As sustainability becomes increasingly important due to climate change, hydroponic farming offers a practical solution. It uses less water, grows more food in less space through vertical stacking, and helps plants grow faster with direct nutrient access. The controlled environment needs fewer pesticides and allows year-round farming, even in areas with bad soil or extreme weather.
This concept fascinated Subhajit Sinha, a postgraduate from IIITDM Kancheepuram. He discovered hydroponic farming at an IIT Madras exhibition and was fascinated that plants could grow without soil. This curiosity became his master's thesis on intelligent IoT solutions for commercial farming.
His market research revealed a critical gap: Indian farmers had to choose between expensive Israeli or European systems or unreliable local "Jugaad" solutions. He found that Asia's growing commercial farms needed affordable, reliable precision farming technology.
To solve this gap, Sinha founded 4Climate as the CEO in 2023 with Vasu Faldu as the CTO, in Vadodara, Gujarat. The solution provides automated systems that control climate, nutrients, and irrigation for greenhouses and vertical farms. Faldu, a B. Tech in Electronics graduate from Gujarat University, brought technical expertise to support Subhajit's vision.
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