"Takes off like a drone, flies like a plane" | Prof. Satya Chakravarthy

[00:01:40] IIT Madras: Life and general environment at IIT 

[00:05:22] Life After IIT: Ph.D at Georgia Tech

[00:07:40] Picking Your Discipline: CS/AI or Aeronautics - follow your heart

[00:09:05] ePlane Company: what does it do and what is an eVTOL?

[00:23:05] Investors: How to convince them of this futuristic idea

[00:25:53] Aerospace: Its evolution in India

[00:30:00] Attitude Change in IIT Madras: Inclination towards building new things

[00:35:45] More Enablers: Growing startup and VC culture in India 

[00:37:35] ePlane Company: Future plans and navigating Aviation regulations and compliance

[00:41:15] Agnikul: Mastering the art of 3D printing rocket engines

[00:43:02] Deep Tech Results: Impatient externally but patient internally

[00:45:12] GalaxEye: No more excuses for not imaging 24x7

[00:47:42] TuTr Hyperloop: Elon Musk and how TuTr Hyperloop started

[00:59:20] NCCRD in IIT Madras: Setting it up, the areas of research and measuring success

[01:05:15] The Drop Tower at IIT Madras: What’s actually being dropped?

[01:12:16] IIT Madras Thaiyur Campus: A must-visit wonderland for everyone

[01:15:56] What Brings Professor Satya Joy?: His passion for engineering

[01:18:50] Parting Wisdom: His advice to students or juniors in the field

[00:01:11] IIT Madras

[00:05:22] Professor Satya did his Ph.d at Georgia Tech University

[00:25.25] [00:34:39] ISRO is one of the biggest researchers in the Aerospace world

[00:25:35] DRDO is one of the biggest researchers in the Aerospace world

[00:42:24] Test facilities for Agnikul rockets have been established at the IIT Madras Thaiyur campus

[00:48:11] 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

[00:59:20] NCCRD National Centre for Combustion Research and Development is one of the Research Labs in the Aerospace department 

[01:03:26] IIT Research Park is India’s first University-based Research Park which provides a space for industries to collaborate with research students at IIT Madras

[00:04:28] Pankaj Udhas performed at the IIT cultural festival when Professor Satya was the pro-shows coordinator

[00:04:32] Ustad Amjad Ali Khan performed at the IIT cultural festival when Professor Satya was the pro-shows coordinator

[00:37:25] Naval Ravikant is one of the investors of the ePlane Company

[00:47:53] Suyash Singh is the co-founder of Aavishkar Hyperloop, which has now become Galaxeye

[00:48:02] Ankit Bansal and Suyash co-founded Avishkar Hyperloop.

[00:48:33] Elon Musk announced a Hyperloop competition

[01:02:29] Professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi was the director of IIT Madras when the NCCRD lab was created

[01:13:30] Professor Vinu Ravikrishnan is Prof. Satya’s co-founder in X2 - a company working on converting waste into crude oil. 

[01:16:49] Professor Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam

[00:09:05] - The ePlane Company is the company founded by Professor Satya building India’s first Electric Vertical take-off & Landing vehicle.

[00:41:15] Agnikul focuses on building an integrated 3D printed rocket and has successfully launched its first rocket this year.

[00:45:12] GalaxEye is the world’s only satellite company mixing SAR with Multispectral camera to capture images in both night time or cloud cover and visible light and juxtaposing the images using deep learning algorithms.

[00:47:42] TuTr Hyperloop is a deep-tech startup operating fromNational Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD), IIT Madras working on Hyperloop Transportation Technology

[00:10:29] Uber

[00:14:43] A eVTOL could cost you as much as a high-end Range Rover 

[00:25:23] HAL is one of the biggest PSUs in the Aerospace world

[00:26.07] GE and Boeing are the best and biggest players in the Aerospace industry

[00:26:35] TASL- TATA Advanced Systems is also building aircrafts but it is not internal use within the country

[00:29:05] Intel AMD is one of the biggest semiconductor companies in the world

[00:29:32] Texas Instruments was one of the first companies to build the cell phone parts in India

[00:33:47] Professor Satya mentions how it isn’t necessary to build rockets the size of SpaceX rockets.

[00:37:27] Speciale Invest has invested in the ePlane Company.

[00:39:18] NASA is one of the few other companies that builds rockets in-house.

[00:59:45] GE Aviation was interested in working with the IIT Madras Aerospace department

[01:03:20] The Founder of Analog Devices visited the NCCRD and the Research Park at IIT Madras

[01:13:30] X2 is a company created by Prof. Satya that works on creating fuel out of waste

[00:09:34] The Jetsons: A cartoon show about a family living in the future with robot maids and using air transport instead of the current forms of transport.

[00:04:22] SPIC MACAY - The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth is a movement taking Indian Heritage to Schools and Colleges to Inspire them

[00:09:11] Electric vs. Conventional Aircraft - eCTOL (Electric Conventional Takeoff and Landing) vs. eVTOL. The Aerodynamic challenges of eVTOLs due to vertical rotors and the hybrid options combining battery and combustion technology

[00:27:40] Evolution of India's Aerospace Ecosystem went through four phases of development:

Pre-2000: Government companies and R&D (ISRO, DRDO, HAL)

2000s: Multinational private R&D centers in India

Manufacturing phase: Large-scale aerospace manufacturing

2020s: Rise of aerospace startups

[00:34:01] 3D Printed Rocket Technology - Smaller rockets allow implementation of cutting-edge technology. This is Agnikul's approach to developing advanced rocket technologies at smaller scales

[00:37:14] Series B Funding - Series B funding is the second major round of investment for a startup, typically following a Series A round, and is used to fuel growth, expand operations, and scale the business after it has demonstrated product-market fit and revenue generation.

[00:45:35] Multispectral or Hyperspectral camera - A multispectral camera captures images in different bands of the light spectrum, beyond what our eyes can see. This means that it can capture information in colors that we cannot normally perceive.

[00:49:32] DARPA Prize - DARPA prize competitions, like the Grand Challenge, Urban Challenge, and Robotics Challenge, are designed to spur innovation and accelerate the development of technologies with potential military applications by offering cash prizes for achieving specific goals.

[00:55:22] International Hyperloop Competition is happening at IIT Madras

[01:11:45] International Microgravity Symposium - The International Microgravity Symposium is a platform for discussing and advancing research in microgravity science and its applications, including future orbital infrastructure and the peaceful uses of outer space.