[00:01:55] Intelligent Manufacturing to Industry 4.0

[00:02:39] National Recognition: The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

[00:04:56] Innovation Stack at IIT Madras: From theory to practical study

[00:10:30] Culture Shift: What after IIT?

[00:12:56] Startup Journey: Where did Prof Prabhu start?

[00:22:15] Work-work Balance: Academic and startup life and TRL Breakdown

[00:23:23] From the Lab to Industries: Solving industry oriented problems on the field

[00:25:06] CNDE Lab: The startup factory and the multiple fields of work

[00:25:45] The AI Effect: AI and Blockchains

[00:30:40] Cross Discipline Work in Engineering: Branches of the same tree

[00:35:20] Gandhi at IIT: Prof Prabhu’s IIT Life

[00:41:30] Prabhu the Poet - Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram

[00:44:20] Coming Up: What’s next from CNDE

[00:48:40] Why is IIT Madras the Best Place to Build?

[00:01:19] IIT Madras - The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras where Prof. Prabhu heads the Nirmaan Lab. 

[00:03:07] Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Prof. Prabhu talks about how the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize originated from ICSR 

[00:03:09] Prof. Prabhu’s father was a scientist at the CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad

[00:05:23] CFI Centre For Innovation - A maker space that has multiple clubs or special interest groups focused on building and innovating in their areas of interest

[00:05:25] [00:08:09] Nirmaan - Incubation Cell for Startups in IIT Madras 

[00:07:38] ICSR - Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research and E-Cell - Facilitators within the IIT Madras Ecosystem

[00:11:35] DRDO - Defence Research & Development Organisation

[0024:50] CNDE - Center for Non Destructive Evaluation A research center at IIT Madras focusing on advanced NDE techniques. Prof. Prabhu has been an associate at CNDE since 2010, contributing to research on high-temperature inspection, robotic inspection, and structural health monitoring.

[00:03:58] C.N Rao, Abdul Kalam, M. S. Swaminathan are mentioned as previous Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winners 

[00:05:04] Homi Bhabha laying the foundation for Atomic Research and Vikram Sarabhai establishing ISRO are mentioned as examples of Science Administration

[00:13:04] Vineet Upadhyay, CTO of Planys Technologies 

[00:13:12] Tanuj Jhunjhunwala, Co-Founder and CEO of Planys Technologies

[00:16:44] Divanshu Kumar, Co-Founder of Solinas Integrity Technologies and Involve

[00:20:25] [00:25:14] Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam, Co-Founder of XYMA Technologies

[00:20:30] Nishanth Raja, CEO and Founder of XYMA Technologies

[00:48:50] Kunal Upadhyay from IIM Ahmedabad

[00:11:38] Prof Prabhu worked a short stint at TCS before returning to IIT Madras. 

[00:12:57] Planys Technologies is a startup co-founded by Prof. Prabhu, specializing in submersible robotic platforms for inspection of marine and fluid-handling assets such as pipelines and tanks. Prof. Prabhu serves as a non-executive director and strategist, guiding inspection-sensitive design and business strategy.

[00:13:43] Reliance Technologies 

[00:16:43] Solinas Integrity (Divanshu Kumar’s Startup, see Ep.1) Another IIT Madras-incubated startup focused on robotics and AI for pipeline and sanitation industry. It develops solutions for water and sewer pipeline inspection and cleaning, aiming to eliminate manual scavenging.

[00:20:18] Xyma Analytics XYMA Analytics develops advanced sensors and analytics for industrial applications.

[00:22:09] Tata Steel 

[00:25:57] Dhvani Research

[00:26:13] Maximl - Shutdown Management in Oil and Gas

[00:26:20] Detect Technologies - Driving Industrial Excellence with 360 Degree Workplace Intelligence looking into Occupational Health using drones and cameras

[00:26:37] Plenome - Blockchain for Health care

[00:45:29] Matterize - Upcoming company focusing on AI in 3D printing

[00:46:16] Xeroscape - Upcoming startup focusing on AR and VR

[00:47:30] TerraClim - Upcoming startup focusing on building a water metering system using ML

[00:50:02] Ather Energy - A company that was incubated in the IIT Madras Lab

[00:01:55] Industry 4.0 - Intelligent Manufacturing at IIT Madras

[00:05:00] Science Administration

[00:06:09] Innovation Stack at IIT Madras

[00:12:13] Brain Drain in India

[00:15:39] SHM - Structural Health Monitoring

[00:16:10] Internet of Underwater Things - A concept pioneered by Planys

[00:17:44] NDE (Non-Destructive Evaluation) and Ultrasonic Techniques - What’s in it?

[00:22:54] TRL Spectrum - Technology Readiness Level

[00:02:39] Prof. Prabhu being awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award