About Us
A Grassroots Innovation
D. Renganathan alias Venkat Damodaran Naidu (63) who studied only 8th std, an agriculturist from Coimbatore.
After trying his hand at many things, from being a daily wager in a Khadi spinning unit, selling spare parts of pumps, to being a mechanic, Venkat finally settled down with agriculture.
It was here that he noticed the problems in climbing coconut/palm trees. He planned to address all the issues and design a simple low cost tree climber.
Working hard over a period of a year and making about three progressively improved prototypes; finally in 2008 he was able to fabricate a model to his satisfaction.
R. Sree Vardhan Bsc.IT, MBA (Happy Valley Business School)
Sree was passionate about Information Technology after his father's innovation was recognized, he then pursued an entrepreneurial path.
He aspires to take his father's work around the World and generate employment opportunities for his customers in a sustainable economy.
Our Technology is Patented
Our sincere thanks to National Innovation Foundation (NIF) for filing the patent.
OUR SUPPORTERS
Awards and achievements
- Received 2nd Prize in KRISHIMELA - 2009 organized by JSS Math, Suttur
- D.N. Venkat was conferred with a Consolation award during 6th National Grassroots Innovation Awards 2012, held at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi
- Lifetime Achievement Award at Vivasaaya Thiruvizha 2013 Organized by CII & TNAU, Madurai
- D N Venkat was awarded as 5th Winner in ASEAN-INDIA GRASSROOTS INNOVATION COMPETITION – PUSPIPTEK INNOVATION FESTIVAL 2018, Jakarta, Indonesia
- R Tech Engineering received BEST START-UP Award (RISC 2019) from National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD-PR), Hyderabad
- Innovative Farmer Award 2020-21, 46Th Foundation Day of ICAR-NAARM, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030
- Winner - Tamil Nadu Agri Hackathon 2022 for Problem Statement "Mechanical Palmyra Tree Climbing Device"
