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India Tech Report
This is a podcast dedicated to chronicling and supporting the rise of India's deep tech and climate tech startup ecosystems. One conversation at a time.
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India Tech ReportNovel semiconductor could hold key to unlocking solar efficiency limits, Oxford-Wuhan teams show
Researchers from the UK and China have identified a novel semiconductor material that bypasses a fundamental constraint in solar technology, potentially paving…
India Tech ReportOwn eyes: Paar Autonomy gets AdvantEdge backing to scale indigenous vision stack for defence
Paar Autonomy has raised about Rs. 10 crore ($1.2 million) in seed funding led by AdvantEdge Founders, the Bengaluru defence technology startup said in a press…
India Tech ReportSiddhanth Jayaram on Equilibrium's high-integrity carbon credits playbook
In this episode, Siddhanth Jayaram, founder and CEO of Equilibrium, unpacks how the venture will scale to a full-stack carbon removal platform provider to…
India Tech ReportSiddhanth Jayaram on Equilibrium's high-integrity carbon credits playbook
In this episode, Siddhanth Jayaram, founder and CEO of Equilibrium, unpacks how the venture will scale to a full-stack carbon removal platform provider to…
India Tech ReportComing up: Siddhanth Jayaram on Equilibrium’s carbon credits playbook
In the next episode of Conversations at India Tech Report, catch an interview with Siddhanth Jayaram, founder and CEO of Equilibrium, a “full-stack” carbon…
India Tech ReportAgra boy’s American dream: VC investor Amir Khan on bridging US-India deep tech corridor
In this episode, I’m joined by Amir Khan, Managing General Partner at MARL 5G Accelerator and founder of StudioK. Amir shares his personal journey from growing…
India Tech ReportBridging the US-India deep tech corridor: a conversation with VC investor Amir Khan
In this episode, I’m joined by Amir Khan, Managing General Partner at MARL 5G Accelerator and founder of StudioK.Amir shares his personal journey from growing…
India Tech ReportComing up: VC investor Amir Khan on his new StudioK for tech founders in India
How can entrepreneurs in India tap opportunities in the next generation of physical AI and robotics? Amir Khan, early-stage VC investor and founder of the MARL…
India Tech ReportComing up: VC investor Amir Khan on his new StudioK for tech founders in India
How can entrepreneurs in India tap opportunities in the next generation of physical AI and robotics? Amir Khan, early-stage VC investor and founder of the MARL…
India Tech ReportSatish Padmanabhan on DIMAAG’s power electronics innovations for AI data centres
In this episode, Satish Padmanabhan, co-founder and CEO of DIMAAG, unpacks his company’s innovations for the critical power infrastructure shift needed to…
India Tech ReportSatish Padmanabhan on DIMAAG’s power electronics innovations for AI data centres
In this episode, Satish Padmanabhan, co-founder and CEO of DIMAAG, unpacks his company’s innovations for the critical power infrastructure shift needed to…
India Tech ReportComing up | Satish Padmanabhan on DIMAAG's 800V DC innovations for AI era data centres
In the next episode of conversations, Satish Padmanabhan, the serial entrepreneur and founder of DIMAAG AI, breaks down the critical power infrastructure shift…
India Tech ReportIndia's chip startups rise: $100 million in VC funding, 30+ tapeouts with DLI help
According to the latest government data, India’s Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme is hitting its stride. To date, companies supported under the scheme have…
India Tech ReportDIMAAG introduces all-in-one platform for emerging AI data centre power standard | Deep Tech Minute
DIMAAG-AI has introduced its ZettaWatt Power Platform that the California startup says is a first-of-its-kind, modular grid-to-800 VDC power conversion and…
India Tech ReportPardeep Garg on heat pumps as the next big engine for India’s net zero effort
In this episode, I’m joined by Pardeep Garg, co-founder and CEO of CRID India — Centre for Research and Implementation for Decarbonization. With a background…
India Tech ReportMredul Sarda’s journey from student satellite to deep tech investor to cybersecurity entrepreneur
In this episode, I’m joined by Mredul Sarda, an operator-investor in early-stage deep tech and now a cybersecurity entrepreneur. Mredul’s experience-packed…
India Tech Report20 million Ranchos: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala’s vision for achieving tech sovereignty for India
In this episode, I’m are joined by Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, a doyen among India’s champions of technology-led innovation for the masses, to discuss his…
India Tech ReportComing up: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala on ITEL and his next moonshots
Earlier this week, Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, who built the IIT Madras Research Park, among many other things, turned 73. The architect of India's…
India Tech ReportWhy Indian deep tech needs corporate R&D and M&A, Vinod Shankar explains
In my recent conversation with Vinod Shankar, founding partner at Java Capital, we discussed his note on how India could unlock a massive pool of capital and…
India Tech Report10 pct challenge: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital on how India can put $1 trillion in deep tech
In today’s episode of Conversations, I’m joined by Vinod Shankar, co-founder of Java Capital, a venture capital firm that has carved a unique niche by focusing…
India Tech ReportComing up: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital challenges India's ultra rich to back deep innovation
Coming up in the next episode of Conversations at India Tech Report, Vinod Shankar, founding managing partner at Java Capital, discusses a note he wrote…
India Tech ReportCustom silicon: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the opportunity to build from India for the world
In today’s episode, Ramamurthy Sivakumar, co-founder and CEO at HrdWyr, a semiconductor design startup in Bengaluru, talks about the company’s plans after…
