Weather Risk Limited founded in 2004, pioneered Weather Derivative contracts in the Indian Market. Since then, it has grown into a comprehensive global Climate Risk Management company with a fast growing footprint that spans India, Africa and Asia.
2. To provide all in the world security against climate change as
The world’s No. 1 climate risk management
company using data, technology and innovation
to transform risk management
Founded
2004
Headquarters
India
Team
101 People
Footprint
Pan India & Global
Asia
Philippines
Cambodia
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Africa
Tanzania
Rwanda
Zambia
Mozambique
Existing Presence
Building Presence
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3. We are a global Risk Management company delivering
innovative products and services to large enterprises as well
as farmers in the remotest of villages worldwide.
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2004 2006 2008 2010 2012
Founded with
ICICI Lombard as
the first client
SIDBI Seed Fund
Incubation at IIT
Kanpur
Ford Foundation
grant
Convinced GoI to subsidize
weather insurance with Rs.
1000 Cr.
Stabilizing pan-
India business
AWS Grid
~ 100 Stations
SIDBI invests for
working capital
First International
foray in Tanzania
and Bangladesh
Export of Products &
Services to Africa &
ASEAN
Ready for
India and the
World
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Data Services &
Analytics
Smart Devices &
Technology
Weather
Insurance1 2 3 India
Global
Agri Information Systems
Weather Forecasting
Remote Sensing
Automated Weather Stations
Vehicle Tracking Systems
5. Vijay Mahajan
Mentor
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Basix Social Enterprise Group
Dr. AK Bohra
Director
Weather Scientist and Former Director
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
Pankaj Khandelwal
Director
Chairman & Managing Director
INI Farms
Dr. Kanti Prasad
Director
Weather Scientist and Former Dy. Director General
Indian Meteorological Department
Dr. BV Phani
Director
Professor / Finance
Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
Dr. Jayant K. Singh
Technology Advisor
Professor / Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur
Advisory board
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Passionate and Diverse Team
101 people with expertise in:
TEAM WRL
Financial RISK MANAGEMENT
Computer Science
METEOROLOGY
Atmospheric Physics
Climatology
ELECTRONICS & Industrial Design
Sonu Agrawal, 39
Founder & Managing Director
Weather & Climate Risk Pioneer
IIT Kanpur and IIM Calcutta Alumnus
Anuj Khumbat, 38
Chief Executive Officer
Finance and Management Specialist
Chartered Accountant
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Ashish Agarwal, 31
Chief Technology Officer
Electronics and Technology Specialist
IIT Kanpur Alumnus
6. VISION WHAT WE DO CLIENTS TEAM IMPACT OPPORTUNITY
Served 1 million farmers across India
transforming lives and agriculture
Catalyst for the growth of Crop Insurance
in India from 300 Cr to 5000 Cr in 10 years
creating employment for ~10000 people
Rajiv Kumarswami
SCOR Reinsurance
Rakesh Jain
Reliance GIC
Alok Agarwal
ICICI Lombard GIC
ENDORSEMENTS
Dr. Nachiket Mor
Reserve Bank of India
Sandeep Bakshi
ICICI Prudential
Ritesh Kumar
HDFC ERGO GIC
Dr. Ajit Kanitkar
Ford Foundation
Ved Sheshadri
Cholamandalam GIC
Pranav Prashad
International Labour Organization
7. Case Study
Late Blight is a lethal potato disease. In 2006 PepsiCo contract farmers
lost 60 % of their crops due to this bane. We helped PepsiCo provide
risk management to over 10000 farmers in Punjab.
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8. Cholamandalam is a leading Indian general insurance company. In
2011 Weather Risk was hired to help structure Weather and Yield
Index based Crop Insurance Products.
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Case Study
9. Since 2007 we have helped ICICI Lombard implement a joint
nationwide weather and agriculture Insurance market making and
strategic development exercise.
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Case Study
10. We have helped ~ 5000 farmers covered by SAFAL access better
insurance and information for risk as well as equipped their logistics
system to track over 2000 Trucks and Vans.
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Case Study