Ashvin Limbachiya, Ahmedabad:
November 24, 2025:
Mr. Shaji KV, Chairman, NABARD, emphasised the need fortechnology-led transformation of Rural Financial Institutions in a fireside chat with Ms. NeetuChitkara, India Leader, People Organization Practice, BCG, on the topic ‘Lending 2.0: RethinkingRural Credit for a Digital, Data-Driven Decade.’ He also highlighted NABARD’s transformationjourney, led by data and technology. Mr. Shaji KV was speaking at the Hyderabad edition of EarthSummit 2025-26.
Speaking about NABARD’s recently launched Sahakar Sarathi Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Shaji KV, Chairman,NABARD, said he envisions it playing a pivotal role in transforming India’s rural ecosystem. “Indianeeds solutions that are rooted in its own context and responsive to its unique conditions. SahakarSarathi Pvt. Ltd. is designed as a rural transformation catalyst, supporting nearly 130 millioncustomers across the cooperative banking network. It has the potential to be a true gamechanger—strengthening technology adoption, elevating governance standards, and streamliningprocesses within the cooperative sector.”He added that the initiative focuses on modernising cooperative institutions through digitalenablement, capacity enhancement, and improved service delivery. Mr. Shaji also called upongovernment bodies, cooperative banks, technology partners, and development organisations to joinhands, collaborate, and contribute to this forward-looking initiative, emphasising that collectiveeffort will be key to building a more resilient, efficient, and future-ready cooperative ecosystem forrural India.
Speaking at the same conference, highlighting the critical role NABARD is playing, Mr. GoverdhanSingh Rawat, Deputy Managing Director, NABARD, said, “We are developing an entire cooperativestack, which is not only digitising the entire base level structure or the primary agricultural creditsocieties, but also promoting new cooperative societies. This will have a broader outreach at theground level. Through this co-operative structure, we want to deliver not only credit, but also othernon-credit services to do the farmers.” Mr. Rawat was part of a panel discussion titled ‘Agri Exports& Global Value Chains’ along with Mr. R P Naidu, Regional Head, RO Hyderabad & Visakhapatnam.,APEDA and Mr. Sachin Sharma, Vice President & Head, Agribusiness, ITC. The session was moderatedby Ms. Aparna Bijapurkar, Managing Director and Partner, BCG.The Earth Summit 2025–26 is jointly organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (NABARD) and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). The two-daysummit is bringing together policymakers, startups, financial institutions, digital platforms, climate-tech innovators, and energy enterprises, from South, East, and North-east India under one roof toreimagine the future of rural India. This year’s Earth Summit opens in Hyderabad, with the nexteditions set to be held in Gandhinagar and Delhi.
The Summit is supported by key national institutions, including the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. Their involvement reflects a coordinated effort to strengthen rural development through technology and policy alignment.
Centered around the theme ‘Empowering Rural Innovation for Global Change’, the Hyderabad edition is being held at HITEX Exhibition Centre on November 20-21, 2025. It will host 2,000+ attendees, 80+ speakers and panelists, 50+ exhibitors, 25+ sessions, participation from 15 States and UTs, and 1 flagship hackathon.
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