Shekru foundation is a not-for-profit startup with the motto 'farmers first'. They hope to fill the gaps in agriculture extension and help farmers with access to resources – from educational, skill development and financial resources. There is a free app for farmers for the same along with the Shekru Shetkari Shaala (a farmer's school/resource center) on ground in Phaltan, Satara, and ShekruTV, an online outreach platform that conducts regular meetings, webinars and field schools.
Intech Harness is an Agritech startup that has developed a Patent Granted, IoT Enabled, Farmer Obedient Pump Controller for Individual Farmers to Operate and Automate the Pump Operation on the farm. It helps to overcome the problem of erratic power and water supply and completely automates the farm irrigation based on availability of water and power unlike GSM based technology which requires human intervention to operate the pump reducing inconvenience to the farmer. This is a wholesome automation solution to current day problems with aim to get the farmers onto the Digital Agriculture platform for the future.
Readify is a Publishing Technology startup. One of their core strengths is story telling. It can provide content in text as well as video formats. They have built complete e-publishing infrastructure comprising of a robust backend and an Android app & have published dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories on this app. It can also provide a complete library management solution.
It is an EdTech Startup. It is supporting Career Guidance portal in 3 states with 85 lakh student registrations & has Online Teacher Mentor Training Program for 40000 teachers of a state which involves digital education. It has digital learning tool on Prevention of Sexual harassment guidelines and on NCPCR manual on Child safety
San Eco Vision is developing sanitary and electrical products using bamboo and other agro materials as well as loofah products. They have received prototype development funding from NECTAR.