DRIVING EXCELLENCE WITH TECHNOLOGY

Empowering farmers with technology

1. Farmer engagement and assistance

We operate a dedicated cane development portal and app for farmers, Triveni Cane, which is revolutionising farmer engagement and assistance. The platform provides a wide range of support services empowering farmers to efficiently manage crops and boost agricultural productivity.

Triveni Cane platform features

Provides valuable insights and value-added services at farmers’ fingertips, including soil testing, fertiliser use and plot-specific suggestions

Enables seamless communication between farmers and our experts, using both text and voice-based messaging in both English and Hindi languages

Leverages GPS technology to facilitate farmers to nearby vendors for seed and other agri-input procurement alongside real-time updates on weather, disease and other notifications

Impact achieved

1.98 lakh

Farmers using the platform regularly

9.25 lakh

Farmers plots mapped

1,05,223

Queries of farmers resolved

2. Satellite mapping and drone-based services

At TEIL, we are transforming sugarcane farming through the innovative use of satellite mapping of sugarcane plots and drone technology to help farmers improve crop health and yield.

How this technology works

Use of satellite data to identify waterlogged areas, analyse sugarcane health and growth, AI-based yield estimation using scientific assessments, and disease detection.

Providing real-time data to farmers, empowering them to take necessary precautionary actions, to prevent crop loss.

Facilitating drone-based services involving:

- Using technology to gather granular insights into the nature of the disease, the soil type and composition, and the area affected

- Using drones to perform pesticide spraying precisely and uniformly coverage with optimal water usage, ensuring effective disease control and better crop health in an environment-friendly manner

How this helps

Farmers get assistance with real-time information on disease

Farmers get support in controlling diseases with drone-based pesticide spraying

3. Streamlining supply chain management

An efficient supply chain is critical in our Sugar business given different plant locations, wide farmer networks and multiple variables. It necessitates effective communication with the Government and farmers, visibility on truck movements, and accordingly planning procurements from farmers or collection centres across locations.

We have addressed this challenge by installing Internet of Things (IoT) based devices across our network of trucks and integrating them with software. Real-time supply chain information such as collection, payments and truck movement details are available on dashboards, which are monitored by a dedicated call centre and necessary actions taken. Tablets are also given to marketing managers for tracking and resolving issues. This has significantly optimised supply chain planning and improved turnaround times, reducing sugarcane cut to crush time and ensuring its quality is maintained and better recovery.

We are further taking action to enhance call centres with call automation technologies to streamline communication with truck drivers, ensuring prompt actions in case of any unforseen delays.

Impact achieved

Sugarcane cut to crush times decreased significantly, and is amongst the best in the industry

Way forward in farm technologies

We have planned various technology initiatives to further enhance communication with farmers. Key efforts towards this include:

A quality control initiative involving tracking the sugarcane quality of farmers and following up with them on subsequent orders

Text-to-call notification, whereby text alerts will be converted to voice and automatically calls will be forwarded to farmers

AI-based communication/farmer assistance to enable replying to farmer queries through AI

4. Scaling industrial excellence

Our Power Transmission business proactively uses Augmented Reality (AR) technology to train people and support refurbishing operations by facilitating remote training of customers. Our AR modules specifically focus on high speed gearbox product range consisting of steam/gas turbines, compressors and high speed planetary. We have further planned several digital initiatives for FY 25 including:

Automation of complex design calculations and documentation for enhanced accuracy

Implementation of Industry 4.0 initiatives at the plant level through a pilot project

Integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) with Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) to enhance manufacturing efficiency

Project management tool to optimise resource allocation

Portal to effectively manage supply chain operations

Knowledge management to facilitate innovation and decision-making