AgriVijay- Empowering Farmers with Renewable Energy

Farmers suffer from post-harvest losses & most of them are also dependent on fossil fuel such as diesel to run their diesel gensets in order to run their electric water pumps, milking machines etc. along with firewood for cooking by the rural women. They also have availability of animal/food/agri waste which goes unharnessed in the form of energy but impacting Climate Change with GHG/CO2 emissions. We are the 3rd GHG emitter as a nation. Also, if a farmer wants to switch to Renewable Energy to solve these problems there is no dedicated marketplace or store in village where his energy needs are understood & product is recommended based on his pocket. There is no Knowledge, insemination or education around various renewable energy products in solar, biogas, thermal, wind and other green energy products such as electric. These products are neither available at village level nor accessible.

AgriVijay is India's first curated Marketplace of Renewable & Green Energy products for farmers & rural households bringing all products in solar, biogas, green energy – electric, agtech innovations & organic range of products under one roof with Energy Advisory approach where farmers energy & agriculture needs are understood coupled with waste availability at their end before products are recommended, sold, deployed & financed aligned with United Nations SDG's becoming Energy Independent along with increased savings & income. We will setting up 100 Renewable Energy Stores expanding our business model, along with bringing German Technology based Compact Flexible Biogas Digesters to India providing access to Clean cooking Fuel - Biogas & Rich Organic Liquid Bio-slurry to Farmers & Rural Households. We are successful in establishing 75+ Renewable Energy Stores and making 250+ farmers and rural households energy-independent.

Our Target customers are Farmers, Rural households and Rural women in B2C and CSR departments of MNC’s, Foundations, Trusts, International Organizations, Cooperatives, Government Institutions, NGO’s & FPO’s , etc looking to bring Impact at Scale with Renewable Energy in B2B. The farmers, rural households and rural women are benefitted by employment ( because of Renewable Energy Stores), increased savings because of the products ( e.g. solar water pump is able to save about Rs. 10,000 - 15,000 per month whereas a biogas digester is able to save about Rs. 2000 per month and electric products generally save about Rs.10,000 per month. The products like biogas digester are able to bring positive impact on the health of specifically rural women.

Mrs. Shobha Chanchlani ( Co-founder of AgriVijay ) has the experience of working with the Government of Rajasthan in the field of school education for a period of 30 years. From last 2.5 years, she has focused to empower rural women by providing them clean cooking fuel- biogas using biogas digestors, which in turn has impacted positively on their health.

Mr. Vimal Panjwani ( Founder of AgriVijay ) has an experience of 10+ years wherein he has worked with agtech / social enterprises and got the opportunity to work closely with the farmers which has helped greatly in understanding the agriculture and energy needs of farmers and rural households understanding the renewable energy / social impact sector.

The highly talented and experienced team members have the knowledge of agriculture and experience in understanding the pain points of the farmers and rural households. 

AgriVijay currently serves around 2000 Farmers & Rural Households which includes Renewable & Green Energy products and our unique business model innovation of Renewable Energy Stores.

We want to expand our unique business model innovation across India and other countries with  Renewable Energy Stores in order to help our products and services reach out to farmers and rural households. We are mainly looking for opportunities to work with foundations or organizations for paid pilot projects wherein we will be able to deploy the renewable and green energy solutions to the end customers.

We are a Full Stack Renewable Energy Solution provider bringing all the Renewable Energy products such as Solar, Biogas, Thermal and green energy products such as electric under one roof online & offline through our network of Renewable Energy Stores where we understand the energy & agricultural needs of the farmers & rural households to recommend, sell, finance, deliver and deploy the renewable energy product making us as First End to End Renewable Energy Solution Provider to the last mile consumers, i.e. Farmers & Rural Households. We also provide long term warranty, assured after sales service, solar insurance as well as offer EMI Financing facility for 3, 6, 9, 12 months making products available, accessible and affordable for Farmers & Rural Households aligned with UN SDG’s.

The impact goals for next year and next five years are :-

1. To install 1000+ renewable & green energy products.

2. To mitigate 35,000+ tons of CO2 / GHG.

3. To impact 8500+ lives of farmers and rural households.

4. To irrigate 2500+ acres of farm by solar

5. To treat 8,21,250+ kg of organic waste.

6. To produce 16,42,500+ liter of organic slurry

7. To save 2,95,000+ kg of firewood.

8. To produce 3000+ KW of clean energy

We follow the average standards and calculate the impact

1. Impact: Energy-independent farmers and rural households

2. Outcomes: Increased savings and income for farmers and rural households along with abating GHG / CO2 emissions.

3. Outputs: Installation of Renewable Energy Products.

4. Activities : Open RE stores / showrooms disseminating knowledge about RE products making them available, accessible and affordable through financing.

5. Inputs: Qualified work force, partnership with companies for Renewable Energy Products.

We are working on deploying the AI-enabled mobile application wherein farmers can interact through Chatbot in local languages such as English, Hindi, Marathi and Telugu and get the products recommended through online conversations which are resulted from converting the offline conversations of energy advisory approach into online through AI algorithm.

Our female co-founder Mrs. Shobha Chanchlani handles back-office operations taking care of multiple departments such as partnerships, marketing, human resource, administration and accounts. 50% of our team consists of women. We believe in a cooperative and positive corporate culture. We are connected with female farmers whom we empower by providing products such as biogas digestors, solar dryers, etc. Our company does not discriminate on basis of caste, gender and nationality.  

The key customers of AgriVijay are farmers and rural households. AgriVijay Interacts with them with it's omni-channel touch points such as user-friendly website, WhatsApp (via chatbot), field sales and technical teams, call centers and village / block level Franchise Model known as "Renewable Energy Stores". In these Renewable energy stores we understand the energy & agricultural needs of the farmers & rural households to recommend, sell, finance, deliver and deploy the renewable energy product making us as First End to End Renewable Energy Solution Provider to the last mile consumers, i.e. Farmers & Rural Households. We also provide long term warranty, assured after sales service, solar insurance as well as offer EMI Financing facility for 3, 6, 9, 12 months making products available, accessible and affordable for Farmers & Rural Households aligned with UN SDG’s.

AgriVijay's aim is to touch breakeven as it was EBITDA positive in March 2023.

AgriVijay has generated more than INR 1 Cr of revenue. Initially, Mrs. Shobha Chanchlani (Co- Founder & Director) invested in the company and later we have received funds from:

1. Startup India Seed Fund Scheme

2. Angel investor

3. Incubator