BUDDHADEB ACHARYA, Tea Consultant

 

Buddhadeb Acharya was born in a small hill town in the coal mining area of Madhya Pradesh, now Chattisgarh. He is a veteran in the Tea Industry and comes with wide knowledge of the product and the manufacturing process.

A BSc Engineering ( Mechanical ) from Institute of Technology, BHU, he started his career in 1970, with the Duncan Brothers & Co. Ltd.,. Along the way, Duncan Brothers separated to form the Goodricke Group Ltd. Buddhadeb Acharya thereafter, continued with the Goodricke Group and worked in Darjeeling, Dooars and Assam.

In 1983 he joined Tanzania Tea Authority, a World Bank sponsored assignment to train their technical and management professionals. In 1990, he joined Usambara Tea Company Ltd of Commonwealth Development Corporation.

In 1994 he returned to India and worked with a software company.

From 2003, he started as an independent Tea Consultant and contributed a lot both in the setting up of factories and extensively developing quality of tea, in various gardens.

Given his passion for Tea and the Industry, Buddhadeb Acharya agreed to join Bubbling Kettle as a Consultant.

He commits himself to support the Vision of Bubbling Kettle, by making it a Global Brand by 2030.