India Tech ReportComing up: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the implications of building chips from India
In August last year, a little known semiconductor startup (at the time) founded by two industry veterans from India, announced a small, but historic milestone…
India Tech ReportComing up: Intel veteran Ramamurthy Sivakumar on HrdWyr’s roadmap for AI-native chips from India
HrdWyr, a Bengaluru-based semiconductor startup, recently secured $13 million in Series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital to advance its AI-native chip…
India Tech ReportDeep tech: Ideaspring Capital's founders on the circle of life and other investing lessons (Part 2)
In today’s episode, I bring you Part 2 of an interview with Naganand Doraswamy, managing partner, and Suryaprakash Konanuru, CTO, at Ideaspring Capital in…
India Tech ReportIdeaspring Capital's founders on their entrepreneurs turned VCs life | Preview
Naganand Doraswamy, managing partner, and Suryaprakash Konanuru, CTO at Ideaspring Capital, a well known deep tech VC firm in Bengaluru, sat down with me…
India Tech ReportDecarbonising rice: Mitti Labs founders on their plan for future of sustainable farming
In today’s episode, on the occasion of World Environment Day, I bring you a conversation with Devdut Dalal (Dev), Xavier Laguarta Soler (Xavi) and Nathan…
India Tech ReportComing up: Mitti Labs founders on vision for sustainable rice farming
Rice is one of our biggest staples, here in India, but the way our farmers grow it is becoming increasingly unsustainable, as it contributes to depleting our…
India Tech ReportDeep tech: Ideaspring Capital's founders on investing with conviction, eyes wide open (Part 1)
Today is the first day of the second year of this podcast. And in today’s episode of Conversations, I’m really happy to bring you part 1 of an interview with…
India Tech ReportMitti Labs founders on helping rice farmers cut methane, make money (Preview)
One could think of ‘Mitti’ — the Hindi word for soil — as representing the grounded foundation of a cooler future. And for us in India while rice that grows in…
India Tech ReportFounder journeys: Ravi Kulkarni at Moonrider on the importance of the right partner — bonus episode
Welcome to this bonus episode in which I’m following up with a quick interview with Ravi Kulkarni, founder and COO of Moonrider, an electric tractor venture in…
India Tech ReportHigh voltage harvest: Anoop Srikantaswamy’s electric vision for the future of Indian agriculture
In this episode, I bring you a conversation with Anoop Srikantaswamy, founder and CEO of Moonrider, an electric tractor startup in Bengaluru. Anoop and his…
India Tech ReportAutonomous tractors: Anoop Srikantaswamy at Moonrider on the bigger picture — full interview coming soon
Coming up, a conversation with Anoop Srikantaswamy, founder and CEO of Moonrider, an electric tractor maker in Bengaluru. Catch the full interview on Tuesday…
India Tech ReportPolsky Center selects 20 Indian deep tech startups, new funding rounds at Flo Mobility, HrdWyr
The first cohort of the India deep tech accelerator at University of Chicago’s Polsky Center. Image courtesy Polsky Center. (00:00) Just the headlines, if you…
India Tech ReportComing up: Anoop Srikantaswamy on e-tractor innovations at Moonrider
Coming up on Tuesday, 19th May, Anoop Srikantaswamy, founder and CEO of Moonrider, a electric tractor startup on Bengaluru, talks about a range of topics —…
India Tech ReportEka Robotics bets on force, not language, to teach robots dexterity
Pulkit Agrawal, Co-Founder of Eka Robotics. Image souce: Agrawal’s website. Eka Robotics has emerged from stealth with a Vision-Force-Action model that it says…
India Tech ReportBattery sovereignty: Stuti Kakkar, Co-Founder of MEINE Electric, on India’s ALBM plan
In this episode, Stuti Kakkar, co-founder of MEINE Electric, a battery energy storage tech startup, unpacks the government’s proposed Approved List of Battery…
India Tech ReportAti Motors becomes Ati Robotics, AI-led material orchestration specialist
Founder and CEO Saurabh Chandra with Ati Robotics’ humanoid research prototype Mecha at the company’s products day last year. Image credit: Hari Arakali. Ati…
India Tech ReportStepChange, Nilekani-backed Beckn unveil CSDX vision to bridge global climate data gap
Generated image for illustration: Globe showing interconnected climate data centers and data flow lines across continents The transition to a low-carbon…
India Tech ReportIndia withdraws bid to host COP33, US restores some carbon funds, Microsoft clarifies on purchases
Inertia Enterprises co-founders (L-R) Prof. Mike Dunne, Jeff Lawson, Dr. Annie Kritcher. The company has struck a strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore…
India Tech ReportRobots and real-world RoI: Saurabh Chandra on Ati Motors’ perspective
Far from the romance and glamour of humanoids, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) such as tuggers and pallet lifters that don’t evoke any excitement — unless…
India Tech ReportWhere should I put my robots? Saurabh Chandra at Ati Motors offers his views
'Where should I put my robots?' This is a question top manufacturing executives at some of the biggest industrial complexes around the world are asking, says…
India Tech ReportSaurabh Chandra on ‘future factory’ vision in era of physical AI
In this episode, I catch up with Saurabh Chandra, founder and CEO at Ati Motors, to discuss his views on how factory automation is evolving in the era of…
India Tech ReportSaurabh Chandra at Ati Motors on a rendezvous with robots | Preview
The idea of a “lights out” factory or a “dark factory” is decades old. Engineers dreamed of fully automated installations where robots and machines took over —…
India Tech ReportFour ways India's robotics startups can win
In any field, and especially in deep tech, India's startups don't get the type of funding that Silicon Valley ventures command. In fact even a modest Series A…
India Tech ReportHumanoid robots: which approach will win the race?
