Sabjikothi

Nikky Kumar Jha (Co-founder) brings the deepest academic synthesis of any Season 1 founder — Electrical and Electronics Engineering (understanding sensors and power systems), Masters in Ecology and Environment Science (understanding plant biology and atmospheric conditions), and a PhD in Design from IIT Kanpur (understanding human-centred product development). The combination of engineering, ecology, and design in a single founder is the precise interdisciplinary background that building a micro-climate storage system for horticultural produce requires. Rashmi Jha (Co-founder) brings Biotechnology expertise — the scientific understanding of microbial growth, enzyme activity, and fruit ripening chemistry that underpins the Sabjikothi's mechanism of extending produce shelf life through microclimate manipulation. The IIT Kanpur SIIC incubation is significant institutional backing: IIT Kanpur's SIIC is one of India's most respected technology startup incubators, providing laboratory access

Sabjikothi (officially: Preservator) is a patented, portable, low-cost micro-climate storage system — creating a self-adaptable, ethylene-oxidising, near-sterile microclimate inside an insulated chamber through ionisation technology, without refrigeration, chemicals, or preservatives, running on just 10–20 watts of electricity and 2 litres of water per week, deployable in e-rickshaws, cars, trucks, and buses — extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables from 3 to 30 days (depending on produce type), making cold-chain-quality produce preservation accessible to India's 90 million small and marginal farmers and street vendors who cannot afford conventional refrigerated cold storage.