Someone from Saravana comes to your city, walks the site, checks locally what your consent file will actually require, and writes down what building this takes — capital, sizing, utilities, space and the consents in sequence. Led by Balasubramanian Iyer, who has commissioned more than ten plants.
Clients usually come to us in one of two situations, and we think they should be priced differently. Some are still deciding whether to build at all, and need the groundwork done properly before committing. Others have decided, and need the plant built. We handle the first as advisory work and the second as a commissioning engagement.
Both begin with one of us coming to your city and seeing the site. We have not found it possible to scope a plant properly over a phone call, and we would rather not try.
For the decision rather than the build — where you are working out whether the project makes sense, what it is likely to cost, where it should sit, and what will be involved in getting it consented.
| Fee | From ₹25,000, quoted against scope |
| Includes | One visit to your city |
| On the ground | Site or proposed site walked. Shed, drainage, power position and access assessed against what the line will need. |
| Statutory | Local enquiry on consents — your board, your category, and what your file is likely to require. |
| Meeting | Face to face with you and whoever else is deciding. |
| You receive | A written note: indicative CAPEX with line items, rectifier sizing and connected load, tank schedule, utilities and ETP load, floor space envelope, the consents you need in sequence, and the three decisions that move your number most. |
| Credited | In full against a commissioning engagement started within 90 days. |
The fee follows the scope. A single line in one city is our starting point. Multiple sites, a comparison between locations, or a board-ready business case are quoted accordingly.
For a plant you have decided to build. We price this against the project rather than against our time, because what the engagement is really doing is reducing risk on a capital decision.
| Fee | A percentage of project cost, agreed up front |
| Starts with | A token amount against the first phase |
| Covers | Process specification, tank and rectifier schedule, vendor qualification, layout, QC system design, commissioning support and hand-over. |
| Consents | We work your consent file with you — CTE, CTO and hazardous waste authorisation — so the ETP is designed for what it has to demonstrate, not retrofitted afterwards. |
| Supply | Chemicals, equipment and consumables sourced through our own vendor network, local to you wherever it exists. |
We have always felt that a specification you then have to go and find suppliers for is only half a deliverable. Tanks, rectifiers, chillers, chemicals and consumables come through vendors we have worked with and qualified, and we place them local to you wherever a local option exists.
This is less about convenience than about process control. A bath chemistry question answered in a day by someone two hours away leads to a very different plant from the same question answered in three weeks by a supplier in another state. In our experience that proximity is worth more than the small premium it sometimes carries.
We have chosen not to publish lead times. A figure averaged across every state board, every power utility and every kind of build would be wrong for most people reading it, and we would rather not give you a date we cannot stand behind.
What we can do is give you yours, with the reasoning behind it, once we know your state, your site and what you intend to build. We are happy to have that conversation at no cost.
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An advisory engagement starting at ₹25,000 that includes a visit to your city. We walk the site or proposed site, check locally what your consent file will actually require, meet you and whoever else is deciding, and return a written note covering indicative CAPEX with line items, rectifier sizing and connected load, a tank schedule, utilities and ETP load, the floor space envelope, the consents you need in sequence, and the three decisions that move your number most.
Because free numbers do not convert into decisions. A basic sizing calculation handed over without the reasoning behind it can be walked straight to a vendor, carries no assumptions you can test, and leaves no record of the conversation. The paid note arrives with the assumptions stated, the sensitivities named, and the next question identified. The fee also helps both sides: asking someone to travel to you is a commitment, and it gives the work a definite scope and a definite output rather than an open-ended conversation.
UPI or bank transfer against a tax invoice — whichever suits you. We confirm the scope is a fit first, then send payment details. There is nothing to pay until we have agreed the snapshot is worth doing.
Yes. The advisory fee is credited in full against a commissioning engagement started within 90 days, so it functions as a down payment rather than a toll.
That is a common position, and if anything it is a reason to do the assessment earlier rather than later. The note is the document you use to make the decision, so having it two months out is more useful than having it the week you commit.
The calculator gives you a model output from generic India rates. The snapshot is a person looking at your specific capacity, product, standard, site power and plot, and telling you where that model is wrong for your case. Most usefully, it names the three decisions that move your number most, which a calculator cannot do.
Say so on the form. Not knowing sanctioned load or plot envelope is common at this stage and is itself useful information. What we cannot work without is a target capacity and a product, because those set everything else.