India Tech Report
by Hari Arakali
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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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- VyomIC bags In-SPACe grant to commercialise made-in-India atomic clock ensemble and PNT tech · 6 minVyomIC, a space tech venture operating under Aerodome Technologies, has secured a vital grant from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) under…
- Novel semiconductor could hold key to unlocking solar efficiency limits, Oxford-Wuhan teams show · 4 minResearchers from the UK and China have identified a novel semiconductor material that bypasses a fundamental constraint in solar technology, potentially paving the way for…
- Own eyes: Paar Autonomy gets AdvantEdge backing to scale indigenous vision stack for defence · 4 minPaar 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 release on Oct…
- Siddhanth Jayaram on Equilibrium's high-integrity carbon credits playbook · 1 h 1 minIn this episode, Siddhanth Jayaram, founder and CEO of Equilibrium, unpacks how the venture will scale to a full-stack carbon removal platform provider to millions of farmers in…
- Coming up: Siddhanth Jayaram on Equilibrium’s carbon credits playbook · 3 minIn the next episode of Conversations at India Tech Report, catch an interview with Siddhanth Jayaram, founder and CEO of Equilibrium, a “full-stack” carbon credits company that…
- Agra boy’s American dream: VC investor Amir Khan on bridging US-India deep tech corridor · 1 h 0 minIn 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 up in a…
- Coming up: VC investor Amir Khan on his new StudioK for tech founders in India · 3 minHow 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 5G Accelerator…
- Satish Padmanabhan on DIMAAG’s power electronics innovations for AI data centres · 1 h 1 minIn this episode, Satish Padmanabhan, co-founder and CEO of DIMAAG, unpacks his company’s innovations for the critical power infrastructure shift needed to sustain the AI…
- Pardeep Garg on heat pumps as the next big engine for India’s net zero effort · 48 minIn 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 spanning IISc in…
- Mredul Sarda’s journey from student satellite to deep tech investor to cybersecurity entrepreneur · 47 minIn 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 journey began at IIT…
- 20 million Ranchos: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala’s vision for achieving tech sovereignty for India · 50 minIn 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 latest moonshot…
- Coming up: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala on ITEL and his next moonshots · 3 minEarlier this week, Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala, who built the IIT Madras Research Park, among many other things, turned 73. The architect of India's technology-led affordable…
- Why Indian deep tech needs corporate R&D and M&A, Vinod Shankar explains · 3 minIn 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 invest a trillion…
- 10 pct challenge: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital on how India can put $1 trillion in deep tech · 47 minIn 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 on deep tech and…
- Coming up: Vinod Shankar at Java Capital challenges India's ultra rich to back deep innovation · 2 minComing up in the next episode of Conversations at India Tech Report, Vinod Shankar, founding managing partner at Java Capital, discusses a note he wrote recently, calling on…
- Custom silicon: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the opportunity to build from India for the world · 48 minIn today’s episode, Ramamurthy Sivakumar, co-founder and CEO at HrdWyr, a semiconductor design startup in Bengaluru, talks about the company’s plans after recently raising $13…
- Coming up: Ramamurthy Sivakumar at HrdWyr on the implications of building chips from India · 2 minIn August last year, a little known semiconductor startup (at the time) founded by two industry veterans from India, announced a small, but historic milestone. Not just for…
- Coming up: Intel veteran Ramamurthy Sivakumar on HrdWyr’s roadmap for AI-native chips from India · 2 minHrdWyr, a Bengaluru-based semiconductor startup, recently secured $13 million in Series A funding led by Ideaspring Capital to advance its AI-native chip technology. The company…
- Deep tech: Ideaspring Capital's founders on the circle of life and other investing lessons (Part 2) · 31 minIn today’s episode, I bring you Part 2 of an interview with Naganand Doraswamy, managing partner, and Suryaprakash Konanuru, CTO, at Ideaspring Capital in Bengaluru. In this…
- Ideaspring Capital's founders on their entrepreneurs turned VCs life | Preview · 2 minNaganand Doraswamy, managing partner, and Suryaprakash Konanuru, CTO at Ideaspring Capital, a well known deep tech VC firm in Bengaluru, sat down with me recently for an…







