Last week, Ather Energy, a startup that originated in the IIT Madras Incubation Cell, successfully closed its IPO. Having successfully evolved from a startup to a commercial venture, Ather Energy has emerged as the poster boy of the incubation cell.
Coincidentally, this development came about on the heels of the announcement from the incubation cell that it had birthed a record 104 deeptech startups last year. Cumulatively, it is home to about 460 startups. Not surprisingly, it is being dubbed as the deeptech hub for India.
How did IIT Madras pull this off? Can these learnings, especially in forging a symbiosis between academics, startups and industry, be adopted across other institutions?
To answer all this and more, StratNewsGlobal.Tech spoke to Tamaswati Ghosh, CEO, IIT Madras Incubation Cell on Capital Calculus.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
