₹600 Crore Deeptech Bet: IIT Madras’ Big Push To Build India’s First True Deeptech Unicorns

NDTV’s Sam Daniel brings an exclusive conversation with IIT Madras Director Prof V Kamakoti and Ather Energy Co-founder Swapnil Jain on the new ₹600 crore deeptech venture fund. They discuss why India lacks deeptech unicorns, the ‘valley of hope’ funding gap, emerging innovations like e-planes, and how the ecosystem is rapidly changing. From talent flight to rising risk appetite, the interview explores why this could be the best moment yet to build breakthrough technologies and globally competitive companies from India. #IITMadras #Deeptech #DeeptechFund #IndianStartups #StartupIndia #InnovationEcosystem #NDTVDigitalOriginals About NDTV (English news channel): NDTV is India's Most-Trusted News Broadcaster with the latest updates in news, sports, entertainment and much more from within India and around the world. Watch big political debates, exclusive entertainment interviews, news bulletins, current affairs, talk shows and tech reviews with our 24x7 news live streams, packed with credible information across all platforms: TV, Internet and Mobile. For Latest Videos, click here:    • Latest News & Updates | NDTV 24x7   To watch NDTV 24x7's premium shows listed together for your easy access, click here:    / @ndtv   For Ground Reports and Analysis from NDTV's reporters and anchors of day's top news stories, click here:    • Reporter Vlogs   For News in Shorts, click here:    • News In Shorts   Subscribe to our channel to get latest news updates. Follow us on Social Media: Like us on Facebook:   / ndtv   Follow us on Twitter:   / ndtv   Follow us on Instagram:   / ndtv   Follow us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4l... Join NDTV on Telegram Messenger: https://t.me/NDTVbot/?start=hi Follow us on Google News for Breaking and Latest News Updates: NDTV: https://bit.ly/3e5ngbP NDTV India (Hindi News): https://bit.ly/3mNVwMY Download NDTV Mobile Apps: http://www.ndtv.com/page/apps #BreakingNews #LatestNews #TodayNews #News #IndiaNews #NDTV #CurrentAffairs

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