Stellapps wins ‘Best Agri Start-Up in Digital Innovation’ at Agri-Food Empowering India awards 2021

Stellapps Technologies was awarded the ‘Best agri start-up in digital innovations’ at Agri-Food Empowering India Awards today for its effort in digitizing the dairy sector in India. The award was presented by chief guest Prahlad Singh Patel, the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti.

The award recognizes engineering excellence and innovative concepts in food processing technology, manufacturing, hygiene, food safety and technology research. The award scheme has been conceptualized in association with various Government of India agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. 

Stellapps has been recognized for its innovative tech solutions in digitizing and strengthening the dairy farming processes. Its award-winning smartMoo technology solutions enhance productivity, milk quality, and enable traceability. By enabling ecosystem partnerships through its online platform, Stellapps is empowering farmers by providing access to financial services, quality nutrition, and timely veterinary care.

The start-up’s mooPay FinTech arm facilitates the financial inclusion of smallholder farmers by providing access to digital payments, banking, savings, cash withdrawal, credit, and insurance.

Delighted with the achievement, Ranjith Mukandan, CEO and Co-founder of Stellapps, said, “We are honoured to receive the ‘Best Agri Start-Up in Digital Innovation’ at Agri-Food Empowering India awards 2021. This award is an acknowledgement of our efforts towards digitizing the dairy ecosystem in India and has given us immense joy and motivation. We aim to contribute to the agriculture growth in India and the empowerment of smallholder Indian farmers through our innovative solutions.”

Stellapps provides a suite of solutions that have enabled the Indian dairy sector to overcome value chain hurdles by leveraging the power of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. Through its consumer base, which includes all major private and cooperative dairies, it currently digitizes 13 million litres of milk worth $3.4 million each day and directly impacts 2.7 million dairy farmers in over 36,000 Indian villages.