What is a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation?

October 04, 2019

I find a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation very interesting. I want to first understand What a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation entails before I invest time and effort to figure out How to start a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation. I was Googling about a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation and was lucky to find: https://www.lifepage.in/career/20190524-0001/Others/Agriculture/Career-in-Hydroponic-Cultivation/english

Dr. Arun Kumar Shah's take!

With 3 years of professional experience, Dr. Arun Kumar Shah understands Hydroponic Cultivation. Dr. Arun Kumar Shah has worked in Hydroponic Cultivation as Director in Living Greens Hydroponics. In Dr. Arun Kumar Shah's own words, this is how Dr. Arun Kumar Shah got into Hydroponic Cultivation: "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)."

Career Video on Hydroponic Cultivation

In a video, Dr. Arun Kumar Shah has talked about various aspects of a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation. Dr. Arun Kumar Shah started by explaining Hydroponic Cultivation as: "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." I watched the full video and I absolutely loved it.

It is easy to Google information about what Qualifications are needed to enter Hydroponic Cultivation, this video went a step ahead to talk about the body of knowledge one needs to develop to excel at Hydroponic Cultivation. Dr. Arun Kumar Shah touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:

Marketing
Horticulture
Knowledge of Hydroponics

Sills and success goes hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills.
Dr. Arun Kumar Shah then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation:

Planning
Product Packaging
Passion

Positives of any Career motivate one to work hard for the same.
Dr. Arun Kumar Shah believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation:

Great Market Potential
High Productivity
Eco Friendly
Sustainable Cultivation

Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Dr. Arun Kumar Shah believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation:

Unpredictability of Climate
General Pest Infestation
Continuous Monitoring
Skills Required

In the final section of the video Dr. Arun Kumar Shah talks about How a day goes in a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Hydroponic Cultivation, that I have ever come across. To see the full Talk, one needs to install the LifePage Career Talks App. Here is a direct deep link of the Video: https://lifepage.app.link/20190524-0001

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