About the Event

Topic : Disruptive innovation - Lab to Scale

Date: Saturday, 23rd April, 2022

Time: 10:30 am 

Speaker : Prof. Satya Chakravarthy, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras & Founder,  ePlane,Agnikul Cosmos, Aerostrovilos & X2Fuels .

Topics covered        
- Disruptive innovation - What and Why ?
- Idea identification, assessment and validation 
- Methods to develop, incubate and scale these ideas (Lab to Scale) 
- Technology adoption cycle - strategies to win / overcome user behaviour / adoption challenges
- With key insights from Prof's association with innovative startups - ePlane, Agnikul Cosmos, Aerostrovilos, X2Fuels & Avishkar Hyperloop

Key Takeaway for Investors 
-    How to approach/assess on disruptive ideas  
Key Takeaway for Entrepreneurs
-    How to win customers by navigating technology adoption cycle rightly

About Speaker 
Prof.Satya Chakravarthy - Thought leader |  Disruptive Innovator | Full time CTO | Cofounder, The ePlane Company ( Redefining urban mobility using electric planes and UAVs for delivery and short-range intracity travel)  | Cofounder-Advisor - Agnikul Cosmos, Aerostrovilos & X2Fuels | Mentor, Avishkar Hyperloop | Professor, IIT Madras | Set up $30 R&D Centre | 2X DRDO Awardee |  Bachelor of Technology, Aerospace Engineering IIT Madras,  Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |  Visiting professor - MIT, Cambridge, TU Berlin, TU Munich Universities & GE, FM Global Industries |  Member, Editorial board of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science | Presented over 250+ papers in world conferences