Smt. Bandana Kumari is an innovative farmer working in close association with KVK, ATMA
and State Agriculture Department for adoption and promotion of modern technologies.

She is cultivating rice, maize, wheat, chickpea, mango, citrus alongwith cow and goat rearing.
Smt. Bandana produces green fodder round the year and has established azolla
production unit at her farm.

She has adopted roof rain water harvesting for her dairy farm which is now being
practiced by her fellow farmers.

She has started a self help group with female members which runs a dairy and mushroom
unit that earns them an extra income.

In 2013, Smt. Bandana was conferred with the ‘Mahindra Samriddhi’ award for fabricating a winnowing machine.
Smt. Bandana Kumari is the recipient of ‘Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Krishi
Puruskar’, ‘Krishak Award’, ‘Best Innovative Farmer’ award and ‘Utkrisht Kisan Samman’.

Her success story has been aired on television and published in newspapers.