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Akshayakalpa Organic, founded by Shashi Kumar, has grown into a ₹700 crore dairy enterprise by building a farmer-centric business model instead of owning farms. Speaking on the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Kumar revealed that the company now generates approximately ₹60 crore in monthly revenue while working with 2,800 farmers, including 1,200 women farmers.
Rather than expanding through scale alone, Akshayakalpa has focused on improving farmer productivity, profitability and sustainability, enabling dairy farming to become a viable rural enterprise. Kumar, who left a successful telecom engineering career in the US to return to India, said the venture was created to address the economic challenges that force rural youth to abandon agriculture.
The company supports farmers with technology, training, market access and sustainable farming practices while ensuring they retain ownership of their farms. Over the past 15 years, Akshayakalpa has built one of India's leading organic dairy businesses by aligning farmer prosperity with premium dairy production.
Kumar emphasized that a successful dairy business requires a stable cost structure, efficient operations and long-term value creation for producers rather than focusing solely on rapid expansion. The company's journey demonstrates how a relatively small network of committed farmers can build a profitable, high-value dairy enterprise through quality, sustainability and direct market linkage.
Source: Dairynews7x7 28 June, 2026 Read full story here
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