The ultimate aim for robot makers is to build a fully general-purpose machine that can pretty much perform any task that we can do. At that point we'll have…
India Tech ReportWhat's holding humanoids back? This expert's answer might surprise you
Arjun Dutt, a partner at Bain & Company, spoke with me a couple of weeks ago on the global consultancy's views on how robotics technologies are evolving. Arjun…
India Tech ReportHumanoid future: Arjun Dutt at Bain on the coming waves of robots
In this episode, we explore the rapidly evolving world of physical intelligence with Arjun Dutt, a Partner at Bain & Company and former entrepreneur. As…
India Tech ReportArjun Dutt at Bain on the three waves of adoption of humanoid robots — from factories to homes | Preview
Coming up on India Tech Report, we dive into the future of physical intelligence with Arjun Dutt, Partner at Bain & Company. Arjun explains how, aided by both…
India Tech ReportBeyond Government: Gokul NA’s hard truths for industry in deep tech
Once upon a time, it used to be a popular joke in many industry speeches in India — one that government leaders used to sportively join in — that the IT…
India Tech ReportGokul NA on training robots to learn like infants: CynLr’s Object Intelligence Stack
In today’s episode, we dive into the future of robotics with Gokul NA, founder of CynLr, or Cybernetics Laboratory, perhaps one of India’s most advanced…
India Tech ReportThe ‘knowhow challenge’ — Apoorv Shaligram, founder of e-TRNL
There are challenges beyond importing sophisticated components that India’s deep tech startups can’t yet source locally. Some of these challenges are equally…
India Tech ReportApoorv Shaligram on e-TRNL Energy’s efforts to innovate better cell architectures
In this episode I’m joined by Apoorv Shaligram, founder and CEO of e-TRNL Energy. Apoorv, and his fellow founder Uttam Sen, IIT Bombay alumni both, and their…
India Tech ReportComing up: Apoorv Shaligram on how the government is catalysing a deep tech discourse in India
Coming up, tomorrow, a conversation with Apoorv Shaligram, founder and CEO at e-TRNL Energy in Bengaluru, where he and fellow founder Uttam Sen are innovating…
India Tech ReportComing up: Apoorv Shaligram on battery cell innovations at e-TRNL Energy, and a funding update
So, this morning, I drove up to the new office that Apoorv Shaligram and Uttam Kumar Sen and their team at e-TRNL Energy have set up – still being given some…
India Tech ReportMEINE Electric’s founders on innovating their batteries for scale | Viewpoint
Listen to the point MEINE Electric is an Indian deep-tech startup in Chennai, developing iron-air battery systems designed for long-duration energy storage of…
India Tech ReportPriyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar on iron-air battery innovations at MEINE Electric
Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar, founders of MEINE Electric, a deep tech startup in India, in the area of battery energy storage systems. Image source: MEINE…
India Tech ReportComing up: Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar on their energy storage innovations at MEINE Electric
Priyansh Mohan and Stuti Kakkar, founders of MEINE Electric in Chennai, are developing an Iron-air battery energy storage system that they hope will help…
India Tech ReportFrom jetpacks to robot brigades: Jay Panchal on Aule’s vision for India’s space-tech future
Jay Panchal, founder and CEO at Aule Space, a Bengaluru space-tech startup that is developing a light-weight mission extension vehicle. Photograph by Hari…
India Tech ReportComing up: Jay Panchal, founder at Aule Space, on their mission to extend satellites’ lifespan
Jay Panchal, founder and CEO at Aule Space, along with his fellow founders Nithyaa Giri and Hrishit Tambi, has raised $2 million led by pi Ventures, to build…