User:Sanwad/Dr Selvam Daniel

Vetha Anbu Selvam Daniel born on 7th August 1967, has been brought up in an organic environment, and started his career as an organic and bio-dynamic farmer. As an organic farmer he worked with development organisation, for more than a decade, to enthuse and motivate groups of small farmers to adopt organic farming. In order to economically benefit the small farmers, he was involved in organising farmer groups for domestic and export production. Since 2002, now Dr. Selvam Daniel is a part of Ecocert, beginning as a field inspector and rising to position of Managing Director from 2006, managing the South Asian region. Presently, he is also pursuing research in ecological designing and bio-mimicry. He is also representing as board of Director ICCOA Since March 2011. ICCOA is a Bangalore based knowledge and learning center for all aspects of organic agriculture and agribusiness. As a Board member of ICCOA, he commits to work alongside ICCOA to strengthen its position as a global networking organization and a non-governmental interface organization. Mainly Dr. Selvam Daniel is envisioning his contribution to be in the form of working with the organic commodity chains and represent their needs and challenges to the certification sector and the accreditation bodies. In India, Ecocert operates from Aurangabad, for the south Asian countries. Ecocert India operations started in June 2002. The Founder, Late Dr. Alexander Daniel served the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM) for more than ten years. His passion for the promotion of organic farming provided a social dimension to organic production. Ecocert India has witnessed remarkable growth since the beginning with its certification services in almost all the states and neighboring countries. Ecocert India has certified over three hundred thousand hectares of land for 285 of its clients constituting Processors, Exporters, Farmers’ Groups and Individual Farmers. The main objective of Ecocert is to promote the India logo in the international markets and the Agmark India Organic logo in the Indian markets and give recognition to organic produce from India. Regular audits by its Head Office and Accreditation agencies help Ecocert sustain the faith of the clients and consumers.