Sachin Hegdekudgi is the CEO of RootsGoods, an agritech venture focused on transforming the maize value chain in India. They build practical technology that meets farmers where they are—simplifying preharvest decisions and unlocking better, faster postharvest outcomes. Their flagship capability, Maize GPT, helps farmers and FPOs diagnose crop issues before they become losses by connecting them with local vendors and enabling online purchase of inputs such as fungicides and insecticides. After harvest, the platform digitizes quality certification to match farmers and buyers, orchestrates logistics and warehousing “like Uber for agri supply chains,” and facilitates onthespot payments to farmers before commodity loading.

Sachin is passionate about an innovation mindset grounded in field realities: start with the smallest viable workflow, instrument it, and iterate with data and trust. His work focuses on reducing risk for smallholders, creating predictable offtake for buyers, and making the supply chain transparent endtoend.