VegeDrone started with a simple observation: Indian farmers rarely get to see their fields from above. Our team combines drone engineering, agronomy, and field experience to change that. Every survey we run is planned and interpreted by people who have walked through the same fields they map.
Read our missionAnkita spent eight years working with smallholder farms in Rajasthan before founding VegeDrone. She saw how delayed pest detection wiped out months of work, and she built the company around early warning systems that give farmers time to act. She still joins field visits every week.
Vijay flew survey drones for infrastructure projects before switching to agriculture. He handles flight planning, sensor calibration, and the logistics of reaching remote fields on schedule. His team has completed over 400 survey flights across Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.
Zara turns raw multispectral captures into vegetation index maps that farmers can actually read. She works closely with agronomists to make sure every colour on a map translates into a clear field action, not just a pretty visual. Her background is in remote sensing and crop modelling.
Ravi manages the ground side of every survey: marking field boundaries, checking weather windows, and walking through results with farmers after each flight. He speaks four regional languages and makes sure the data lands in the hands of the person who will act on it.
Meera maintains the drone fleet and adapts sensor payloads for different crop types and field conditions. She tests new camera configurations before they go into service and keeps the equipment running through dusty summers and humid monsoon months.
Arjun runs onboarding sessions for farmers and local agri-extension teams. He focuses on practical interpretation: what a yellow patch on the NDVI map means, when to irrigate, and where to scout first. His workshops have trained more than 200 farmers across three states.
We work with smallholder cooperatives, commercial growers, and state agriculture extension teams. These are the partners who helped shape our survey workflows and field reporting standards.
Field trials for mustard and wheat NDVI mapping across 14 villages near Jodhpur.
Joint training sessions on reading vegetation index maps and soil moisture reports.
Commercial orchard surveys for citrus and pomegranate blocks in the Deccan plateau.
Pilot programme to bring drone-based crop health checks to smallholder farms in central India.
Season-long pest stress monitoring and irrigation gap detection on cotton fields.
Updated March 2025
VegeDrone started in 2021 with a simple observation: Indian farmers were making critical decisions about irrigation, pest control, and nutrients based on guesswork. We believed aerial imaging could change that. What began as a two-person team flying a single drone over mustard fields near Jodhpur has grown into a full agri-tech service covering hundreds of acres across Rajasthan and Gujarat. Our mission remains unchanged - give every farmer, from smallholders to commercial growers, the same clarity that large agribusinesses have had for years.
The idea came from a failed crop season. In 2020, a farmer we knew lost nearly half his guar crop to a pest infestation that went unnoticed for three weeks. By the time the damage was visible from the ground, treatment was too late. We realised that the only way to catch such problems early was to look at fields from above, where stress patterns show up days before they are visible at eye level. Multispectral sensors could detect changes in plant reflectance that the naked eye simply cannot see.
Our team combines agricultural science with remote sensing expertise. Ankita Sami, our lead agronomist, spent eight years working with extension services in Punjab before joining VegeDrone. Vijay Kumar Sampath handles flight operations and sensor calibration, bringing experience from a decade of aerial surveying. Zara Samir Ahuja leads data interpretation, translating complex vegetation indices into plain-language recommendations that farmers can act on the same day.
We do not sell drones or software subscriptions. We run scheduled aerial surveys and hand over clear, actionable reports. A typical engagement starts with a baseline flight to map the field, followed by regular surveys at key growth stages. Each report includes vegetation index maps, soil moisture estimates, and specific recommendations - which sections need more water, where pest pressure is building, and which areas show nutrient deficiency. Farmers take the report to their local agronomist or use it directly to adjust their practices.
Five years in, we have learned that technology adoption is not about fancy dashboards. It is about trust. Farmers need to see a drone survey catch a real problem before they believe in it. Our first repeat clients came from a single season where our maps identified an irrigation gap in a cumin field that the farmer had not noticed. Once they verified the issue on the ground, word spread. Today, most of our new clients come from referrals within their farming communities.
We are expanding our coverage to more districts and testing new sensors for early disease detection. We are also working on a simpler reporting format for smallholders who may not have access to agronomists. The goal is not to replace human expertise but to give every farmer a clearer picture of what is happening in their fields. Data-driven farming should not be a privilege of large estates; it should be a standard tool for anyone who works the land.