Two Engineers Use Drones to Help 50,000 Indian Farmers
Amandeep Panwar and Rishabh Choudhary turned their passion for drones into BharatRohan, a company that helps Indian farmers detect crop problems before they become visible. Their technology now serves over 50,000 farmers across seven states, boosting yields by up to 35% while cutting costs.
Two aeronautical engineers with zero farming experience just transformed agriculture for 50,000 Indian farmers using drone technology.
Amandeep Panwar and Rishabh Choudhary loved drones but knew nothing about crops. That changed in 2016 when they flew their drones near Barabanki and met struggling farmers facing mysterious crop problems no one could explain.
The encounter sparked a simple question: what if drones could spot crop stress before farmers could even see it? Within months, they founded BharatRohan to make precision agriculture accessible to small-scale farmers across India.
Their drones use hyperspectral imaging to detect pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies weeks before any visible signs appear. Farmers receive color-coded field maps and targeted advice via WhatsApp in their local language, making cutting-edge technology surprisingly simple to use.
Early on, the engineers hit a roadblock. Their drones could only cover two or three acres at a time, making individual farm visits inefficient.
They pivoted to serving farm clusters instead, allowing them to reach hundreds of farmers in a single flight. The shift made their service both scalable and affordable for small landholders who needed it most.
But identifying problems wasn't enough. BharatRohan launched Pravir, a bio-input product line featuring solutions like Humeshakti and Immunoboost, giving farmers practical tools to fix the issues their drones detected.
"We are not just here to identify problems and leave them at that," Rishabh explains. The company wanted to reduce chemical dependence while providing farmers with actionable solutions they could trust.
The Ripple Effect
The results speak louder than any sales pitch. Farmers using BharatRohan's drone-guided recommendations report 30-35% higher yields and a 30% reduction in input costs, transforming both their harvests and their bottom lines.
Today, BharatRohan operates across seven Indian states, monitoring over 200,000 acres of farmland. What started as curiosity about drones near one village now reaches tens of thousands of farming families.
The secret to their success? Meeting farmers where they are. Field support teams work alongside WhatsApp alerts, ensuring even remote farmers with basic phones can access space-age agricultural insights.
"When we saw the challenges farmers faced, we asked ourselves how we could approach these problems in a completely different and effective way," Amandeep says. Their answer turned technology into tangible hope for India's agricultural heartland.
Two engineers who once knew nothing about farming are now proving that curiosity and innovation can grow solutions as powerful as any crop.
Based on reporting by The Better India
This story was written by BrightWire based on verified news reports.
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