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Marigold launches Solar Composters for households in Bangalore - An ecofriendly solution for the ever increasing waste across the city

Bangalore 26th June 2017: Prudent Eco Systems, a Bangalore based startup; today announced its latest product, Marigold Solar Composter.

“Marigold Solar Composters are designed for waste management in the urban environment where space and other logistics for collection and eco-friendly disposal are a real challenge. By using modern technology and the forces of nature, our product ensures safe and hygienic composting of household waste. Use of our composter ensures waste is composted into rich and organise fertilizer which again goes back into nature for home gardening,” shared an ever motivated and excited Ravindra Karnad, Founder – Prudent Eco Systems

“The Marigold Mini that we are launching today is most suitable for a family that generates upto 1 litre of waste per day. The bin can take 4-6 weeks of waste. Made out of stainless steel on the inside, the design ensures optimized rapid and clean aerobic composting of the waste without a need of any proprietary additives to speed up the process. The process is simple, mess proof and takes place under natural conditions. This bin also ensures that no rodents enter it while the leachates (if any, usually none) collect in a separate tray that can easily be removed for cleaning. The product is built on what I call “Passive Technology” with minimal moving parts. This leads to solutions which last for years, with minimal or zero maintenance. The user sees the outcome and technology remains in the background.

When asked about his inspiration for “Passive Technology”, Ravi shared “The best example of such technology is the Five-hundred-year old acoustic system of Golconda fort. In Europe, Roman Aqueducts are great example of using passive technology to solve the problem of drinking water for a large urban population. In these solutions we all understand there is some technology at play but its invisible to the layman but has served the purpose for centuries”

“The products have done very well across residential complexes in Bangalore where gated communities such as Ferns Paradise (Doddenakundi), Brigade Paramount, Admirality Manor to name a few, are using Marigold composters to convert their wet waste (of up to 200 kg per day) to organic fertilizer”, added Ravi.

Unlike many other composting systems, the Marigold System does not involve the use of special additives or accelerators with microbes. Prudent Eco Systems believes that composting is a natural process which should be bereft of ‘enhancers’. The composter uses easily available dry leaves (in powdered form) or other equivalent agricultural waste.

 Marigold System bins are available in the following sizes:

1.    Mini (19 Lit)

2.    Small (38 Litres)

3.    Large (180 Litres)

4.    Extra Large (360 Litres)

5.    Ultra Large (540 Litres)

 “We did extensive research amongst people who were interested in composting - including early adopters. We found consumers wanted an odor free, easy to use device that would help them compost their kitchen waste rapidly without flies or rodents. As the composter would be placed in the house - they also wanted one that looked attractive and was easy to clean. Prudent was able to address all these requirements by designing a household composter for urban living in India’, shared Rini Dutta, founder, Centric Brand Advisors which is a branding and marketing consulting firm based out of Bangalore.

India’s first AI based automated customer support for electronics repair from Helpforsure

Bengaluru 26th June 2017: Imagine a day when you have party at home and the music system is not working. You are expecting a guest, and your air conditioner is not cooling up to the mark. Kids want to watch their favorite cartoon, and television display has gone blank. You have a presentation to prepare, but your laptop hangs on you. You are expecting an important call, and your smartphone is not responding. These experiences are common nightmares in our day-to-day life, and are harrowing experience as well. Finding the right technician or expert is very difficult as there is good chance that the local technician may not solve the issue even after spending a good amount of time.

This is a very fast growing market - number of devices in a household is exploding and internet of things is becoming a reality. With this, maintaining devices is becoming increasingly difficult for the consumers. This is primarily because the segment is highly unorganized and fragmented, with customers being forced to choose between expensive services at authorized centres and unreliable services from unorganized, mom-and-pop stores. The lack of transparency in pricing and reliability of repair services is also a concern.

Sensing a market opportunity, Helpforsure is doing its bit to bring some relief to customers in electronics repair sector. Helpforsure is the idea of three enthusiastic entrepreneurs - Rajesh Bhatia, Kusum Shukla Bhatia, and Utkarsh Gupta. The founders realized the state of the device repair industry owing to the trying experience they suffered in getting their devices repaired at some point or the other. This was the pathway for a transparent, tech-enabled platform that leveraged technology to deliver value-driven, high-quality repair and maintenance services for electronic devices, home appliances and other local home services, leading to the inception of HelpForSure Home Services. The company is committed to ensure that the users get high quality services, at best price, without running from pillars to posts.

Helpforsure has already created a niche for itself in the electronics repair space that includes Smartphones, Laptops and Home Appliances such as refrigerators, ACs, LED televisions etc. The company plans to procure quality parts directly from the source and deliver them to the consumers in the repair. The supply chain benefit will be passed on to the customers.

The founders plan to move 30% of the repairs through online mediums using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and chatbots. “This is the future of repair, and we want to be the first few in the category to use technology to solve issues. We also plan to file a few patents in this niche/nascent area” said Ms. Kusum. The founders have considerable expertise in filing patents and IPs.

Helpforsure has made consistent growth in this sector through its different approach and customer-centric offering. “We are currently operational in Bangalore and are planning to expand to Chennai, Mumbai and NCR after the complete concept validation, and are seeking active funding in another 2 months”, Utkarsh Gupta reported.

Founder Rajesh Bhatia says that Helpforsure has witnessed 30% growth (month on month). “We are expected to touch 500 electronic repair transactions per month over the next 2 months”, says Rajesh.