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Phoenix Robotix Pvt. Ltd. achieved its incorporation on 15th May 2015. I am the Co-founder, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) and Director of the company. I joined the founder of this company on 15th January 2015. Since then, I have become a part and parcel of the reason for the existence of the company. I graduated from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 2014. I tried starting up by myself with a previous startup named UNE-AMP, with my childhood friend. Without a formidable team and due to lack of resources and money, the startup eventually crumbled down. I tried campus placements and when I eventually got the job, I had already decided to give it all up to join Phoenix Robotix.
The penetration of the startup ecosystem is next to nothing in most parts of India. Being engineers and doctors prevail in Indian households. It is exciting starting up from Bangalore or Pune or Mumbai. But Odisha still has a lack of the very much needed startup culture. Being from a middle-class family entwines the dissatisfaction of the parents and relatives alike. Drawing examples of gross failure and bankruptcy, the blood relatives makes the endeavors for starting up much gruesome. As Phoenix Robotix grew up to a bigger team and better revenue, gradually investors started trickling in. Due to the lack of resources and simplicity in governmental forums for startups, we were unable to gain much exposure for growth and awareness. But eventually, we became DIPP recognized startup with Udyog Aadhaar Number and other formalities to become a legit candidate to avail incentives under Startup India.
While starting up, we had no idea what our sector was or where our product may lead to. We were working on a cost-effective ambient air quality monitoring system against the much costly CPCB owned monitoring stations installed in cities. A hell lot of research and a devilish lot of hard work paved the way for where we are now. We have eventually named the device as Aurassure, trademarked and patented it. We started taking part in competitions and we got selected in the Innovate for Digital India Challenge in the top 50 teams. Gradually, we achieved the top 20 and finally the top 10. In this journey, we were obliged to meet the Honorable President of India Dr. Pranab Mukherjee and presented our idea before him in Rashtrapati Bhawan. With our CPCB and SPCB, Odisha authorized Online Data Transmission System, we have successfully acquired 50 clients in Industries and Mines with 100+ on-field deployments in Odisha.
We are a strong team of 15 and expanding our team size to distribute the expanding work. We are striving to bring the best services to the Industries and Organizations so that they can save on energy, money and time.
As everything always seems new and unknown, the little problems escalate to a mammoth size. This has led to many unforeseen errors in the execution of business operations in our company before. But mistakes are committed only to learn from them. We are an ISO 9001:2015 certified company holding three patents and many other prizes only through amusing and serious mistakes and errors in management which have eventually corrected our course. The most important thing for any startup is its team and its idea. How scalable and flexible are both of them, are what a startup is all about. Quite really, what we thought about the idea to start up with, never became the ultimate agenda of our company. We have scaled up to $ 5 million valuations and is working in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in a B2B framework. The most important thing to remember is, at the end of the day we are all selling ourselves. So, make it count because what experiences we gain and how beautiful it becomes, in the end, are what define our choices we make in life. After all, it is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Agniva Das
Co-founder, Director and Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO)
One Line about myself - A poet, an introvert, a reader and an entrepreneur rolled into one!
Phoenix Robotix Pvt. Ltd.
