Principal Investigator: Justin Dauwels (Associate Professor, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Team: Ishaan Gupta (CEO, Vigti) & Dr. Ravula Sugunakar Reddy (CTO, Vigti)
Mentor: Jagjit Singh (Mentor, NTUitive)
Automated remote monitoring platform for distribution gas pipeline network
Vigti is the world's first proprietary wide-area monitoring system for the gas distribution pipeline network for identification, classification and localisation of anomalies such as leaks, bursts and water ingress. Vigti's advanced underground pipeline monitoring capabilities is achieved by integrating data from a variety of sensors and delivering unified analytics to swiftly respond in case of anomalies through a complex AI-based algorithm thus saving time, money and preventing loss of life.
During LLP, we learned many things which are very helpful, including the revision of the BMC and VPC thoroughly, improving our technology presentation and calculating realistic TAM, SAM & SOM markets sizes. We identified various stakeholders in the value chain, arrived at a suitable revenue model with a thorough understanding of the benefits to various stakeholders and incorporated the different perspectives like Insurance providers and regulatory bodies. Now we have identified our beachhead.