SANDEEP KUMAR KAUSHIK
Gurugram
Summary
Results-driven Business and Product Leader with 14 years in Agritech, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Analytics, and AI solutions. Expertise in building business verticals, leading enterprise sales, and developing market-ready products. Experienced in managing strategic partnerships and delivering agricultural technology solutions, effectively translating customer needs into scalable products while guiding cross-functional teams.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Business Officer & Product Head
AquaCarta LLP
09.2025 - Current
- Responsible for business growth, product strategy, customer acquisition, and commercialization of geospatial agriculture solutions.
- Lead business development across agribusiness, banking, NGOs and food processing sectors.
- Drive product strategy for satellite-based agriculture platforms.
- Build strategic partnerships and enterprise customer relationships.
- Work with engineering and GIS teams to define product roadmap.
- Prepare business proposals and commercial strategies.
- Support execution of agriculture and forestry projects.
General Manager – Remote Sensing & Business Development
DeHaat
05.2021 - 09.2025
- Led Remote Sensing business along with product development and business expansion initiatives.
- Built satellite-based decision support solutions for multiple business verticals.
- Led development of AI-driven crop monitoring products.
- Supported Input, Output and Financial Services businesses.
- Developed products for Seed Companies, Procurement and Insurance sectors.
- Led hiring, business planning and cross-functional teams.
- Managed enterprise customer engagements.
- Developed farm financing and satellite-based soil intelligence products.
- Worked directly with leadership on business strategy and product innovation.
Remote Sensing Consultant
Earth Analytics India & Skymap Global
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Delivered crop intelligence projects for international clients.
- Developed crop acreage solutions using SAR and optical satellite imagery.
- Supported crop insurance and precision agriculture initiatives.
Vice President – Remote Sensing & Business Development
FarmGuide India
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Led business development for enterprise agritech solutions.
- Managed strategic clients including insurance, seed and agritech companies.
- Developed crop intelligence products and dashboards.
- Prepared technical proposals and customer solutions.
Senior Manager – Remote Sensing
Skymet Weather
10.2018 - 04.2019
- Managed remote sensing team for agriculture analytics.
- Delivered crop acreage, yield forecasting and damage assessment projects.
- Supported insurance and banking customers.
Senior Manager – Remote Sensing
WRMS
09.2015 - 10.2018
- Led crop monitoring and satellite analytics projects.
- Delivered crop health, flood assessment and crop disease solutions.
- Managed GIS quality and enterprise project execution.
Senior Research Fellow
India Meteorological Department
10.2014 - 09.2015
- Worked on crop yield forecasting, DSSAT modelling and satellite-based crop monitoring under Government of India initiatives.
Junior Research Fellow
Jawaharlal Nehru University
05.2012 - 09.2014
- Conducted research on hyperspectral remote sensing, snow mapping, and land use modelling to support environmental analysis under the Department of Science & Technology.
Education
Leadership Development Program -
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
01-2025
M.Tech. - Geo-Informatics
Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Technology
M.Sc. - Geography
Kurukshetra University
B.A. (Hons.) - Geography
University of Delhi
Skills
- Business Leadership
- Business Development
- Enterprise Sales
- Product Strategy
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Revenue Growth
- Strategic Partnerships
- Client Relationship Management
- Proposal Development
- Team Leadership
- Product Management
- Product Roadmap
- Product commercialisation
- Customer Discovery
- Product Launch
- Market Validation
- Product Design
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Agritech Expertise
- Precision Agriculture
- Procurement Analytics
- Farm Financing
- Technical Expertise
- Remote Sensing
- GIS
- Google Earth Engine
- AI applications
- Sentinel-1 & Sentinel-2
- Drone Analytics
- ArcGIS
- ENVI
- SAR Analytics
Custom
- Crop Health Assessment using Sentinel-1 SAR
- Wheat Growth Monitoring using Time-Series Satellite Data
- Snow Grain Size Mapping using Hyperspectral Imagery
- Land Use & Land Cover Mapping
- Book publication with Springer
Timeline
Chief Business Officer & Product Head
AquaCarta LLP
09.2025 - Current
General Manager – Remote Sensing & Business Development
DeHaat
05.2021 - 09.2025
Remote Sensing Consultant
Earth Analytics India & Skymap Global
05.2020 - 05.2021
Vice President – Remote Sensing & Business Development
FarmGuide India
04.2019 - 02.2020
Senior Manager – Remote Sensing
Skymet Weather
10.2018 - 04.2019
Senior Manager – Remote Sensing
WRMS
09.2015 - 10.2018
Senior Research Fellow
India Meteorological Department
10.2014 - 09.2015
Junior Research Fellow
Jawaharlal Nehru University
05.2012 - 09.2014
Leadership Development Program -
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
M.Tech. - Geo-Informatics
Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Technology
M.Sc. - Geography
Kurukshetra University
B.A. (Hons.) - Geography
University of Delhi