New Delhi, June 12 (IANS). IT industry’s apex body NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies) on Friday said India’s deeptech ecosystem related to agriculture and water management sector is rapidly strengthening, with a growing number of startups now moving beyond pilot projects and focusing on large-scale business expansion and business growth.
Highlighting this trend at the ‘DeepTech Confluence 2026’ event held in New Delhi, NASSCOM said innovations driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), biotechnology and climate technologies are increasingly attracting the attention of enterprises, investors and policy makers looking for scalable solutions to address challenges in the country’s agriculture and water sectors.
Addressing the event, Sangeeta Gupta, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, NASSCOM, said that agriculture and water management are two important sectors where deeptech technologies can have a big impact at the economic, environmental and social levels.
“India has a strong foundation of entrepreneurs who are developing new solutions combining AI, IoT, biotechnology, material science, sensor technology, automation and climate technologies,” he said.
Sangeeta Gupta said that through DeepTech Confluence, NASSCOM is providing opportunities to startups for better market access, industry engagement and effective implementation of technologies.
At the event, 12 innovative startups associated with NASSCOM DeepTech Club’s 20-week development program ‘DTC Accelerate’ presented their solutions, which aims to take deeptech startups from pilot projects to large-scale industrial implementation.
DeepTech Confluence provided a platform to discuss topics such as market access, technology adoption by industries, investment readiness, scale-up of pilot projects and collaboration across sectors.
This initiative comes at a time when India’s agriculture and water sector is facing challenges such as climate change, sustainability concerns, limited resources and increasing need to maintain production capacity.
Although innovations in agritech and watertech sectors have grown rapidly over the past few years, many startups are still facing difficulties in implementing their technologies on a larger scale beyond the pilot stage.
NASSCOM said that DeepTech Confluence aims to bridge this gap. Under this, innovative startups are being connected to industries, investors, government agencies and implementing partners, so that their technologies can be used and expanded in the real world.
–IANS
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