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hello friends how are all of you welcome to another podcast of hydrogeek
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newsletters so today we will discuss about about a startup i will say not i will i
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will not say it's a old organization it is a startup which works on
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water based products actually it provides water based solutions to various water
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distribution and treatment industries be it government or be it private they with
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the help of their sensors smart software
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IoT-based equipments,
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they try to monitor the water quality of the incoming water and the outgoing water
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at different stages.
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And by analyzing the data,
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they can identify whether any abnormality is there in the entire system of water treatment.
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Not only water treatment plant,
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It also provides solutions like water billing,
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water auditing,
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water meter,
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where it measures the water use of the residents of a big high society complex or
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any other industry.
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It continuously monitors the water consumption of each of the users there.
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and then based on that use they produce a report and with the help of that report
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one can either charge them or include that report in their auditing such that where
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and how the water is used in that organization,
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whether any unnecessary use is there or where
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any sector or any consumer is not getting enough water all these type of
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uncertainties can be identified or located so basically this company is involved in
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designing the systems which can also replace the SCADA-based system
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And they are one of the goal of them is to replace cadaver system where we use CCS
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central computational system,
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which is connected to different other computer system.
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And through those different computers or rather subcomputers,
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they try to monitor the water quality of a water treatment plant or water distribution.
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system and all these sub computers has is connected to a sensor placed nearby and
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by this that ccs actually monitors the entire water system and its quality so if
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there is any up and down if there is any breaking of the threshold it wants the
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the subcomputers warn the central computer and central computer to the human user
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that there is a problem in here.
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But this entire system is extremely costly as we all know and this organization is
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trying to reduce that cost by employing or installing sensors in the entire path of
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the water from input to the output.
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And then what it do is the sensors stand alone.
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It measures the quality of water and also the quantity.
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And this measurement is fed to the internet enabled computers,
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be it mobile,
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be it smartphone,
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be it desktop,
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be it pad,
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anything.
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You can monitor from any device of your choice and it will monitor it because all
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these monitoring and analytic applications are stored in the app,
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are embedded in the app.
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If you download an app in your system, whether it is pad or smartphone or desktop also,
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Then through that app you can connect to the sensor and constantly real time you
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can monitor the valuation of water quality throughout the flow path.
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Because that is one of the main problem of water treatment plants because suddenly
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the water quality changes.
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And if you do not adjust your chemical dosing as per those changes,
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then either overdose may occur or underdose may occur.
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So both way it will create some deterioration in the standard quality of water.
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So with this automated system, with the sensors, you are able to monitor the water quality in real time.
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And not only water quality, but also water flow.
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So this is one vertical of this organization.
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Another vertical is smart metering that I had said,
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water accounting or water editing,
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auditing,
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rather it is,
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water auditing will be the suitable word for this.
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So,
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As for example,
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if you take some example of this company,
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they have recently,
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in Tamil Nadu,
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there is a panchayat known as Tiruchendur,
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where they have installed some water management system,
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which they refer as AMRIT,
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A-A-M-R,
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AMR, I think it is AMR UIT.
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So this AMRIT system is installed in this,
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those panchayats for smart monitoring of the water quality and also the quantity,
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both way they monitor,
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right?
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So this is one example of the real time implementation of their product.
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So another is,
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there is a chemical industry in Tamil Nadu known as Gigi K.
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So there they have also installed a water management system which reduce the
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infrastructure cost for real-time monitoring over the SCADA.
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They were utilizing SCADA, but when CAR-IoT installed their own system,
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cost of real-time monitoring was reduced by 60%.
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What this real-time monitoring system do?
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They provide real-time data via cloud server, right?
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And it is accessible through web and also mobile device.
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You have to download an app, okay?
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And they enable you to observe or watch the ship based reports also.
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And the main advantage of implementing their system is that this system also alert
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you whenever there is some uncertainty like leak or quality deterioration in the
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treated water.
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So, they have a system of automated alerting.
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They can alert you whenever there is some vulnerability.
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And Car IOT has also installed a water billing and management system in Ganesh Tower,
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a shopping complex,
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right?
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And this is located in Tirupur.
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And the earlier system, that chemical industry is located in Tutikorin.
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Okay.
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So Ganesh Tower utilizes that where at first they will collect data for different
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types of water consumption.
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Then they install the pulse meter which can monitor the water use.
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And then they calculate the water consumption for each floor,
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each consumer and each commercial building if there are more than one.
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And after then due to their smart monitoring system,
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which they enabled by asking you to install an app into your tab or mobile or this
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desktop and through that they can analyze the data and you can understand where the
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weak point are and how much water cost is there to your organization.
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Okay.
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so this is another thing they have done so another company is their wastewater
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treatment plant it hex okay so in heck industry which is located in sri perumbadur
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here also they replace the skada system and the system which is installed in that
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the same system was installed in HECS also.
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HECS means H-E-C-S, HECS industry.
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So the same thing is done there.
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This is an organization which treats wastewater and supply to different consumers.
