Ashish Wele is an Independent Corporate Consultant to a few Indian corporate companies, International agencies and empanelled with few global consulting organisations. Agronomist by education, he is responsible for successfully biofortifying pearl millet with iron, as part of a HarvestPlus (CGIAR) program. Until November 2015 as President (Business Head) of Nirmal Seeds in India, Ashish was responsible for leading a team of professionals with a special focus on developing the company in the global market with a thrust on East Africa. He spearheaded a robust international relationship program with key stakeholders including foreign governments, universities, R&D centres, ambassadors, UN organizations, and funding agencies to explore opportunities in efficient agriculture farming development and sustainable seeds production models. As an Agriculture expert (Agronomist) specializing in Agriculture Business Management, Ashish has expertise in designing procedures and policies for newly developing business ventures in the Agriculture sector pertaining to corporate and cooperative farming, high-tech projects of mushroom cultivation, micro-irrigation projects, sugarcane-based farming systems, and the development of sustainable seeds production models. He has played a pivotal role in strategic business planning, sourcing of innovative products, project launching, and imparting technical training to the marketing team for various Agri-Biotech products and high-tech micro-irrigation systems. His work in Biofortification as private sector partner is well recognised internationally and especially acclaimed by father of Indian green revolution Prof M S Swaminathan.

He is a globe trotter and keeps travelling to Europe, Africa & Asia throughout the year.