Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu: The Silicon Valley entrepreneur who’s promoting ‘work from hometown’
Nestled at the foothills of the Western Ghats, about 650 kilometers from Chennai is Mathalamparai, a tiny village in Tenkasi district in Tamil Nadu. With a population of a little over 2,000, it might not be your typical location to house a software major. But with his...
Meet the latest Indian startups to join the Unicorn club
As India grappled the crippling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant lockdown in 2020, there were 11 startups that managed to defy all odds to emerge as unicorns. This year, however, Indian startups seem to have done even better. With 15 startups being...
Agnikul Cosmos: IIT Madras-incubated startup that built the world’s first 3D printed rocket
As a child, Srinath Ravichandran was obsessed with all things space. Every time ISRO launched a rocket, the Chennai boy would be glued to his television set devouring all the footage Doordarshan would afford its viewers. Little did he know that one day he would...