Hydroponic Cultivation

Dr. Arun Kumar Shah
Director | Living Greens Hydroponics

[ 3 years Experience ]

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What is Hydroponic Cultivation?

Dr. Arun Kumar Shah: "Hydroponics is a subset of hydroculture, which is a method of growing plants without soil by instead using mineral nutrient solutions in a water solvent."

How I got into Hydroponic Cultivation?

Dr. Arun Kumar Shah: "After doing my schooling from Dehradun and Jhansi, I did B Tech in Metallurgy at IIT Roorkee and then M Tech from IIT Kanpur. I worked in DRDO for 30 years in Material Research and Building Technology. I did my Ph D in Metallurgy from IIT Bombay and PG Diploma in Metallurgy from Germany. I also attended the National Defence College in Delhi. After my retirement I started working in Engineering Education as a Professor and Director in Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology. I also worked as the Professor and Director at THDC-IHET (Tehri)."

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What Is:
1)	Hydroponic Cultivation

Education:
2)	Knowledge of Hydroponics
3)	Horticulture
4)	Marketing

Skills:
5)	Passion
6)	Product Packaging
7)	Planning

Positives:
8)	Sustainable Cultivation
9)	Eco Friendly
10)	High Productivity
11)	Great Market Potential

Challenges:
12)	Skills Required
13)	Continuous Monitoring
14)	General Pest Infestation
15)	Unpredictability of Climate

A Day Of:
16)	Hydroponic Cultivation