Islāmābād, Pakistan
I grow affordable produce at the intersection of technology, agronomy and (maybe) wizardry.
This is a passion project that began in 2010 and finally became a reality in 2023. The aim of this project is to make it more affordable for a farmer to grow produce hydroponically than in the soil. Through our work, the cost of production for a kilogram of produce has been brought down to PKR18(USD0.06) and our aim is to hit PKR12(USD0.04) by the end of 2025. Our key benchmark is the cost of production in soil which hovers at PKR15(USD0.05) I designed and developed the Eidolon System, an ESP32-powered greenhouse management system that monitors plant health, environmental conditions, sends alerts whenever acceptable conditions are bypassed and takes action to remedy the situation. Patents Pending Organic alternative to rockwool, ensuring affordability and reduced respiratory health risks Carbon liquefaction process that takes Methane from organic sources and converts them into Greenhouse-grade carbon dioxide for plant enrichment
FATA Development Authority and SMEDA KPK were tasked by the UNDP to develop solutions that reverse the negligible productivity of agriculture in the NMD region and potentially kickstart economic activity in the white side of the local economy. I designed interventions ranging from visa free trade zones to improve seed health via local soilless nurseries for horticultural crops I co-authored and designed a project with SMEDA (KPK) & FATA Development Authority to use hydroponics as an economic intervention for the tribal communities to uplift the region
After Operation Zarb-E-Azab, the Pakistan military was tasked with stabilizing the region through a multi-prong approach, with the belief that improved stability will come through increased economic activity. I was selected to initially train farmers to improve their on-farm productivity but this role evolved into investigating the agriculture collapse of the region. •Led an investigation that uncovered a PKR 3 billion seed fraud. This fraud was believed to be one of the major reasons why agriculture collapsed in the region and helped fuel the rise of insurgency activity in the region •Rehabilitated 100 tubewells in the region, providing clean water for irrigation and drinking •Trained and mentored 8,000 farmers to improve their on-farm techniques. Reduced the cost of seedling production from $143/acre to $28/acre (80% reduction) and increased yields from 4 tons/acre to 13 tons/acre, improving revenue from $503/acre to $1,636/acre (3.25x increase)
Cybensol is a boutique product design firm, specializing in converting complex thoughts into powerful and accessible digital products. I was hired to figure out how to design a first-of-its-kind fintech product for a market with a trust deficit. Worked and fleshed out the the Elements Proptech Engine for DAO PropTech, a fractional real-estate investment product designed to offer institutional investment opportunities to retail investors in commercial real-estate developments