@brahma_4u I met someone in 2015 he had this Idea patened of water bottle reminding you to stay hydrated he couldn't raise funds today he is working in Sweden.
Four years ago,
I pitched EV DOCTOR'S idea to a Silicon Valley VC.
EV battery diagnostics. Energy APIs. and what not.
He had only one question: "How much have you raised?"
"Nothing. Bootstrapped with some M. Tech stipend, savings and government grants."
Seventeen minutes. That's all he gave me.
"Not scalable."
That same week?
A US startup raised $3M for an app that reminds you to drink water.
And something clicked.
India isn't building for convenience.
We're building for survival.
While the Valley optimizes comfort, Indian founders are solving problems that actually keep people up at night.
EV DOCTOR, making every garage in the country EV-ready with the fastest battery diagnostics on the planet.
DeHaat, connecting 1.4M+ farmers straight to buyers, no middlemen.
Agnikul Cosmos, 3D-printing rockets out of Chennai suburbs.
Vicharak — building next-gen computing infrastructure from Surat.
And the list can go on....
This is what happens when you innovate under constraints.
Broken battery diagnostics become data-driven tools.
Scarce water becomes smart greenhouses.
Patchy infrastructure becomes rockets from garages.
The world calls this "too local."
But climate, mobility, energy, food security, these aren't local problems.
They're tomorrow's global emergencies.
And India is already solving them.
That "unscalable" device ? (as per that delusional guy)
EV DOCTOR™ has now tested 10M+ batteries, deployed across 30+ countries, and is becoming the universal standard for EV battery diagnostics.
India isn't chasing Silicon Valley.
We're rewriting the rules entirely.
While empowering livelihoods of many, this isnt just a business but a CHANGE.
Not making easy lives easier.
Making impossible lives possible.
The weird part, he reached out again recently asking for joining our first fundraise for Energy AI Labs (https://t.co/Ut77ln684e)
I have one message for the world:
DON'T UNDERESTIMATE STARTUPS.
Especially the Indian ones.
We are hungry, we are somewhat foolish.
But we are CHANGING the world.
One small step at a time.
Close enough to count every scar.
This is not the Moon from a distance; this is the Moon as confession. Her surface fills the frame like a landscape from another world: She is 4.5 billion years old and she has never once tried to look smooth.
#moon#Astrophotography#moonshine
Moonlight written in old scars.
Tonight the Moon leans into the dark like a bruised lantern, her face washed in soft rose and silver, seas and craters tangled together in quiet relief.
Many clients pay late simply because no one chases them. Legit.
Chase payments like your life depends on it.
Especially in businesses like cement and steel.
IndiGo on the ground:
– Doors closed
– Engines off
– Almost no AC
– 35–40°C cabinBut hey, as long as the on-time metrics look good and DGCA paperwork is clean, who cares if passengers are half-cooked before takeoff, right?
Maybe @DGCAIndia should try a “surprise inspection”.
In 2013,
while I was doing electrical engineering, we as a group of 1st year students participated in our college project exhibition.
The fest had a project exhibition part also, where we showed interest and participated e eventually.
The only bad thing was to make it within 2 days.
We had to build anything using electronic components, enclosures etc.
And one of us decided to build a Metal Detector (we all zeroed down on that, as others were clueless about what to build)
We got the breadboard, potentiometer, sensor, battery and jumper wires.
Built it within 2 hours, costing around Rs 500-600 in total.
Time to show our breakthrough to the world 🫣
Many projects were there, most of them were readymade ones, bought from local project makers. (Yes they make any projects for students, quite cash positive stuff, separate market for that)
And our breakthrough 'Metal Detector' stopped working, just when the jury entered the hall. It started beeping randomly, even when metal was not there in proximity of flux based sensor.
Every one of us, 4 people were now standing there confused, afraid and what not.
One of us, Abhishek gave the idea of giving the new title 'Oxygen Detector' 😂😂
But others disagreed, the jury arrived at the bench, we explained what we tried to build, but stopped working.
One of them (jury) laughed and said "Jab kaam kare, tab bata dena"
And they moved.
One of the projects, readymade one got the first prize.
Second and third prizes were also given to white labelled readymade projects.
Moral: At times demand is blind, it doesn't discriminate. Truth diminishes.
But, we thought 'who cares.'
We were never a businessman, we were builders. (And we literally never thought of buying the kit, that might ruined the fun of building things together)
We will keep building, the world will resonate when we build something really meaningful.
Just thought to share this as I felt :)
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Galgotias University strikes again.
They shamelessly presented the Chinese Unitree Go2 robot as their own innovation at the AI Summit in Delhi.
PLEASE STOP EMBARRASSING INDIA ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.🙏😭
If you drop them, they don't just bounce; they crack, and sometimes, they shatter.
My priorities have been set ever since sharing this with you all as i know there are many "Chief" among us
You can find another office, but you will never find another family."
The Lesson
Since that day, the "Chief" hasn't been the person who stays the latest. I realized that while work is a rubber ball that bounces back, Health and Family are glass.
You can find another office, but you will never find another family."
The Lesson
Since that day, the "Chief" hasn't been the person who stays the latest. I realized that while work is a rubber ball that bounces back, Health and Family are glass.
Then he looked me in the eye regarding my second choice.
"And never let work steal time from your Family. They are the reason for your existence. Jobs are replaceable; a mother, a father, a spouse, or a child is not.
Then he looked me in the eye regarding my second choice.
"And never let work steal time from your Family. They are the reason for your existence. Jobs are replaceable; a mother, a father, a spouse, or a child is not.
"Chief, listen to me," he said. "Never compromise your Health. It’s the only thing keeping you in this chair. Work can be done tomorrow, or it can be done by someone else—if your health goes south, this company will replace you in a heartbeat to get the job done."