🌎 Meet the founder who wants to make India the drone capital of the world

The most interesting news selected specially for you! 18 September 2023 [View in Browser]( Hello As India’s most influential tech event, TechSparks 2023 - Bengaluru edition is all set to serve up yet another stunning line-up of speakers this year including Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the passionate parliamentarian behind the recent data protection bill. Here are just some more of the newest additions to the star-studded speaker line-up that you should watch out for: Agnishwar Jayaprakash, the founder who wants to make India the drone capital of the world Agnishwar Jayaprakash is the Founder and CEO of Garuda Aerospace. One of Agnishwar tweets on his ‘Surya’ drone for cleaning panels at Singapore’s floating solar farms. was liked by Tesla founder Elon Musk. Within 16 hours, Garuda signed a term sheet for $1 million pre-Series A funding from a U.K.-based fund. Garuda Aerospace wants to lead India’s drone revolution, and plans to build a global drone hub with R&D centres and manufacturing footprint side by side Vimal Kumar, the fintech founder behind Nama Yatri Vimal Kumar, Founder, Juspay was sick and tired of having autos cancel on him every time he wanted to venture out. Instead of cribbing about it on social media, he decided to do something about it and created Namma Yatri. What's unique about Namma Yatri is that it is a commission-free app created in conjunction with inputs from auto drivers, fueled by just a subscription fee. It has completed over 98 lakh trips to date, and mobilized more than Rs 144.23 crore in drivers’ earnings. Malini Adapureddy, the founder who started a skincare brand in her garage Malini Adapureddy, Founder & CEO, Deconstruct is on a mission to rewrite the rule of skincare, with transparency, solution-oriented, and evidence-based products. She aims to bring in transparent, solution-oriented, and evidence-based skincare products in the skincare industry. Backed by Kalaari Capital, the company wants to increase awareness about right formulations required to address specific skincare concerns among Indian women. Ankur Sinha, the founder boosting the public use of blockchain Web3 middleware startups are bridging the gap between Web2 institutions and blockchain protocols, and Ankur’s startup, Airchains, caters to institutions, enterprises, and developers who seek an easy way to deploy smart contracts on blockchains. They are increasingly partnering with Indian state governments, municipalities, and local authorities to not only digitise data but place them on-chain, rendering the data transparent, immutable, and secure. Siddhant Jain, the man safeguarding videos from piracy Siddhant Jain, CEO, VdoCipher Media Solutions is enabling online education and content creator economy across the globe. By safeguarding videos from piracy. An IIT Delhi alum, Siddhant and partner Vibhav kickstarted this venture while still in college. The award-winning company now serves 3000+1,500+ customers across 120+30+ countries. Sandeep Dutta, the leader helping companies power their decisions with AI Sandeep Dutta, Chief Practice Officer - APAC, Fractal is helping companies power their decisions with AI, engineering & design.. A seasoned globe-trotter in the tech landscape and the go-to guru for P&L, strategy, and innovation, Sandeep's leadership spans the US, Europe, and India. Under Sandeep’s leadership, Fractal is unleashing the power of AI and analytics for smarter decision-making. Ajith Pai, the leader behind India’s largest fully integrated logistics provider. With profound expertise in logistics, Ajith is playing a crucial role in Delhivery’s growth story. As its COO. Ajith is dedicated to shaping the future of logistics in India and his vision is to help D2C brands deliver seamlessly. Angie Mahtaney, the mentor behind Asia’s first proptech real estate accelerator. Angie Mahtaney, Business Mentor, Brigade REAP, has seen a 431% increase in average revenue across its cohort of 66 startups. An entrepreneur herself, Angie comes with the proven skills of transforming a traditional apparel manufacturing company into an organisation that responds effectively to the constantly changing dynamics. Catch all these incredible speakers and more, only at TechSparks 2023 Bengaluru edition with a specially discounted all-access early bird ticket. Hurry! Prices go up soon! [Book your all-access tickets now.]( Also, do take a sneak peek at what else is in store [here.]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent with ❤ from Team YourStory