₹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.