Consultation
One path for every applicant
Registration, your details, your project requirements, the consultation booking fee, booking the call, and a human consultant. Governments and public-sector bodies follow the same path and also record their department, authorised representative and procurement requirements.
The six steps
- Registration. Tell us who you are, your country and your applicant category. You receive a reference and a private link to continue.
- Applicant details. Your organisation and contact details. Government and public-sector applicants also give department details, an authorised representative and any procurement requirements.
- Project requirements. What you want to build, improve, transform or achieve, and what you already have. Questions adapt to your kind of project.
- Booking fee. The consultation booking fee for your category and currency is shown with any tax, any payment charge and its terms before you commit. Pay online or against an invoice.
- Call booking. Once the payment is confirmed by the payment provider or recorded against your invoice, you give your preferred times and time zone.
- Consultant assignment. A human SAMARTH consultant is assigned and confirms the call. All professional advice comes from people, not software.
Consultation booking fee
Fees by applicant category and currency
Shown in the currency it is priced in. Payment online is charged in Indian rupees at the live reference exchange rate, which is shown to you with the rupee amount before you pay; your card issuer may apply its own conversion. Payment against an invoice is also available.
How payment is confirmed
- Before you pay you see the fee, its currency, any tax, any payment charge, the total, the terms and, for online payment, the rupee amount and exchange rate.
- Online: the payment provider confirms the payment directly to our server. Your browser returning from the payment page is never treated as proof of payment.
- Against an invoice: the SAMARTH team issues the invoice, and records your payment with its reference when it arrives.
- Then you receive a confirmation email and receipt, and your request opens for call booking.
What the fee is not
The booking fee secures a formal consultation call with a SAMARTH consultant. It is separate from, and not part of, consultancy packages, engineering costs, government project proposals, infrastructure projects and implementation charges.
Anything proposed after the consultation is a separate engagement with its own scope, price, terms and an internally approved quotation, which you accept or decline. See the consultancy packages.
Questions
Who pays the consultation booking fee?
Every applicant: governments and public-sector bodies, international organisations, businesses, startups, universities, research institutions and individuals. The fee for your category and currency is shown here and again before you pay.
Is the booking fee part of a later package or project?
No. It is separate from consultancy packages, engineering costs, government project proposals, infrastructure projects and implementation charges. Any later engagement has its own approved quotation and terms.
Can a government body pay against an invoice?
Yes. Any applicant may choose payment against an invoice, which suits procurement rules that require one. The call is booked once the payment is recorded.
How do I know my payment went through?
Your request moves to "fee paid" only when the payment provider confirms the payment to our server, or when the SAMARTH team records a payment against your invoice. A redirect in your browser is never treated as payment. You receive an email and a receipt.
Is the consultation given by AI?
No. AI may help you complete your registration and describe your requirements. It is not a consultant: it gives no professional advice, makes no commitments on SAMARTH's behalf, and every consultation, recommendation and commercial decision is made by a human SAMARTH consultant.