Three to four weeks. Fixed $15–25K. A defensible written answer.

What we equip you with

1. Where the demand sits

The metros, corridors, KAVACH primes, and OEM digital programmes actively buying what you sell — and the ones that are not, so you do not chase them.

2. Named buyer targets

A ranked list of buyers by fit and reachability — DMRC, MMRC, NCRTC, DFCCIL, the KAVACH primes, the rolling-stock OEMs — with the decision-maker and the live use case named, not just the organisation.

3. Qualified introduction pathways

For each priority target, the route in we can actually open — who introduces you, on what pretext, and in what order.

4. Regulatory and commercial path

The certification and approval reality for your product. Most software, AI, predictive-maintenance, cyber, and digital-operations products have a far lighter path than safety-critical hardware — we map yours honestly, including any hardware element that is slower.

5. Pilot and POC routes

How a buyer would actually trial your product — the pilot structures metros and primes use, and light-touch entity and commercial setup options to receive the first contract.

6. A realistic entry sequence

First meetings, then pilot, then contract — a quarter-by-quarter sequence calibrated to your runway, not an optimistic deck.

The three-to-four-week rhythm

How the engagement runs.

Week	Workstream	You see
1	Kickoff. Buyer landscape mapped against your product and use case.	Mandate document signed. Buyer map shared.
1–2	Demand deep-dive. Named buyer targets ranked by fit and reachability.	Ranked buyer target list, with decision-makers named.
2–3	Regulatory and commercial path tested. Our delivery team confirms introduction routes to metros, primes, and OEM digital teams.	Path map; qualified introduction pathways per target.
3–4	Read-out with the Managing Partner. Decision: walk, map deeper, or start India Landing.	Bound deliverable. A defensible written record either way.

The regulatory advantage

For most rail-tech, India's regulatory path is lighter — and faster — than the hardware primes face.

The hardware homologation story you have heard is real: RDSO vendor approval runs 18 to 36 months for safety-critical components, and the manufacturing primes carry that weight. Most software, AI inspection, predictive-maintenance, cybersecurity, and digital-operations products do not. They enter through pilots and operational deployments with a far lighter certification burden, which is precisely why a scale-up can be in buyer meetings while a hardware competitor is still in the RDSO queue.

We say so honestly. If your product has a safety-critical hardware element, that part is slower, and the Map will tell you exactly where the line falls for you.

Investment and terms

Fixed $15K to $25K. Three to four weeks. No success fees. No retainer.

Sized for a founder's or growth budget. Travel and named bench specialists itemised against capped lines — no unbounded "plus expenses".

If India is not real for your business at the end, we say so on the page, signed by the Managing Partner. The Opportunity Map is the only way to get that answer in writing from people who would otherwise be asking you to commit to a full landing.

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A $15–25K fixed-price engagement is a growth-budget decision, not a board paper — and it settles the India question in writing.