Launch · Agriculture & Food Systems
GreenHeart wins NASSCOM award, gets grant
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- GreenHeart
- What it does
- AI-driven smart agriculture platform
- Kind
- Launch
- Amount
- ₹5,00,000
- Stage
- grant
- Based in
- Chandigarh
What they do
GreenHeart builds an AI platform using IoT, 5G and satellite data for farming
What happened
It won the Best Startup Award at NASSCOM's Neovation 2026 and received a ₹5 lakh grant
Why it matters
The startup is developing a submarine to detect microplastics in canals
The details
- GreenHeart won the Best Startup Award at NASSCOM's Neovation 2026 event.
- The award was given under the ThingQbator initiative.
- GreenHeart received a ₹5,00,000 grant from NASSCOM.
- The startup was also a finalist in the Smart India Hackathon 2025.
- Earlier, it secured a ₹7 lakh seed fund from the government-backed MeitY.
The bigger picture
- Over 50% of India's population depends on agriculture.
- The Indian agritech market is about $450 million and growing rapidly.
- GreenHeart's platform aims to reduce water, fertilizer and pesticide use.
About the business
- GreenHeart is an AI-driven smart agriculture platform using IoT, 5G and satellite data.
- It provides crop recommendations, pest detection and advice to reduce water, fertilizer and pesticide use.
- Products in development include a soil analysis device (measuring NPK, fertility, EC, sensitivity).
- It is also building a water quality monitor for heavy metals, turbidity and TDS.
- The startup is developing an autonomous canal submarine to detect microplastics.
- Prototypes have been tested in real-world field conditions.
- Satellite data comes from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 via Copernicus/ESA.
- The platform has a multilingual interface for farmers across regions.
The deal
- Type
- grant
Investors
- NASSCOM (lead) — National Association of Software and Service Companies, an Indian trade association.
Founders
- Garvit Saluja, Founder
- Aditya Bhandari, Co-Founder
- Prakhar Nautiyal, Co-Founder
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