The Founders

"Consulting has given me the strategies needed for IRGA, with my focus now on implementation. Having spent more than 10 years in an agritech company personally, IRGA will be that springboard to effective deployment of commercialized technologies starting with the field.
Am going to focus my attention on sustainable agriculture and using agritech to uplift ESG standards with IRGA to ensure we achieve the 1st ASEAN agritech unicorn."

Girish Ramachandran, Co-Founder | Member of the Board

Notable mentions: Founder of 27Group, an ASEAN based boutique advisory, project management and transformation firm, Girish has also been on the Board of Kingoya, a global agritools manufacturer since 2010.

He led the development of Malaysia’s Smart City Framework, Malaysia’s National Policy Framework for 4IR Technologies Adoption and the National Food Security Project, a Public-Private Partnership. He has also advised the largest agrifood companies to transform, improve operations and raise funds.

"I am fully committed to see IRGA as the convergence of data in agriculture; we are not about a single product or service."
"My commitment and vision is visualise and build integrated data-driven ecosystems, mechanisation solutions and digital platforms to bring greater impact to the US$4trillion food, farming and plantation industry."

Harish Subramaniam, Co-Founder | Member of the Board

Notable mentions: Harish has over two decades of experience in the digital and 4IR industry. He has set up various digital ventures and has a strong track record of executing creative and innovative digital solutions driven by consumer-centric insights with successful business results.

He has also won many local and regional awards. Harish has a postgraduate in Digital Business from Emeritus Institute of Management Singapore, collaborating with MIT Management Executive Education & Columbia Business School Executive Education.