AgriTech · Mumbai, Maharashtra
Salam Kisan
End-to-end agritech platform offering drone services, soil testing and market linkage.
Founded by Dhanashri Mandhani
Snapshot
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Industry
- AgriTech
- Business model
- AgriTech
- Funding stage
- Seed
- Markets
- India
- Last updated
- 26 June 2026
About Salam Kisan
Salam Kisan is an agritech platform that puts data-driven farming tools in Marathi farmers' hands, from AI crop calendars and soil testing to drone spraying services. Dhanashri Mandhani founded it in 2022, and the company works with around 300,000 farmers, with a drone manufacturing facility in Jalna in Marathwada. Through its subsidiary PRYM Aerospace it engineers spraying drones built for Indian field conditions, and in 2025 it signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government, with Microsoft as technology partner, to scale drone production from 6,000 to 40,000 a year.
Founder
Dhanashri Mandhani
Woman FounderFounder & Group CEO
Dhanashri Mandhani founded Salam Kisan in 2022 and also leads its drone subsidiary PRYM Aerospace. She has called the government's Drone Didi programme a game changer for getting rural women into agri-drone work.
Co-founders: Part of the PRYM Group (PRYM Aerospace is its drone arm).
Industry classification
AgriTech Drone Services
Ideal customers
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Salam Kisan do?
- Salam Kisan is an agritech platform that puts data-driven farming tools in Marathi farmers' hands, from AI crop calendars and soil testing to drone spraying services. Dhanashri Mandhani founded it in 2022, and the company works with around 300,000 farmers, with a drone manufacturing facility in Jalna in Marathwada. Through its subsidiary PRYM Aerospace it engineers spraying drones built for Indian field conditions, and in 2025 it signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government, with Microsoft as technology partner, to scale drone production from 6,000 to 40,000 a year.
- Who founded Salam Kisan?
- Salam Kisan was founded by Dhanashri Mandhani.
- Where is Salam Kisan headquartered?
- Salam Kisan is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Is Salam Kisan funded?
- Yes — Salam Kisan is venture-funded and has reached the Seed stage.
- When was Salam Kisan founded?
- Salam Kisan was founded in 2022.