This farmer-entrepreneur created food processing machine that is sold all over the world

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Dharambir Kamboj created Kissan Dharambir to make food processing easy, sells it all around the world. In 1970 while his family's financial struggles prompted him to discontinue his studies. Dharambir, who was born in the hamlet of Damla in Yamunanagar, Haryana, was responsible for his family's farm and herbal crops. However, this was not allowing him to earn enough money to support his family's necessities and the medical treatment of his ailing mother and sister. 

 

Dharambir continued to labour on his farms for a few years, despite the fact that his financial circumstances did not improve. Previously struggling to fulfil basic needs, the man is now exporting his patented devices to 15 nations and earning Rs 67 lakh per year. Dharambir attributes his success to his resilience and aggressiveness.

Dharamir arrived in Delhi in the early 1980s in search of work. But, without a degree, his attempts were futile, and he had to rely on odd jobs to make ends meet. When he couldn't find work, he began ferrying passengers in a rickshaw in Delhi's Khari Bawli neighbourhood. Dharambir eventually realised that some of the passengers he used to shuttle were paying exorbitant prices for processed fruit goods from Delhi's local marketplaces.These fruits were cultivated in enormous quantities in his communities and sold at low costs. Why are these being offered for such a high price? He also noticed fruit-based items, such as jams and puddings, being offered at a premium. This stage of life assisted Dharambir in comprehending the brisk market demand for herbs, fruits, and extracts.

 

Dharambir worked as a rickshaw puller till he was killed in a car accident in 1987. Dharambir was severely injured and hospitalized, yet undeterred by adversity, he chose to return to his village and begin farming.But the concept of fruits and extracted items being sold at exorbitant costs in Delhi lingered, and he began his investigation.His pioneering work in mushroom growing, vermicomposting, and other farming methods earned him numerous awards. His cultivation of strawberries and other rare fruits in the fields of Haryana earned him even more acclaim. Dharambir was allowed to visit Rajasthan in 2004 by the Haryana Horticulture Department. During his tour, he talked with farmers to learn about the aloe vera crop and its extracts, which he used to create medical items. 

Dharambir returned to his village seeking ways to market aloe vera gel and other processed items as a profitable company.In 2002, he contacted a bank manager who informed him of the technology needed for food manufacturing but charged him Rs 5 lakh for the machine.

 

His pioneering work in mushroom growing, vermicomposting, and other farming methods earned him numerous awards. His cultivation of strawberries and other rare fruits in the fields of Haryana earned him even more acclaim. Dharambir was allowed to visit Rajasthan in 2004 by the Haryana Horticulture Department. During his tour, he talked with farmers to learn about the aloe vera crop and its extracts, which he used to create medical items. 

Dharambir returned to his village seeking ways to market aloe vera gel and other processed items as a profitable company.In 2002, he contacted a bank manager who informed him of the technology needed for food manufacturing but charged him Rs 5 lakh for the machine. The Multipurpose Processing Machine, designed and built with Dharambir's insight, has gained widespread acknowledgement and popularity as a first of its kind, a portable, user-friendly device that can be used for a variety of functions such as pummeling, mixing, steaming, pressure-cooking, and juice/ oil/ gel extracting. It can process over 100 different types of fruits and herbs.

 

The National Innovation Foundation also granted him a patent for this equipment. Dharambir helps other farmers and rural micro-entrepreneurs make more money by preparing fruits and herbal crops grown by them by selling this equipment throughout India and to 15 countries like the United States, Italy, Nepal, Australia, Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. He has also arranged workshops and training programmes for over 7,000 people across the nation on how to operate the devices. Moreover, 4,000 of these were women.Dharambir is now trying to expand both within India and beyond. In the future, he hopes to see his food manufacturing devices in at least 100 nations.

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