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We carry India's largest last-mile agri network to the farmers markets overlook — landless, tribal, climate-vulnerable, and women-led households at the bottom of the pyramid.
We are a global research and innovation institution creating knowledge, intellectual property, digital public infrastructure, and climate technologies that address complex societal challenges at scale.
DeHaat spent twelve years building the trust infrastructure a transformative non-profit needs: an advisory platform fluent in 30+ crops, the country's most extensive private agri-extension network, and a living dataset of farmer realities.
The Foundation is the vehicle that takes this infrastructure beyond commercial constraint — putting that expertise into the villages where climate vulnerability is highest, incomes are lowest, and the research commons should be free and open.
Every pillar is a flywheel — delivering direct farmer benefit while generating the data, IP, and infrastructure that strengthen the whole ecosystem.
Open digital infrastructure, interoperable platforms, and digital marketplaces that strengthen agriculture and rural livelihoods — carried to the last mile by village navigators and voice-first advisory.
Applied research, breakthrough technologies, and intellectual property that address real-world challenges — unlocking one of India's richest farm datasets for public-good innovation and policy.
Climate technologies, carbon intelligence, and resilience solutions that turn adaptation into supplemental income — with machine-verified MRV making smallholder credits credible.
Each company asset maps to a specific Foundation lever — the advisory platform, the data, and the last-mile network — used compliantly, at arm's length, under formal licence and a public data-governance policy.
The flywheel principle. Foundation impact generates data and learnings that improve the platform for every farmer; company assets extend Foundation reach into geographies no commercial model can justify. Impact and infrastructure compound each other.
Anurag Srivastava is the Founder and CEO of Dehaat Foundation, a global research, innovation, and agri tech accelerator to transform agriculture, climate resilience, and rural livelihoods through technology, research, and strategic partnerships. He founded Dehaat Foundation with the vision of building one of the world's leading institutions that develops scalable solutions, digital public infrastructure, and innovation ecosystems for agriculture and climate landscapes in the global south.
Over the past two decades, Anurag has led initiatives across technology, digital transformation, public policy, workforce development, and social impact. Most recently, he served as Asia Pacific Head – Digital Impact Office at Cisco, where he led strategic partnerships and programmes across the region to advance digital inclusion, innovation, and future workforce development.
Prior to Cisco, Anurag held leadership roles across the technology and financial services sectors, including HSBC, where he worked on enterprise technology and digital transformation initiatives. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with governments, multilateral organisations, academia, and development partners, including UNICEF, to design and scale programmes in rural livelihood, water and sanitation, rural entrepreneurship, digital skills and sustainable development.
Anurag is an alumnus of the Indian School of Business (ISB), and did his executive education at the University of Pennsylvania, complementing his experience in social entreprenurship, technology leadership, innovation, and institution building.
Rashmi is the Chief Technology Officer of the Dehaat Foundation, where she leads the Foundation's technology strategy, digital innovation, and product development. She is responsible for building scalable digital platforms, AI-powered solutions, and digital public infrastructure that accelerate climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, and inclusive rural development.
With over 15 years of experience in enterprise technology, intelligent automation, and digital transformation, Rashmi has led the design and delivery of mission-critical technology solutions across global organisations. Most recently, she has held technology leadership roles at Citi, driving large-scale automation, enterprise integration, business process transformation, and digital innovation initiatives across complex technology environments. Throughout her career, she has developed deep expertise in enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, cloud technologies, API ecosystems, and digital platforms.
Rashmi is committed to positioning the Dehaat Foundation as a global leader in agritech and climate technology, creating innovative digital solutions that bridge research and implementation while empowering rural communities to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Seasoned operators and domain experts guiding the Foundation's strategy, technology, and last-mile execution.
Research findings, programme updates, and perspectives from the team building a last-mile agricultural foundation for India's underserved farmers.
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Subscribe by EmailWe're looking for researchers, engineers, and field practitioners who want to put their skills to work for the farmers commercial models overlook.
Your work plugs directly into a network of 11,000+ last-mile centres and 1.8M farmer relationships.
We build in the open — publishing data, research, and tools as public goods for the wider ecosystem.
Teams work alongside village navigators and FPOs, not just in front of a screen.
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