Name of Start-up:

ARTION RAIN AND CLEAN ENVIORO TECH PVT LTD

Idea/Technology:

ARTION is a commercial private Ltd company, Committed to the effective deployment of precipitation enhancement technologies. ARTION is focused on research and development which can be used for climate change adaptation.

Incubated since:

2020

Sector:

Weather Modification

Sub-sector:

sector: Cleantech

The Entrepreneur:

Dr. (Mrs.) N. A. Doshi, Founder, B.E., M.E., Ph.D.

Dr. Neeta Doshi is working as Associate Professor at SVPM C.O.E. Malegaon(BK) has Completed her Ph.D. “Feasibility study of Artificial Rainfall system using ION seeding by High voltage supply” in 2016. She is passionate researcher turned in to entrepreneur. She has filed a patent on “Innovative Portable ground operated Artificial Rainfall device”

DPIIT registration number:
DIPP57160.

The Challenge:

Though India’s fields and farms are fed by various irrigation sources, almost 50 per cent of the country’s net cultivated area depends on rainfall. The total food production, the livelihood of farmers, food security, and the growth of allied industries are severely impacted by a deficient monsoon. ARTION Ionization Technology enhances rainfalls in catchment, rain shadow and drought regions. The Ionization increases natural rainfall by local ionization and is completely environment-friendly with positive effects such as air purification, increase in visibility in fog, increase in agriculture yield and boost in medical condition.

The Solution:

The Ionization Technology is based on charging aerosols in the atmosphere with High voltage negative ion generator installed at the ground. The aerosols carry negative charges to the clouds which enhance condensation processes and growth of water particles, e.g. liquid drops and ice structures by triggering the natural microphysical processes in the clouds. When entering the influenced area, rain cells grow in size, strengthen rainfall intensity, and extend their life-span.

Impact:

The benefits from the additional rainfall produced by catalysing precipitation process to enhance rain artificially, once demonstrated, are likely to make adoption of the technology a commercially viable strategy for large scale farmers, advantage in addressing water shortages and water floods aimed at irrigation, pasture, crop and forest growth, environmental flows and country centre urban water supplies. The impact of the negative ions generated increases visibility during fog events at airports. Increase in the agriculture yield, and purification of air are the coming off shoots.