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Centric Consulting’s India practice recently had a team advance to the final round of the UiPath AgentHack 2025, standing out from over 1,000 global submissions.
The hackathon attracted more than 1,200 participants from 50+ countries, with 400 ideas submitted across three intensive months. From this competitive field, only 22 finalist teams were selected—12 in the Enterprise Agents track and 10 in the Agentic Testing solutions track.
UiPath AgentHack 2025 is UiPath’s first global hackathon fully focused on agentic AI, challenging participants to build autonomous AI agents that can act, adapt, and make intelligent decisions to solve real-world business problems.
“Agentic AI is reshaping how automation is built, deployed, and scaled and UiPath is proud to be leading this evolution. With the launch of our reimagined UiPath Platform for agentic automation, UiPath AgentHack 2025 marks our first global hackathon fully focused on agentic AI,” Bobby Patrick, Chief Marketing Officer at UiPath, said on the UiPath Community website.
Centric’s team, which included Mohit Juneja, Utkarsh Khandelwal, and Sushila Kumari, developed KisanSUMitra, an AI-powered digital assistant designed to transform how Indian farmers access critical agricultural information and support. The team competed in the Enterprise Agents solution track.
“Being among the top 12 global finalists was already a tremendous honour,” Khandelwal said. “Presenting at the live finale and sharing a platform with brilliant innovators, gaining visibility through the UiPath community, and receiving real-time feedback was both validating and inspiring. The other teams had various UiPath MVPs and competing against them and sharing the same platform was a good experience and is a milestone we’re proud of, and this experience has been both inspiring and enriching for all of us.”
Addressing Agricultural Challenges
The team’s journey began with a shared realization that conventional agricultural support systems are inadequate for India’s diverse, widespread rural population, with farmers facing outdated information, language barriers, and delays in getting critical updates.
KisanSUMitra, which translates to “Friend of Farmers,” tackles persistent challenges in the country’s agricultural sector, including access issues like scattered, outdated or English-only information on crops, weather, prices, and schemes; a lack of digital literacy, limited financial aid; and communication barriers like the reliance on verbal or paper-based updates and non-inclusive interfaces.
The team envisioned KisanSUMitra as a truly intelligent, empathetic assistant—one that could provide weather, pricing, scheme details, and emotional support, all in regional languages.
The AI agent serves as an intelligent, conversational assistant that learns and adapts to each farmer’s specific needs. “Unlike static agricultural apps, KisanSUMitra learns, guides, automates, and empowers — becoming a true digital ally from sowing to selling,” their entry form said.
The solution provides:
- Real-time weather updates
- Market prices and mandi rates
- Personalized crop and soil advice
- Government schemes and financial guidance
- Emotional well-being support
All interactions occur in regional languages, making the platform accessible to farmers across India’s diverse agricultural communities.
The project’s core advantage lies in its agentic automation, going beyond scripted responses to deliver proactive, adaptive, autonomous advice. By leveraging specialized AI agents, the platform helps farmers make informed decisions, reduce dependency on middlemen, access government schemes with ease, and minimize crop losses, ultimately improving both productivity and peace of mind.
The team used UiPath’s Agentic AI platform, integrating multiple AI agents with real-time APIs from sources including the India Meteorological Department (IMD), AgMarket, and various government scheme portals. The solution uses UiPath Agent Builder, UiPath Apps, UiPath Maestro, and UiPath Studio, along with external integrations including OpenAI and Twilio.
“If this solution helps even one farmer avoid distress and make informed choices, it will be worth the effort. Every farmer’s life matters,” the team wrote in their submission.
