Mr. Vijay Kumar Prathamshetty studied botany, chemistry and zoology and graduated from Pune University. He’s well known in Sangli for tree cultivation and joined Willingdon College in Sangli to teach Zoology. After 2 years of teaching, he stepped into the family-owned business of manufacturing medicines. A mango orchard (Aamrai) in Sangli drove him towards tree cultivation. He has catalogued in detail, rare and old trees from this 150+ year old orchard. He has also added new and equally rare varieties of trees in the orchard. Due to this work, he has become a member of the ‘Mango Orchard Control and Cultivation Committee’.