Rohan S. Katepallewar is an engineer turned social scientist, and a recent graduate of IDS with an MA in Globalisation, Business and Development. He has worked as a Prime Minister’s Rural Development Fellow in India to promote livelihood security through value-chain development in tribal-conflict prone areas of central regions. As a state project manager, he promoted FPCs and through his experiences he felt the need for deeper analysis of the idea of farmer companies.