KOLKATA: When he was 11 years old, he began with the reading of the Exchange. A year later, he started betting on horses and by high school, he started an activity (Pinball machines), with a friend, and $ 50 per week.

Over time, when he completed his studies, he not only in possession of a business, but also purchased 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska for its own benefit.

Today, he is the richest man in the second in the world, worth $ 44 billion, according to Forbes 2005. So when he speaks, listen to the entrepreneurs. But not everyone has the chance to receive, Warren Buffett.

In what would be a first in the history of Indian universities, students at IIT Kharagpur’s B-school are given advice on how to successful entrepreneurs from Buffett.

About 35 selected the first and second year students of the IIT Kgp’s Vinod Gupta School of Management in Omaha visit to the United States spend time on May Creighton University and the University of Nebraska, and also talk to Buffett.

Ahmedabad, March 30: The leaders should begin to think about ways in which small business profitable, and an approach to the Special Economic Zones, Special Agricultural Zones (SAZ) has to be created.”Distinguished agricultural scientists MS Swaminathan, said it at a function here on Friday.

Swaminathan, the draw of “Metro-Chem AMA Outstanding Manager of the Year Award 2006 ‘Alan D’Souza, Acting Dean, Mudra Institute of Communications Research. Reward was the D’Souza Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) .

“While the contribution of agriculture to GDP decreased every year, the proportion of the population depending on agriculture will not fall,” said Swaminathan, said it was important that the leaders also need to consider how to managing small companies in a more cost-effective.

Swaminathan, credited with the Green Revolution in the country, stressed the need for development and sustainability of the agricultural sector.

“While sectors such as ICT, BT, nuclear energy and renewable energies, the world is dominated by technology in the coming days, the agricultural sector must also be better managed,”he said.

“We have seen some winning partnership between farmers, as well as in the tobacco and sugar, cotton, but the same has not happened in the case of cotton,”Swaminathan said, and added that in When this form of contract farming should be developed a win-win situation, one can distinguish between industry and farmers.

Later, the interaction with the media, Swaminathan said that beyond the obvious importance, the food is always a weapon of the changing global political scenario, and it is important that there is enough to give an impulse to ensure a sustainable life and productivity improvement.

“As the Special Economic Zones, Special Agricultural Zones (SAZ) would also be created,” said Swaminathan, adding that these areas are used to the conservation of farmland contractor for agriculture, achieving production The untapped potential rainfed areas beyond Safeguarding national food security and food sovereignty.

As in the case of SEZs specific support and incentive should be the peasant families in the SAZ Swaminathan also said, and added that such care, the package of support for the preservation of agriculture, provide credit, effective insurance system, and post - harvest of the main infrastructure of the value in addition to production and use of biomass for producers oriented marketing.

In this context, Swaminathan praised the efforts of the Government of Gujarat, in order to protect the health of the soil and maps of such measures for farmers. He added that such measures are taken, must be approved by governments throughout the country.