🎙️Founders Unfiltered Ep-85:

Brought to you by the Founders Unfiltered podcast by A Junior VC - Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Aviral and Mazin.

Join us as we talk to Satya Chakravarthy, the founder of ePlane about their story.

Prof. Satya Chakravarthy received his Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras in 1991 and went on to obtain his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Following his academic pursuits, he returned to his alma mater, IIT Madras, in 1997 as a professor in Aerospace Engineering. At present, he leads the Centre of Propulsion Technology at IIT Madras and has also established and heads the National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) within the institution.

Prof. Satya is very passionate about deep tech entrepreneurship to democratise technology. He holds the roles of Co-founder and Advisor in various companies, including AgniKul Cosmos, Aerostrovilos Energy, GalaxEye, TuTr Hyperloop, and X2Fuels. He also serves as an advisor for Avishkar Hyperloop and NewTrace.

In April 2018, Prof. Satya took the initiative and founded ePlane.ai.

🏢 About ePlane.ai:
ePlane is developing India’s first flying electric taxi for up to 10 times faster intra-city commutes and cargo transport.

As an Urban Air Mobility (UAM) startup, they aim to alleviate on-road traffic congestion in cities worldwide by offering safe, sustainable, and affordable flying experiences through their flagship product, The ePlane e200.

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🎤 About the Hosts :
Aviral Bhatnagar is a VC at Venture Highway and is the Founder of A Junior VC. He started the A Junior VC Newsletter in 2018 after observing whitespace in conversations in the Indian Venture ecosystem. He completed his B. Tech from IIT Bombay and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mazin Biviji is a Product Owner at Agoda and a founding member of A Junior VC. He previously worked at Deloitte as a Senior Consultant. He completed his MSE and BSE from the University of Michigan and his MBA from INSEAD.

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✂ Editing Credits:
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2. Sweta Singhania - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweta-singhania-755b92183/

🔎 Research:
1. Ayush Kumar - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayushkcs/
2. Sahil Nizam - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahilnizam12/

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Precap
00:49 Rapid Fire
5:00 Academicians = Small Businessmen?
6:54 Comfort Zone & Academic Freedom
10:49 Cross-Pollination of Thoughts
11:40 What is an e-plane?
14:05 Prof’s Entrepreneurial Journey
16:00 Mic Drop Moment
16:38 Enter Agnikul
19:54 Practicing what you preach
21:11 Electric: Energy of Future Past
24:47 Doceo ergo disco
26:56 Science to Tech to Product to Market
30:48 Innovator’s Dilemma
32:33 Taxis in the Sky?
35:02 Ecosystem & its opportunities
38:11 Hardware is Here!!
40:16 DeepTech: Missing PhDs
41:42 Government, the Godfather
44:23 Future is closer than it appears
45:46 #Unfiltered Feedback