Dr Vaibhav Tidke is the Co-Founder and CEO of S4S Technologies, India.
Dr Vaibhav Tidke has a Ph.D. in agri-food processing. He founded S4S as a full-stack food processing organization.
S4S manufactures and sells food ingredients for Fast Moving Consumer Goods companies, as well as for the Food Service sector.
Dr Tidke has designed a unique supply chain. It is based on village-level procurement, and food processing platforms, run by women entrepreneurs. This model creates a win-win for farmers, women entrepreneurs, and B2B food customers.
Dr Tidke’s deep engineering approach, combined with innovative business models, has helped S4S to lead the space of farm-gate food factories. He holds multiple patents in food processing and renewable energy.
Dr Vaibhav Tidke has a rural background. He transitioned to entrepreneurship and was driven by five principles:
- Serve customers
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Scale rapidly
- Create social impact, and care for the environment
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Build teams
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Ensure profitability.
Dr Tidke has implemented an innovative Food to Fork model at S4S. S4S sources from over 400,000 smallholder farmers. Thereafter, processing is done by over 5,000 rural women. Farmers earn 15-30% more than in the past. Women now earn Rs 60,000 – 100,000 annually.
At S4S, Quality in not restricted to product output. Quality, at S4S, involves the integrity of the entire value chain.
Dr Vaibhav Tidke. A Benchmark for Left- and Right-Brain Thinking.
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