Kalyani Shinde

Kalyani Shinde is the founder and managing director of Godaam Innovations. Godaam is an agri-tech company that works in the onion ecosystem to redefine warehousing and reduce post-harvest wastage for farmers in storage. Gadaam’s distinction is being the first company to work on an IOT-based solution to reduce post-harvest wastage in onion storage.

Kalyani belongs to Lasalgaon, which is known for Asia’s largest onion market. She is dedicated to helping the farming community.

She completed her schooling in Lasalgaon from an Adventist school. She completed her computer engineering education in 2018 from Amrutvahini College of Engineering, Sangamnerunder, Pune University. She has been working diligently for the farmer community since then. Kalyani has been awarded multiple grants from the government for her company, such as BIRAC, Pusakrishi and more. She has also been recognized in the business category as a woman entrepreneur by Lokmat Sakhi. Kalyani has been a featured speaker on various subjects at colleges to inspire and motivate students towards entrepreneurship.

Kalyani is an avid reader, and enjoys her work as a leader and communicator.