SpaceGrid Business Plan
Pradeep Rathore
Naresh Soni
SpaceGrid
Satellite Vigilance
Introduction
SpacegGrid provides Remote Sensing(RS) and Water
Resource Management(WRM) Services (Fig. 1)
Focus on Scientific and innovative solutions instead of
the current firefighting approach
Reducing cost and time using technology
Collaboration with academia for Research to evolve
new algorithms and become World leaders in Remote
Sensing
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Management Team
Pradeep Rathore
MSc, Water Resource Management, TU Delft, the Netherlands
[Link], Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur
Extensive experience around the world working in the
countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Myanmar,
Luxemburg, India, Vietnam etc
Experience in Project Management, integrated water resource
management, Hydrology, Flood warning systems, river basin
management, community participation etc
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Management Team
Naresh Soni
MSc, Geomatics, TU Delft, the Netherlands
[Link], Mining Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Working experience with companies such as Shell, Baker
Hughes, Halliburton, Hansje Brinker, MetaSensing, Coal
India Ltd. Etc
Software development and technical computing
experience particularly with remote sensing and GIS
domain
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Organization
Sukesh Nayak ,[Link], Civil Engineering, IIT
Kharagpur
5 year project management experience
Sarin K Kumar, [Link], RJIT, Gwalior
Mapped whole J&K region under NFS project
Madhu Rathore, MBA, ICFAI Business School
7 years credit experience with HDFC, ICICI, First Data
Xurxo Otero, MSc, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft
ESA, UNICEF, Extensive GPS experience
Satellite Vigilance
Advisors
Prof. Dhrubajyoti Sen, Head, School of Water Resource, IIT
Kharagpur
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharya, Ex-HOD, Mining Engineering
Department, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Debasis Deb, Mining Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Nick Van De Giesen, Head, Water Management, TU Delft, the
Netherlands
Retd. Col. Sanjay Chadha, Head, Telecom Section, A2Z Group
Prof. Sanjay Pareek, Nihon University, Japan
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Alliances & Partnerships
Magnasoft Pvt. Ltd- Acquisition Partners
WaterWatch Cooperative- Project partners, Crop Health
Monitoring
IIT Kharagpur- Research Partners
TU Delft- Research Partners
Nippon University- Research Partners
* Pricing is done on a project to project basis
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SpaceGrid
SpaceGrid
Water
Water resource
resource
management
management
Earth
Earth observation
observation
Remote
Remote sensing
sensing
GIS
GIS
LiDAR
LiDAR
Web
Web mapping
mapping
InSAR
InSAR
GIS
GIS consulting
consulting
Photogrammetery
Photogrammetery
Location
Location based
based
services
services
Geo-scientific
Geo-scientific
consulting/R&D
consulting/R&D
Flood
Flood early
early
warning/monitorin
warning/monitorin
g
g systems
systems
LiDAR
LiDAR equipment
equipment
manufacturing
manufacturing
Watershed
Watershed
Management
Management
Drones/Copters
Drones/Copters
development
development
Under
Under water
water
surveying
surveying
systems
systems
Figure 1: Spacegrid Focus Areas
Satellite Vigilance
Major competition
Earth
Earth observation
observation
Rolta (Major work is done for defence, heavily invested in
software development)
GeoKno, Genesys (only companies with LiDAR scanning
capabilities)
Water
Water resource
resource management
management
Wapcos (biggest water consultant in India)
GE, Dorr-Oliver(major waster water management/treatment plant
consultant)
Water Harvester (small
scale water harvesting such office sites etc.)
Geo-Scientific
Geo-Scientific ConsultingConsulting- R&D
R&D
No Hardware manufacturers in India yet.
IRNSS no hardware makers, India Government intends to promote
IRNSS bases location services
The Government: Laws not in place for UAVs.
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Current Products/Services
LiDAR scanning and R&D
Real time Deformation monitoring algorithm
Real time Flood Warning module
Crop Health Monitoring app
Future Plans(2-3 years)
Make a National Level Flood/Drought Early Warning
System
Use satellite data for predicting/monitoring crop damage
(Crop Insurance)
Dedicated deformation monitoring modules for mining,
cities, ports etc.
River Rejuvenation studies and implementation with
community intervention.
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Market & Industry Environment
Market
Definition
Earth
Observation
Water
Resource
management
Remote sensing
and GIS work
Improved
Create new
management of products as per
water resources market needs
Key Segments
Size of Market
Refer to Slide #
$20 billion
$385 billion
Growth Rates
Challenges for
Market
Geo-Scientific
ConsultingR&D
$87 billion
By 2030
Technology still
evolving and
new to the
market
Resilience to
Change, Over
dependence on
old software,
bureaucracy
Heavy
competition by
big market
players (aka
Google, Here etc)
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An Example
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Thank you!!
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