AKASHGANGA™ (meaning ‘The Milky Way') is being used at the Dairy Cooperative Society. The company has established a track record of more than 15 years and its products and services are well accepted.

The Board of Directors
Name Experience Mr. Alpesh Shah B.Sc (Electronics) Over 15 years in Information Technology. Looks after operations of the company. Mr. Gaurang Shah Chartered Accountant Over 14 years of Accounting and Finance. Mr. Nilesh Shah Commerce & IT Graduate Over 13 years in Information Technology mainly Software Development Mr. Sachin Shah Commerce & IT Graduate Over 13 years in Software Development and After Sales Service. Mr. Sulax Shah BE (Electronics) Over 20 years in the field of Information Technology. Mr. Ujval Parghi Commerce Graduate Over 13 years in various fields including Sales and Distribution. Mr. Vipul Shah Electronics Engineer Over 13 years of experience in Computer Assembling and After Sales Services. Company foundation: A group of seven dynamic, young entrepreneurs got together and founded the company with less than INR 0.5 million as seed money. Mr. Sulax Shah the main brain behind the concept, earlier developed a microprocessor-based black box and was told about its appropriateness for the dairy industry. Company displayed this product in an Agricultural Fair in 1997, which won the First Prize. Immediately success journey of AKASHGANGA started with company clinching its first mega order from Amul Dairy, Anand(INDIA). Initially, microprocessor based automatic milk collection systems were supplied to the cooperatives. Although their functionality is limited, they are very cost effective and easy to operate. Gradually, PC based automatic milk collection systems were introduced.

Slowly but steadily, today more than 1,000 such units are installed.

AKASHGANGA's Client Base History

State(INDIA)   Milk Producers Union Gujarat Ahmedabad District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Uttam Dairy) Amreli District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Amar Dairy) Bharuch District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Dudhdhara Dairy) Bhavnagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Sarvottam Dairy) Gandhinagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Madhur Dairy) Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Amul Dairy) Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. Panchmahal District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Panchamrut) Surat District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Sumul Dairy) Surendranagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd.(Sursagar Dairy) Valsad District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. (Vasudhara Dairy) Jharkhand Animal Husbandry Department , Ranchi Maharashtra Baramati Milk Union Government Milk Scheme, Ahmednagar Government Milk Scheme, Nashik Greater Mumbai Milk Scheme Jalgaon Milk Union, Jalgaon Warana Dudh Sangh, Kolhapur Patna Patna Dairy, Patna Rajasthan Ajmer Dairy, Ajmer Private L & T Ltd. (Food Processing Division) Nestle India Ltd., Mogha (Punjab) Export Made To Kenya (South Africa) Uganda (South Africa) Vietnam Belgium Dairy Project (Vietnam)

Objectives of AKASHGANGA
	Make the e-Bussiness reach the Indian Farmers.
	Make the dairy business more transparent by use of Electronic Media.
	Play critical role in improving quality of milk produced by the members of Village CoOperative society by introducing innovative low cost Milk Analyzer
	Enable online data & information to policy makers to help in production planning. Avoid communication delays.