From space technology to the farmer’s field.
XEN Farms is one scalable regenerative mission: a carbon-smart, all-in-one organic input ecosystem for Indian agriculture. It was founded by an IIT Bombay engineer and a serial climate-tech entrepreneur, and is validated across 80+ crops and 15 agro-climatic zones.
Our vision
A living, regenerative acre for every Indian farm.
Our mission
Rebuild soil health and farmer income, from Season 1, through an affordable, carbon-smart organic input ecosystem delivered village by village.
Value
Soil first
We build living soil before we build a product. Carbon and biology first, chemistry never.
Value
Proof over promise
Every claim is validated on-farm, across 80+ crops and 15 agro-climatic zones, before it is sold.
Value
Farmer economics
Real, measured savings and yield gains from Season 1, not marketing maths.
Value
Built to scale
One regenerative mission, engineered into a rural distribution network across India.
Our journey
Fifteen years from the lab to the village.
IIT Bombay
Mechanical engineering with a specialisation in thermal science, and a research project with BARC.
Food production in space
Consortium research linked to NASA and Whirlpool on growing food in space. 20+ international patents, a 10-member team and 15+ technology projects.
Studying agriculture across the world
The UK, USA, Japan, China, Taiwan, UAE, Mexico, Italy, Poland, Russia, Germany, Thailand, Ukraine and more.
Back to India
Returned from the USA to build the XEN Farms team and its foundations.
Products certified and licensed
Carbosutra and Carborakshak ready for field use, with certification and licences in place.
International collaboration
Academic work with Stanford, Harvard, Yale and the University of Chicago.
Institutions and field expansion
Work with the World Bank, Ministry of Rural Development, LBSNAA and the Ministry of Cooperation. Government exhibitions for 5,000+ farmers.
IFAD–UGVS, Uttarakhand
Gramotthan–REAP programme with 25,000+ beneficiaries, livelihood impact assessment, and work with North-East farmers through the Export Promotion Council.
Agreements and expansion
Partnerships with Syngenta Foundation, EIP, AEGF and BAIF, and agreements with the governments of Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir.
Our team
One team, one regenerative mission.
Diptesh Mukherjee
Founder & CEO · Business development & technology
- IIT Bombay alumnus
- Consortium projects with Whirlpool & NASA; 20+ international patents
- System modelling, green technology, product launch and market research
- Rural development work with the World Bank, MoRD, LBSNAA and IFAD
Prantik Sinha
Founder & COO · Operations & supply chain
- Serial entrepreneur; scaled a biogas solutions startup to $1.5M ARR
- 6 years in waste management, climate action, biogas operations and export
- Data science, operations strategy and project management
- Projects with the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy, Total and more
Operations
Agronomy & impact
HR & communications
Footprint
Growing across India, one state at a time.
Commercial presence · 4 states
Pilot evaluations · 11 states
Field work also includes Jammu & Kashmir (apple) and the North-East through the Export Promotion Council.
Partners
15+ strategic partnerships. 150+ institutional pilots.
Our partners are helping us add scale and speed.
Incubated & accelerated by
- IRMA – iSEEDMain incubation centre
- Pusa Krishi, ICAR-IARIAgri research & technology
- TISS Incube FoundationSocial enterprise support
- VillgroEnterprise & network
- Stanford SeedSeed Spark programme
- BAIFCARES Accelerator
- Visa FoundationGreen R Accelerator
- LIC HFL – IRMASocial Trailblazer
Programmes, MoUs & customers
- Evergreen Innovation Platform (EIP)10-year partnership
- Syngenta Foundation IndiaMarket Access Program
- TechnoServeFarmer & market linkage
- IFADJaivik Uttarakhand
- UGVS – REAPGramotthan project
- SETU AayogGovt. of Uttarakhand
- Isha FoundationPartner
- Livelihood AlternativesFarmer linkage, Odisha
- SayTreesProject in Andhra Pradesh
- Grant Thornton BharatWest Bengal exhibition
Validation & evaluation
- AEG FoundationField-level evaluation
- Krishna Sudha AcademyFarming practice evaluation
- IIT RoorkeeLab analysis
- J-PALVillgro IMMpact
- Department of Science & TechnologyGovt. of India
Academic collaborations & media
- Harvard Business SchoolAcademic collaboration
- Yale School of ManagementStudent exchange
- Chicago BoothImpact analysis
- YourStory · Hindustan Times · Dainik JagranMedia coverage