Mahindra’s Krish-e Tech

Krish-e, Mahindra’s AgTech business, launched an IoT-based Smart Kit for farm equipment

Krish-e Smart Kit, an after-market device, is the first-of-its-kind smart device that provides equipment owners with detailed insights into their tractors and farm equipment, through GPS-enabled time tracking and remote monitoring of various parameters from a smartphone. The kit is brand agnostic and therefore installed on any branded farm equipment like tractors, harvesters, rice transplanters or self-propelled sprayers.

The Krish-e Smart Kit enables equipment owners and rental entrepreneurs to sustainably improve fleet performance and incomes and manage maintenance costs while reducing tractor downtime and preventing unauthorised usage. The Smart Kit also includes an advanced trip replay feature for tracking commercial transportation and trolley activity. The kit is paired with the Krish-e Rental Partner App and is available on the Google Play Store. In addition to tracking and monitoring, the app offers users access to an inventory of high-end farm machinery on a pay-per-use basis.

Carnot Technologies, an Ag-tech start-up founded by alumni from IIT Bombay, developed this offering to monitor the performance of race vehicles from the pit. With M&M’s stake in this business, they have been engaged to manufacture and retail products and services related to internet-connected devices for monitoring the performance of vehicles and equipment.

Ramesh Ramachandran, Senior Vice President and Head Krish-e – Farm Equipment Sector, M&M Ltd. said, “An industry-first aftermarket IoT solution, the Krish-e Smart Kit presents the smartest, most affordable and sustainable way for farmers and businesses to connect and monitor their farm equipment on the go. In its scale-up phase, with over 25,000 active users we will officially launch the Krish-e Smart Kit. Going forward we aim to become the leading provider of connectivity for farm equipment in India.”

Pushkar Limaye, CTO, Carnot Technologies commented, “With a vision of building world-class products out of India, we came up with a small plug-and-play device for tractors to help improve their productivity using IoT, with real-time updates on smartphones. And today with the official launch of the Krish-e Smart Kit, together with Mahindra, we aim to digitise Indian farming with an India-based solution, while reaching a larger audience of tractor owners and rental business owners.”