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TARDID TECHNOLOGIES
Expands Analytics Offerings with Power of AI
The motive behind forming the company, was to find and deliver the actual benefits of analytics to the end
customer as well as comprehend the challenges of the real world, to offer a solution which made a significant
difference.
The name given to the company “Tardid”, is an acronym for “Time And Relative Dimension In Data”, which
in knowing sparks large amounts of interests and opens vast
fields for research and discoveries. Knowing which technology
to develop beforehand was the stepping stone for the company.
The idea to start off a company hit in 2014. But a formal
incorporation of Tardid commenced in May 2016, which
bootstrapped till Nov 17, post which they were looking for first
angel funding. Hitherto, the company has successfully
accomplished all the POCs and gradually shifted to projects.
The company has thrived with its industrious and innovative
team members who were burning the midnight oil to make Tardid,
a Technology Product company of India.
Pushing the boundaries of AI
As a famous person quoted, “We can’t solve a problem with the
same type of thinking used while creating them”.
In earlier days, industrial maintenance was confined to repairing
and companies used to watch and analyse data until a problem
showed up - this wasn’t cheap, as it resulted in Unplanned
MR. NILADRI DUTTA
Downtime and catastrophic events.
CEO
But, Tardid took an initiative and started exploring the under
explored areas of structural and machine science. The company
is using the power of Artificial Intelligence to prescribe and predict Structural & Machine Failures. It has
developed a digital twin which combines quantum deep neural network and cognitive computing, to detect
and identify the complex aging issues these assets face and help the industry to understand the remaining
useful life of these assets and most importantly predict the “Time to Fail”.
Brain behind Tardid
Tardid is the brainchild of Mr. Niladri Dutta, fondly addressed as Neel. He is the “Architect” of Brainbox,
which is the company’s Artificial Intelligence Platform. A complete technology fanatic, he leads from the
front for the entire Technology Development and is involved at every single level possible. His energy rubs
on the entire team and keeps the team motivated through every project, decision, venture, success and
failures. He along with Ms. Aastha Verma, the co-founder, conceptualized Tardid and they ensure to keep
the vision of Tardid razor sharp every single day.
In the last 20 years, Neel has worn many different hats, starting as a protocol stack person to becoming the
business head leading his past organizations to global successes.
Awards and Achievements
Tardid has been fortunate to have received recognition from various different communities. Some of the
notable achievements are:
Finalist $1 Million Global Startup Challenge at Vizag Fintech Festival 2018
Gold Medalist in OSHAI Innovative Startup Product Award by OSHAI 3rd Annual HSE Excellence &
Sustainability Award 2018
Winner Innocity Pitch Contest 2018 by IIMA
Finalist Open Innovation Challenge 7.0 by NTT Data
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