Founded by Mr. G. Ramakrishna Achar, Sri. Kalikamba Fabricators (S.K.F.) Beginning with the manufacture of small food grain processing machinery, like cookers, the company grew from strength to strength. S K F has been a forefront on manufacturing and marketing of grain processing plants globally for more then two decades. It was a small step for him, the unanointed king of Grains Processing Manufacturing industry in India, G.Ramakrishna Achar, but a giant leap for the industry and the nation. The year was 1993 when G.Ramakrishna Achar, with daring dreams of making it big, founded SKF, in a hired shed and began manufacturing Rice cookers. After the tremendous success of manufacturing and marketing a 50 ton capacity boiler-cum-drier, Mr.Achar never looked back. Thanks to his ambition and vision, coupled with relentless hard work, today SKF is a unique corporate company, founded in the rural backyard, Bannadka, of Moodbidri, with its credentials proven globally! SKF plants have been exported to Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Nigeria. With a turnover of Rs.100 crore and a team of 2000, SKF, today, is the leading brand name in the designing, manufacturing and marketing of food grains processing plants. Mr.Achar, never a man to rest on his laurels, has ambitious plans of diversification, especially into education, with emphasis on Grains Processing Machinery Manufacturing, Management and Marketing. Plans are a foot to establish an educational Institution of global standards, offering Diploma, Degree (BBM) and Masters Courses (MBA) in Grains Processing Technology, Manufacturing, Management, Maintenance , Marketing et al to fulfill the growing demand for knowledgeable and skilled Technicians from the Rice Mill Industry in India and abroad. Undoubtedly, this plan, when implemented, will be a great service to the industry and the nation as there are now no institutions to impart training in the crucial sector.