Spraying fungicides on areca and coconut plantations have been a labouring challenge for farmers in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Thanks to this invention by the Prithvi to Gagan (P2G) startup, this task will now be mechanised. P2G has invented drones to aid farmers in spraying fungicides on their crops.

Similar technologies were already available in countries like the USA, and now P2G has brought it home, developing and designing drones to suit our needs.

P2G focuses on technological innovations and has five patents to its credits since 2008, and the fungicide spraying drone is another feather in its cap. Avinash Rao founded the startup which is based in Nidle village, Belthangady in Dakshina Kannada.

Rao is an alumnus of the SDM College of Engineering and Technology in Dharwad. He also has a degree in Intellectual Property Rights and Patents from the National Law School. Rao worked in Honeywell Technology Solutions for 11 years before dedicating his skills and time to establishing P2G