Our guest today is Pardeep Garg, cofounder of Uravu Labs, a Bangalore startup that has been developing a device to produce water from the air in a renewable manner. In this conversation, Pardeep talks about Uravu’s efforts to make the water they extract truly renewable; and the opportunity to bring renewable water to the trillion-dollar beverages industry.

(00:40) Intro to The Daily Tech Conversation

(00:53) Our guest today — Pardeep Garg, co-founder of Uravu Labs, a renewable water device maker

(01:31) A brief about how Uravu was started, and what the founders wanted to do

(03:13) What renewable water actually is

(06:56) Total dissolved salts, and drawbacks of reverse osmosis

(14:34) A walk through the process of Uravu’s device and its main components

(17:55) Current TRL of Uravu’s device

(20:38) Next big steps towards commercialisation

(29:25) How the pumping mechanism is also using renewable energy

(30:49) Six rupees and going lower — cost of a litre of renewable water

(31:52) Business models to sell renewable water — the device, and a subscription

(33:22) Next steps in developing the product to make it commercialisation ready

(34:22) Can Uravu sell to consumers as well, eventually

(35:39) Government support may also be forthcoming in India for renewable water technologies, soon

More about Uravu Labs

https://www.uravulabs.com/