Shankar Kotian may be earning only 25% of what he used to a few years ago but the 43-year-old techie-turned-farmer says the world for him is a much better place now. It took Kotian 16 years at Infosys and work experience in multiple countries to realise his heart was where his home was.
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In 2011, Kotian, who belongs to Moodbidri, decided to resign from his cushy job and venture into dairy farming. Drawing inspiration from the works of Masanobu Fukuoka, the Japanese farmer and philosopher, Narayan Reddy, one of Karnataka’s most progressive farmers, and Subhash Panekar of Maharashtra, Kotian toured several farms for months together and threw his hat into the ring in 2013-14.