In tune with 'Small is Beautiful and Bountiful', the farsighted entrepreneur Mr. S. N Gupta set up a proprietorship firm in 1977 to manufacture just two pesticide formulations. In due course, the seeds sown by him sprouted and the tiny company, Bharat Insecticides Ltd. (Now Bharat Certis AgriScience Ltd.) grew to be among the leaders in the industry of pesticides.