Akshayakalpa to set up milk processing facility in state

Hyderabad: As part of efforts to boost its presence in the Hyderabad market, dairy player Akshayakalpa Organic is setting up its first milk processing facility in the state. The facility, with a capacity to process 40,000 litres of milk per day, will be coming up at Jadcherla on the outskirts of Hyderabad at an investment of 20 crore, Akshayakalpa Organic's CEO & co-founder Shashi Kumar said on Thursday.
The company, which has a presence only in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Hyderabad, so far catered to the Hyderabad market through its main facility at Tiptur in Tumkuru district of Karnataka, where it has a capacity to process 2 lakh litres of milk per day. It also has a facility in Tamil Nadu at Chengalpattu on Chennai's outskirts, where it has a 40,000 litres per day capacity.
The company currently procures 1.35 lakh litres of milk daily from around 1,500 farmers in these two states. In Telangana, it plans to onboard 65 farmers to start with in Oct or Nov 2025 when the processing facility commences with 6,000-7,000 litres per day and ramp this up to around 40,000 litres per day through procurement from 365 farmers.
The Jadcherla facility is expected to become operational by Oct this year, Shashi Kumar said, adding that the company already has a research station at Shadnagar near Shamshabad where they train farmers on organic farming.