons dairy feed millers can take from milk processing companies.
Dr. Suyash Vardhan, Chief Technology Officer of Innovatief Technologies, turned to the business challenges of cattle feed companies. Low technical know-how, he observed, is holding back growth even as demand increases. He called for stronger sales and marketing teams, consistent product quality, a well-developed product portfolio, clearer market positioning and a better understanding of what farmers need, and presented professional capability as the foundation for enterprises that keep growing through innovation and customer awareness.
Bringing an academic perspective, Dr. Partha Pratim Das and Ms. Akanshya Dutta of Delhi Technological University (DTU) presented a joint session on knowledge partnerships for rural entrepreneurship and skill development. Their design-thinking approach starts with understanding learners’ circumstances and the practical problems they face, then refines learning through application and continuous feedback – a framework for turning subject expertise into lasting change in how people work.
In practice, the nKB Konnect learning model combines short digital lessons and reading material with audio-visual presentations, live online interaction, classroom sessions, practical farm exposure and follow-up counselling. Mentoring and peer exchange continue after formal coursework, so learners can return to concepts, talk through difficulties and check their understanding against real field situations. It is this interactive, continuous design that separates the programme from theory-heavy courses offering little practical exposure.
Ms. Ankita Chauhan, Manager – Marketing and Capacity Building, introduced the learning modules, and Mr. Rahul Sharma, Marketing Executive, demonstrated the platform’s digital architecture, modules and learning process flow. Companies can enrol their teams and track participant progress to coordinate development across the organisation, while individual learning pathways support each professional’s ongoing growth.
The programme is also intended to reach smaller enterprises, where the lack of specialist training resources often limits growth. By offering shared learning material and expert guidance, Innovatief aims to give employees with little previous access to structured professional development the means to understand their jobs better and work more efficiently – strengthening the dairy ecosystem as a whole.
Dr. Simrandeep Singh and Ms. Aishwarya S. P. moderated the programme, and Mr. Sandeep Saraswat delivered the vote of thanks. The organising team included Mr. Rahul Kumar Saroj, Mr. Mayur Rakshe, Mr. Azan Farooqi, Dr. Jalmeen Kour, Dr. Mahadeep Singh, Mr. Rahul Pandey, Ms. Rohita Sharma and Ms. Divya, supported by event managers.
International messages from global feed milling experts and from specialists in market research and analytics widened the discussion and affirmed the relevance of nKB Konnect to the growth of India’s dairy feed and milk processing industries. The launch closed with discussions and networking. For the feed sector, nKB Konnect offers an emerging framework for making accumulated expertise more accessible and for strengthening the link between professional development, farmer confidence and business performance.
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