Shri Arvind Kumar holds the educational qualifications of M.Com.  Professionally, he is a Fellow Member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India and an Associate Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He possesses rich and diverse experience in the areas of financial management, internal audit, budgeting, banking, taxation, commercial accounting, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.

Shri Arvind Kumar is known for his professional competence, analytical approach and extensive experience in finance, audit and corporate management.

Sh. Goyal is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, and holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee), where he was awarded the University Medal.

He has over 33 years of rich experience in process plant maintenance and project execution and has worked in various key positions at the Bathinda, Panipat, and Nangal Units of NFL. A winner of the FAI First Prize for Technical Innovative Papers in 2018, Shri Goyal has many technical achievements to his credit.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Sharma spoke on this year’s theme — “Vigilance: Our Shared Responsibility” and emphasised the importance of integrity, accountability, and ethical conduct in all aspects of work. The observance reflected NFL’s continuous efforts to foster a culture of honesty and responsibility across the organisation.

The following steps have been taken to promote the use of Nano Fertilizers amongst the farmers:-

Use of Nano Urea is promoted through different activities such as awareness camps, webinars, nukkad nataks, field demonstrations, Kisan Sammelans and films in regional languages etc.

Nano Urea is made available at Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendras (PMKSKs) by concerned companies.

Nano Urea has been included under monthly supply plan issued by Department of Fertilizers regularly.

ICAR through Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal recently organized National Campaign on “Efficient and Balanced Use of Fertilizer (including Nano-fertilizers)”.

Promotion of use of nano fertilizers was done during the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) which was launched on 15th November, 2023.

With an aim to provide drones to 15,000 women Self Help Groups (SHGs), the Government of India has launched the ‘Namo Drone Didi’ Scheme. Under the said scheme, 1094 drones have been made available by fertilizer companies to Namo Drone Didis of Women Self Help Groups, which is ensuring increased application of nano fertilizers through drones.

Department of Fertilizers in collaboration with fertilizer companies has initiated a Maha Abhiyan for adoption of Nano DAP in all 15 agro-climatic zones of the country through consultations and field level demonstrations. Further, DoF in collaboration with fertilizer companies has also launched campaign for field level demonstrations and awareness programs of Nano Urea plus in 100 districts of the country.

This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Smt Anupriya Patel in Rajya Sabha in reply to a question today.

Presently, he is serving CMD of Madras Fertilizers Ltd (MFL).