Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry
News & features
In the news | Microsoft Source Asia
Chasing peak sugar: India’s sugar cane farmers use AI to predict weather, fight pests and optimize harvests
The technology brings in weather, soil and other data from satellites as well as farm sensors onto a Microsoft data platform called Azure Data Manager for Agriculture (previously called FarmBeats), so farmers can see precisely what’s happening at their farm…
In the news | MIT Technology Review
How to fine-tune AI for prosperity
Artificial intelligence could put us on the path to a booming economic future, but getting there will take some serious course corrections. When Chad Syverson loads the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website these days looking for the latest data…
In the news | The Times of Israel
Microsoft partners with Start-Up Nation Central to tap Israeli agrifood tech
US tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Start-Up Nation Central to help Israeli agrifood tech startups augment their AI-powered models for sustainable farming solutions and get exposure to global markets. Microsoft and Start-Up Nation Central are working together to identify…
In the news | BBC: The Climate Question
Can artificial intelligence help farmers adapt to the effects of climate change?
AI is changing the way we work and live. But with climate change impacting seasonal temperatures and rainfalls around the world, can it help make food production more sustainable?
In the news | Clarín Rural
Conectividad y agricultura digital para todos, la visión de una compañía líder en el mundo
En diálogo con Clarín Rural, Ranveer Chandra, Director de Investigación para la Agroalimentación de Microsoft, contó cómo imagina el futuro de la agricultura. La agricultura digital dejó de ser una curiosidad de nicho para imponerse como un sólido paradigma que…
In the news | Época Negócios | One Planet
Microsoft accelerates data and AI applications to digitize agriculture
Microsoft's leading researcher in the application of technologies in the field, Ranveer Chandra, tells how the company works to help create the future of agriculture.
In the news | National Institute of Standards and Technology
U.S. Department of Commerce appoints Ranveer Chandra to the new Internet of Things Advisory Board
The U.S. Department of Commerce has appointed 16 experts, including Dr. Ranveer Chandra, for the new Internet of Things Advisory Board (IoTAB), to advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group. The board represents a broad range of disciplines from…
In the news | NewsNation
Farmers are harvesting data to increase yields
Andrew Nelson’s family has farmed in the rolling hills of eastern Washington state for five generations. Rows of wheat, peas, lentils and barley stretch across their 7,500-acre farm. Yet each spring, those hills provided constant stress when trying to predict…
In the news | Popular Science
Microsoft is hoping its algorithms can help farmers—and the planet
Can the people of the world be fed without ruining the planet in the process? Among the many scientists, organizations, companies, and farmers working on this problem is Microsoft. Yesterday, the tech giant open-sourced what they call the toolkit for…