A career in agriculture is, perhaps, not on the priority list of today’s youth, more so for those hailing from the urban areas. It certainly is not the preferred option for the management and engineering graduates passing out from top institutions.
But here are two youngsters who have taken to tilling the land, and have proven that farming is indeed a lucrative career option despite many challenges such as skyrocketing prices of land, seed, and fertilizer, and rising labour charges.
Meet Naveen Perla, a graduate from Indian Institute of Management-Kolkata, and Sudheer Vajrapu, an engineering graduate from BITS Pilani (Hyderabad), who have made this possible.