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So the reporting, the real-time reporting is now
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through their IoT product where sensors are connected through internet or rather I
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will say cloud to your app and which app when installed in mobile or desktop,
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you can monitor,
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analyze the entire water use of this wastewater treatment plant.
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So basically they are into innovative water
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management solution such that you can save not only money but also water because
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water is scarce as you see there are lots of climatic abnormality going on in our
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world and some place there are excess water and some places there is no water at
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all so they are trying to conserve water which is a very good thing and it is
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incorporated in the sustainable development goal fixed by the european union
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few years back okay and they have a large clientele lots of clients is there few of
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them i have already discussed this gigi cake chemical industry then ganesh tower
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shopping mall wastewater treatment plant by hex panchayat so there are many other
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system where their verticals are being used okay
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So I have not yet told you the name of that organization or startup which is
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working for the water industry for a long time now.
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And so basically their offering is that their main vertical is IoT enabled smart
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water management system that monitors the quality and quantity of water in real
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time
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for residential, commercial and industrial sector.
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Okay.
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So, this is the main objective of the company.
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Okay.
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So,
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yes,
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as I have said,
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they are located in this Tamil Nadu and they are very,
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they are quite old compared to other startups.
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Okay,
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I will not say that they are very old,
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but if I compare to the recent startup,
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which is a trend in the last five years,
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with respect to that,
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this startup is quite old.
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It is in the field for a long time.
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Okay, so the name of the organization is CARIOT.
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K-A-R-I-O-T.
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So this is the name of the organization.
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It is located in the Tamil Nadu.
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I have already said it.
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And the entire name of the organization is,
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which is recognized by the start of India is Car IoT Solutions Private Limited.
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So this is basically the name of the organization recognized by this
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total, I would say.
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Okay,
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so in short,
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I have discussed all the verticals,
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I have discussed about the projects which are already completed by them and also
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some case studies I have discussed with you.
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But now my point is that who are their opponents?
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Who can be the or with whom this company competes?
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That would be a good, meaningful sentence, I think.
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So their main competitor that I understood from the
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various data that is available in the market.
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Their main competitor is WEGOT and then Krishnam technologies
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Digital Eco Innovation,
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Vassal Labs and Ekattam and there are many more but directly they are competitor of
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this five organization.
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Why?
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Because we got also provide the IoT based water management and they are proprietary IoT devices.
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They are not sourcing it from any other organization like this our car IoT is doing.
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and they have been able to reduce the water demand by more than 50%.
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And if I take the example of Cripsnum Technologies,
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this startup offers water management solutions to government and bulk water issues
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using IoT-enabled ground sensors
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they also use the remote sensing and user input data they allow user can also input
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data for sustainable use of fresh water for agriculture and mainly agriculture I
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will say right but also for drinking purposes another one is digital eco innovation
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so this organization offer IoT and software powered management tool
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to transform plants from non-functional to treating 100% of sewage to high quality standards.
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So this person is already saving 20% energy and 50% labor cost.
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So another, the last one, last organization that can compete with Karoati in one vertical only
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It is Ekattwa.
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They also offer a water accounting service, right?
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And there are many more organizations, but they are loosely related with Card IoT.
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They are not direct competitors.
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But these five are more or less directly,
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they may be directly involved with Card IoT because both of them provide the same solution,
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right?
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so however this is the competition they have this card iot and which are the
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prospective client as you can understand from the case studies water treatment at
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distribution organizations big residential complexes gram plantations industries
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which use water as the raw material and
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various distribution companies,
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electricity distribution companies,
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because they need water also,
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but in a very smart way,
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right?
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So otherwise,
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the power generation can be altered,
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or if there is a leak of water within a thermal power plant,
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catastrophe can occur,
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accidents can occur.
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So that is why this DISCOM,
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DISCOM is a short form of distribution companies,
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but not only DISCOM,
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but GENCOM,
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generation companies,
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and TRANSCOM,
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transmission companies,
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they can also use the services of car IoT for their benefit.
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Because it will only prevent the accidents and abnormalities that may take place in
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these old water pipes.
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Because generally, government water treatment plant
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supplies treated water through very old pipes.
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What is the relation between pipe and electric wire?
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The analogy if you make with water pipe and electric wire,
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you will see more or less their shape,
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their properties are same,
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but their shape and size is different.
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also type is also different but the main property basic property of carrying water
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for pipes and carrying electricity for electrical wires are same okay so if uh
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there is any vulnerability is there if there is any abnormality in the water
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distribution then it must be detected very early that is why the services of iot
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could be very very useful right so this is more or less what i want to told you
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today and now i am planning to give a feature on some very popular startup working
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in the water field
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uh like today i have discussed about car iot and next week same day same time i am
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pondering i have not uh already planned but it is still in consideration but yes 90
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there is a chance that i will again discuss about some another innovative solution
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on which an organization is trying to profit
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and also which was installed in the last 10 to installments, started its operation in the last decade.
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Okay.
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So with this, I finish this podcast.
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Please comment.
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Please like if you like it.
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And you comment if you have any observations or objection with what I have told you.
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Thank you for now.
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Rather, thank you and bye for now.
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Sorry.
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So good day and goodbye.
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