The Japanese IT giant announced that the study seeks to improve living conditions for the needy residents of rural areas as part of the JICA's "BOP Business Feasibility Study Assistance."

This study will include activities such as the introduction of hydroponic agricultural practices to communities in Maharashtra and Karnataka states, and testing of pesticide-free vegetable production.

The company said that the hydroponic agricultural techniques utilize technologies from GRA that were used to treat salt damaged land in communities in Japan's Miyagi prefecture. These were impacted by the tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011.

NEC's energy management systems (EMS) will also be introduced to help stabilize power supplies needed for operating hydroponic equipment.

A partnership with the College of Agriculture, Pune is also on the cards. This relationship, said the Japanese company, will enable students to gain production management experience through on-the-job training with hydroponic technologies.