MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202531091736 A) filed by Narula Institute Of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, on Sept. 25, 2025, for 'automated onion seedling plantation for efficient and sustainable farming.'

Inventor(s) include Anish Ghosh; Soumyajit Roy; Aagnik Dey; Sayar Basu; Subham Das; Anushka Gayen; Sandhya Pattanayak; Sangita Roy; Kaushik Sarkar; and Abhijit Ghosh.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The seedling plantation bot is basically an autonomous agricultural bot designed to smoothen and fasten the plantation process. It incorporates the use of ...