Himanshu Sipani
Director, Supply Chain
Partner in Micro Organics (India) and Managing Director of Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm, home of the IARI Collaborative Outstation Research Centre, Mandsaur.
B.E., BIT Bangalore
About us
Since 1969, for the farmers of India
A Mandsaur company built by an agricultural scientist, still run on his promise: the prosperity of farmers is our goal.
Our story
From one resolve to a range farmers trust
In 1964, while studying agricultural science and serving the Rajasthan government, Narendra Singh Sipani resolved to bring modern farm knowledge, plant nutrition and crop protection to the farmers he met every day.
In 1969, with the support of Shri Shantilal Jain and Shri Mahesh Sharma, he founded Micro Chemicals (India) in Mandsaur. It was the first company in India to introduce micronutrients under the name “Micron”, and together with the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, it made naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), which stops flowers and young fruit from dropping, in India for the first time.
Leading companies chose to work with us. In 1988 Ciba-Geigy began a technical collaboration with us for Ciba Wettable Sulphur, and partners including Rhône-Poulenc, Gharda Chemicals and Indofil brought their technologies to farmers through our network. The work was recognised on Doordarshan and in Dharmayug.
In 1991–92 we set up Sipani Krishi Anusandhan Farm (SKAF), where new varieties and products are tested in real field conditions before they reach farmers. In 2019 we celebrated our Golden Jubilee, with more than fifty products developed along the way.
Milestones
Fifty years, year by year
- 1964The resolveA young agricultural scientist sets out to bring modern farm science to farmers.
- 1969Micro Chemicals (India) is foundedSet up in Mandsaur; the first in India to introduce “Micron” micronutrients.
- 1984Micro Organics (India)Our sister company begins, focused on sulphur and organic soil products.
- 1988Collaboration with Ciba-GeigyTechnical collaboration for Ciba Wettable Sulphur.
- 1991Sipani Krishi Anusandhan FarmOur own research farm opens in Mandsaur (1991–92).
- 1995National Quality AwardFrom the International Council for Business Promotion, Delhi.
- 2008Partnership with IARIA long-term agreement, the institute’s first with a private organisation.
- 2012IARI Fellow AwardPresented to our founder at the Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela, New Delhi.
- 2013Plant Genome Saviour and Champion FarmerPlant Genome Saviour Award from the Ministry of Agriculture and the PPV&FRA, and IARI’s Champion Farmer of India award.
- 2015NAAS Silver Jubilee AwardFor Mohan Wonder sharbati wheat, grown on about 2 million hectares.
- 2018IARI research centre and a joint patentCollaborative Outstation Research Centre opens at SKAF; patent with ICAR for a nano-copper formulation.
- 2019Golden JubileeFifty years and more than fifty products for India’s farmers.
Our founder
Narendra Singh Sipani
Founder · IARI Fellow · the “Farmer Professor”
Born on 16 October 1939 in Jawad, Neemuch, he studied agriculture at the Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur, and trained in seed production and processing under the National Seed Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation. Farmers and scientists alike know him as the “Farmer Professor”.
- Contributed more than 1,000 germplasm lines of pigeonpea, maize, soybean and wheat to IARI
- Breeding partner for IARI’s extra-early pigeonpea PADT 16
- Honoured with the National Mewar Award and Narmada Putra Alankaran for the short-duration pigeonpea Shivana
- Worked with ICRISAT and the National Soybean Research Laboratory, University of Illinois
You name the problem, we shall provide the solution.Our promise to farmers
Leadership
Carrying the founder’s work forward
Naveen Jain
Partner · Head of Marketing
Leads marketing management and project implementation at Micro Chemicals (India).
M.Com
Our companies
Two names, one family
Micro Chemicals (India)Founded 1969. ISO 9001 certified. Micronutrients, growth regulators, seed treatment and crop care.
Micro Organics (India)Founded 1984–85. Sulphur fungicides, humic and organic soil products, bio-stimulants.
For companies
We also work with other companies
Our fifty years of formulation and field research are also open to other companies.
- Technology transferProven products and processes, licensed with support.
- Bulk supplyOur products in bulk quantities for your business.
- Custom formulationsDeveloped to your requirements by our formulation team.
Recognition
Awards and honours
NAAS Silver Jubilee Award, 2015
Honoured by the father of India’s Green Revolution
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan presented our founder with the Silver Jubilee Award of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences for Mohan Wonder, a sharbati wheat sown on about 2 million hectares in eight states.
1995National Quality AwardInternational Council for Business Promotion, Delhi
2002Magnum Award: ‘Narmada Putra’Presented by the Governor of Madhya Pradesh for a short-duration pigeonpea
2012IARI Fellow AwardIndian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela
2013Plant Genome Saviour AwardMinistry of Agriculture and PPV&FRA
2013Champion Farmer of IndiaIndian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
2015NAAS Silver Jubilee AwardNational Academy of Agricultural Sciences, for Mohan Wonder wheat
2018Indian Patent No. 294416With ICAR, for a nano-copper formulation against bacterial blight
2018Top 5000 Small Scale IndustriesListed among India’s top small scale industries
