MSc Grad Turns Florist: Gerbera Flowers Bring Crores to Farmer Ashwani Kumar

• Ashwani Kumar, an MSc Agriculture graduate, chose floriculture over a traditional job, transforming his destiny in Saharanpur.
• He started with a 60 lakh rupee polyhouse in 2015, supported by a 50% government subsidy, to cultivate Gerbera flowers.
• Gerbera is a safe and profitable crop, yielding flowers year-round with minimal disease, and plants start producing in 90 days.
• Ashwani expanded from one to seven polyhouses, with six dedicated to Gerbera, generating approximately 1 lakh rupees every three days.
• His flowers are supplied to major markets like Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, and Dehradun, achieving a multi-crore annual turnover.