INI Farms, India’s leading farm-to-home Ag-tech fruit brand has been recognised among India’s Best Workplace by the Great Place to Work Institute. It is the first and only horticulture company in India to be certified by Great Place to Work Institute.
INI Farms has earned this recognition based on a rigorous assessment independently conducted by Great Place to Work Institute for creating a Great Place to Work for all employees. INI Farms is a mid-size organisation that has 200 employees and works with over 300 indirect workforce.
The certification is granted based on a Trust Index Survey and a culture audit by Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute. Every year, more than 10,000 organizations from over 60 countries partner the Great Place to Work Institute for assessment, benchmarking and planning actions to strengthen their workplace culture. The Institute’s methodology is considered as the gold standard for defining great workplaces across business, academia and government organisations.
Speaking on receiving the GPTW certification, Purnima Khandelwal, Chief Executive Officer, INI Farms said, “We are deeply honoured to be certified as a great place to work. This certification is a reflection of the work culture at INI Farms and the dedication of our entire team who have worked hard even in this unprecedented pandemic situation. While the covid-19 pandemic stress tested all organisations, our team stepped up their efforts to support our customers, business and community. This certification is dedicated to the entire INI Farms team that helped us achieve this”.
Agriculture has suffered from paucity of talent as it remained largely unorganized sector with little ability to attract good talent. INI is a pioneer in attracting top talent from institutions like IITs and IIMs, build a culture of meritocracy and respect, and provide growth opportunities. This is reflected in its various industry first initiatives:
It’s the first agriculture company to be led by a women CEO. Also, 2 of the 5 board members are women. Across the management and workforce, there is Equal pay for Equal work policy – encouraging more women workers to participate in joining farming sector.
INI has managed to transform males dominated activities in agriculture with women workers with more than 80% women in the Fresh Cut and 60% women work in Pomegranate packaging.
INI processes and policies meet global best practices and has passed through strict assessment from organisations like US DFC.
INI Farms manages and controls the process right from growing to supplying the fruit across its distribution network. Stringent quality checks at Kimaye’s automated pack house ensure only the best quality fruits reach the end-consumers. Recently, the company announced its entry into e-commerce through the launch of its website Kimaye.com.
INI Farms also rolled out a QR code based origin traceability feature for all its fruits in the international and domestic market under the technology program called “FruitRoute”.
INI Farms is Indian origin global branded fruit company working with over 5000 farmers and exports in over 35 countries. INI Farms has become a leader in pomegranate and banana exports from India. Kimaye bananas and pomegranates are also available with Indian retailers in all major metros.
Founded by Pankaj and Purnima Khandelwal, it is a venture funded company with Unilazer (Ronnie Screwvala), Aavishkaar and Aspada in its investor group along with Ashish Gupta and Pavan Vaish as angel investors. INI Farms has subsidiaries in Dubai and Netherlands INI has brought technology at the forefront of horticulture automating farmer aggregation, demand-supply mapping and the entire supply chain helping farmer achieve better returns through superior quality products.
Great vision & achievement.
All the best.