THE GREEN REVOLUTION

Anand Chandra, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Arya.ag on Fixing India's Agri Gaps with Tech

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Anand Chandra, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Arya.ag

78 years after independence, India has risen as a global tech superpower, yet the fields that feed the nation still struggle with age-old challenges; broken supply chains, informal credit systems, and post-harvest losses. What's the value of technological progress if it fails to reach the farmers who form the backbone of our economy?

By converting stored grain into digital asset, enabling instant credit, and deploying AI, IoT, and satellite intelligence across rural geographies, Arya.ag is proving that technology can work for those who need it the most. Anand Chandra, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Arya.ag shares how they're solving India's deepest agri challenges with practical, problem-first innovations. From AI-powered crop risk detection to building a digital grain economy in the remotest corners of India and setting the stage for a new era of rural empowerment.

How does Arya.ag use AI, IoT, and satellite data across the grain value chain and what makes your tech deployment accurate across diverse geographies and crops in rural India?

Arya.ag integrates technology where it creates the most practical value in the agricultural supply chain. Satellite imagery is a key layer in our stack. It enables predictive analytics on crop health, weather-related risks, and biotic stress. These insights directly inform our procurement planning and advisory services. For example, we can flag early warning signs of crop failure or pest outbreaks, allowing farmers and buyers to make timely decisions.

AI is used for quality grading of grains and for risk scoring that determines a farmer's credit eligibility. IoT systems are embedded into our hermetic storage infrastructure to support real-time surveillance and inventory management, particularly in warehouses close to the farm.