NeeRain
The NeeRain is an Indian Rainwater harvesting company based in Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Amit Doshi and Naishal Shah in 2018.[1] It's focus lies in rainwater harvesting. They employ patented technologies to efficiently capture rain water for daily usage and replenish groundwater reserves.[2][3] [4] It operates as an innovation-led venture and has received support from i-Hub, Ahmedabad and is currently incubated at Cradle, EDII Gandhinagar [5][6]
It was included under the Amrut 2.0 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for water innovation initiative. [5][1]
Contents
History
NeeRain was founded by Amit Doshi, who decided to start a new business in 2018 after leaving his corporate job in waste management, where he had worked for 17 years.[7][8] He wanted to continue working in the environmental sector but took an entrepreneurial approach.[7] He chose to focus on rainwater harvesting due to a series of issues he discovered with existing systems. Thus, NeeRain came into existence.[9][10][11]
Product
NeeRain offers Rooftop Filters for rainwater harvesting[12] to raise Borewell water, such as the NeeRain Rooftop Rainwater Filters, NeeRain Ultra Rooftop Rainwater Filters, and the NeeRain+ Rooftop and Surface Rainwater Filters.[13][10]
The product filters rainwater through two stages of filtration. It removes large, small, and micro impurities and can work without human intervention and can be easily mounted on a wall or down a pipe, capturing rainwater through gravitational force.[14][10] It doesn't require electricity, has no moving parts, and doesn't need any consumable replacement or extensive maintenance.[15][16]
Services
NeeRain offers services in Rainwater harvesting, Groundwater recharge and Borewell Rejuvenation.[1][11]
Notable campaigns
NeeRain has made over 5,000 installations and saved an estimated 125 million liters of water in more than 250 locations across India, Asia, Africa, and America. Their patented NeeRain rooftop rainwater harvesting filter saves 60,000 liters of water each year.[9][17] It took the help of an agency called Savage Humans for raising awareness about rainwater harvesting among people.[18][19]
Achievements
The NeeRain rooftop rainwater filter won the CII's national Award for Excellence in Water management in 2022 in the innovative water-saving product category.[20][21] They were awarded the Water Leadership Award by The Economic Times in Bangalore.[22][23]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "NeeRain – Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Filters" (in en-US). https://neerain.com/.
- ↑ Dalta, Ramesh (2020). "India's Intellectual Property Stakeholder". Confederation of Indian Industry: 54. https://ciiipr.in/CII_IP_PILOT/FlipBook.html#p=1.
- ↑ "Government-of-India-startups in gujarati language.pdf" (in en). https://www.udrop.com/KooM/Government-of-India-startups_in_gujarati_language.pdf.
- ↑ Warsi, Laraib Fatima (2023-10-10). "At this village school in Karnataka, every drop of rainwater is harvested and reused" (in hi). https://www.gaonconnection.com/thechangemakersproject/changemakers-project-karnataka-rainwater-harvesting-biome-tumakuru-reuse-restore-water-conservation-52791.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About NeeRain Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Filters" (in en-US). https://neerain.com/about-us/.
- ↑ "AMC entered into MOUs with three central government supported start – ups." (in gu). 2022. https://www.udrop.com/KooM/Government-of-India-startups_in_gujarati_language.pdf.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nitnaware, Himanshu (2021-05-18). "Gujarat Startup's Low-Cost Filters Save 60000 Litres of Water, Without Electricity" (in en-US). https://www.thebetterindia.com/255256/amit-doshi-gujarat-startup-neerain-rooftop-rainwater-harvesting-system-filter-cost-effective-no-maintenance-gandhinagar-water-crisis-conservation-innovation-success-story-him16/.
- ↑ Burman, Partho. "Five environmental entrepreneurs making money sustainably" (in en). https://30stades.com/enterprise/five-environmental-entrepreneurs-making-money-sustainably-2053370.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 thetribalbox.com. "Quitting His Job, This Entrepreneur Created A Rainwater Harvesting System That Saves 60000 Litres Of Water" (in en-in). https://www.thetribalbox.com/quitting-his-job-this-entrepreneur-created-a-rainwater-harvesting-system-that-saves-60000-litres-of-water.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 M.Sagar, Sarathi (17 July 2023). "Gujarati's product is demanded in more than five countries, including the US: Left the job of a big package and made a cheap device to clean water for water harvesting, the company's turnover is in crores" (in gu). Dainik Bhaskar. https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/dvb-original/news/leaving-the-job-of-big-package-and-made-a-cheap-device-that-cleans-water-neerain-amit-doshi-131546196.html.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "The Gujarat-based company raises the water in borewells without electricity". The Times of India: pp. 2. 2023. https://www.udrop.com/file/KRkt/Independence_Day_Special_AhmedabadTimes_Pages_(2).pdf.
- ↑ VR, Jigar Pandya (2023-07-30). "Gujarat Startup - 14 | રેઇન વોટર હાર્વેસ્ટિંગ ડીવાઈસ" (in gu). https://vrlivegujarat.com/startup-gujarat-program/gujarat-startup-14-rain-water-harvesting-device-vr-live/.
- ↑ "Buy Now – Rooftop Rainwater Filters" (in en-US). https://neerain.com/buy/.
- ↑ "Amit Doshi's NeeRain saves 60,000 liters of rainwater without electricity." (in gu). 2022. https://www.udrop.com/file/KooL/Recent_press_note_as_published_on_19th_April_2022_in_leading_Gujarati_Daily__for_Nee_rain.pdf.
- ↑ ER, Team (2022-07-27). "Auto-Dirt Diversion Technique for Rainwater Harvesting without Any Electricity Requirement" (in en-US). https://theecopreneur.in/2022/07/27/auto-dirt-diversion-technique-for-rainwater-harvesting-without-any-electricity-requirement/.
- ↑ "Amruth 2.0, Innovations for you". Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs: 45. 2022. https://neerain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AMRUT2-Startups-Cards.pdf.
- ↑ Varia, Akash (2022). "A simple device saves bore wells with 60,000 liters of rainwater every year". Indian plumbing association 4 (3): 21–22. https://online.fliphtml5.com/xctsh/yxde/?trk=organization-update-content_share-embed-video_share-article#p=21.
- ↑ "The Savage Humans: Central India's Most Influential Community – The Bharat Saga" (in en-US). 2023-08-04. https://www.thebharatsaga.com/the-savage-humans-central-indias-most-influential-community/.
- ↑ Burman, Partho. "Ahmedabad man’s rainwater harvesting startup helps save 125 billion litres of water; clocks Rs 2 crore annual revenues" (in en). https://30stades.com/enterprise/amit-doshi-neerain-ahmedabad-rainwater-harvesting-startup-saves-125-billion-litres-water-earns-rs-2-crore-revenues-1518709.
- ↑ "Awards for Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Filters" (in en-US). https://neerain.com/rainawards/.
- ↑ CII National Award for excellence in water management 2022. Confederation of Indian Industry. 2022. pp. 9.
- ↑ "Neerain was awarded the Water Leadership Award by The Economic Times Group.pdf" (in en). 2022. https://www.udrop.com/file/KooK/Neerain_was_awarded_the_Water_Leadership_Award_By_The_Economic_Times_Group.pdf.
- ↑ "Entrepreneurship Development Institution of India acknowledged NeeRain.pdf" (in en). 2022. https://www.udrop.com/KooJ/Entrepreneurship_Development_Institution_of_India_acknowledged_NeeRain.pdf.
