I am happy with this assignment and I feel I got it owing to my long-standing experience and international reputation and perfect grasp over the subject.

As an industrialist I had accepted this assignment only on honorary basis i.e. I am not taking any remuneration for this job Normally a sum of Rs.45,000/- is being paid for the other advisors.

On the Export of farmers:

Nature of the proposal and details:

As per the proposal, In African countries like Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania farmers from the State will be helped to set up co-operatives. The farmers can send their earnings back to their families in India.

Andhra Pradesh has signed a preliminary deal with Kenya and Uganda to send 500 drought-hit farmers to cultivate land in the East African nations. The state government has signed Letters of Intent (LoI) with Kenya for 50,000 acres and with the Uganda Investment Authority for 20,000 acres. The land will be given on a 99-year lease to enable the farmers from the state develop it.

“Land in Uganda is being given for $3.75 per acre, negotiations are going on the price for Kenya", "The land that has been identified is suitable for crops such as cotton, tobacco, groundnut, maize and paddy".

Nothing new

This experiment is nothing new, has been already experimented in the past within the state. Farming community from the coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh with their little savings and high expertise in the methods of agriculture migrated to Telangana and made the irrigation possible in this land. This is just an extension of the old practice.

Don’t you think this is a complicated and risky proposal as the socio-cultural factors in Africa radically differ from that of India?

No, it is  not at all, I accept that to a certain extent African Socio-economic factors may differ from of our state. This may not be a complicated one as it aims at the mutual benefit.  Moreover our farmers would work as entrepreneurs and landowners, not as labourers.

The present International scenario reflecting Globalism and the spirit of universalism brought in tremendous the response to this unique proposal from all the sides.

I never said that neither me nor the Government has any intention to dump all the farmers of Andhra Pradesh  into Uganda, Kenya or Tanzania. We had already adopted measures to solve the miseries of our agrarians inside the state itself.
The ‘export of farmers’ is just a complementary measure to improve the conditions of farming community. At the beginning stage itself so many people expressed their willingness to take up this task.

Profile:

Started my career as a lawyer and then moved to United States and served as the CEO of leading Corporations like Sharex International, Jester Imports and Triltex Inc.

Chairman of Visu group

Established Visu Consultants, in 1983 to guide the students on various aspects of international education. Converted it into Visu International with more than 73 branch offices throughout the world in countries like US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia, Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, France and Spain Visu International Limited.

This organisation has the credit of placing more than 75000 students in Universities abroad thereby turning the dreams of thousands of students into reality.

Not, exactly, but one should be careful is choosing Medical Universities abroad. It should have the proper recognition either by Medical council of India (MCI) or World Health Organisation (WHO).

The most important aspect is that of language. Some of the Medical Schools abroad may not have the English speaking faculty, though they are very well equipped with their local language. That is the juncture where our students find it difficult in pursuing their education.