Spraying a vineyard is among the least pleasant jobs in Indian agriculture.

It means walking narrow rows with a tank on your back, in heat, breathing whatever drifts back.

Farms across the country are short of people willing to do it, and the growers who need it done are often working holdings too small to justify a tractor.

A full-sized machine cannot fit between the rows in any case.

was set up in Pune in 2023 to build equipment for that gap.