Meet Abhilash Das - Bringing Real-Time Data to India’s Smallholder Farmers
What if farmers could see what is happening in their fields before a crop problem becomes a loss?
That is the problem Abhilash Das is working on through Vriddhi 2.0 Digital Farms, based in Guwahati, Assam.
Indian smallholder farmers often lack the real-time field data needed to reduce input costs, prevent crop loss, and access formal financial systems.
Vriddhi 2.0 brings satellites, drones, AI, and blockchain together to detect crop anomalies early, enable spot-spraying, and create verifiable data for insurance and carbon credits.
The goal is bigger than technology.
It is about replacing uncertainty with data, and turning sustainable farming into something that can create measurable economic value for farmers.
The venture is still pre-revenue, but early validation is promising.
20+ farmers in Assam have tested the solution, with 8 reporting positive ROI. Five pilot farms in Golaghat are actively using the system and reporting reduced pesticide usage. The team has also onboarded 5 local shops for its marketplace.
And they are doing this bootstrapped, with just ₹50,000 invested so far.
Abhilash has also received institutional validation through multiple startup competitions and was selected for Google AI for Startups at IIM Calcutta.
The next step is a 50-farmer commercial pilot across Golaghat and Jorhat.
The challenge now is turning a working prototype into a reliable, scalable field solution - while building farmer trust, navigating regulatory requirements, strengthening the team, and developing the right FPO-led go-to-market model.
Abhilash is seeking a ₹50 lakh pre-seed grant to deploy the pilot, work on patent filings, and validate ROI at scale. He is also looking for FPO and agri-input partnerships, mentorship on GTM and regulatory approvals, and technology collaborations around Edge AI and drone systems.
At Udyam Tatva, we believe potential deserves momentum. Our mission is to connect people and businesses with the knowledge, capital, talent, and opportunities they need to move forward.
Abhilash’s journey is a reminder that the future of agriculture may not only depend on better inputs - but on better information about what is happening on the ground.
Meet Abhilash Das.
Building Vriddhi 2.0.
Turning farm data into better decisions and greater opportunity.
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19 Septembre 2026 à 14h30
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