IIT Kanpur PhD Dropout Building India’s Most Advanced Military Drones & UAVs | ft. EndureAir Systems

00:00 – Precap & Introduction 03:36 – Aerospace Engineering, PhD & Startup Journey at IIT Kanpur 07:09 – The Collaboration Problem in Indian DeepTech | Why Research Struggles to Commercialise 07:46 – Why PhD & Startup? Working with DRDO & Exploring Aerospace Innovation 09:41 – Building Helicopter-Based Drones | Different Classes of Drones Explained 10:24 – Startup Journey, PMF & Developing Drones for Army and Logistics 14:13 – How We Started Working with the Indian Army | Building for Defence 17:00 – Logistics Drones Serving Eastern & Northern Commands | Use on Indian Borders 18:21 – Sabal-20 Logistics Drone Inspired by Chinook | 20 Kg Payload in Galwan & Ladakh 23:16 – Vibhram: Unmanned Helicopter for Surveillance & Military Operations 24:26 – Crashing Drones in R&D | Burning Lakhs & VC Mindset on DeepTech 28:24 – Founder Alignment & Co-founder Dynamics at EndureAir Systems 32:15 – Building the Right Team | Why Passionate Engineers Should Join EndureAir 37:08 – Doing Multiple Things | Not Limiting Yourself in DeepTech 37:40 – Talent Bottleneck in India | Shortage of Hardware & DeepTech Engineers 40:16 – Hiring Raw Talent & Core Engineers | Building a DeepTech Ecosystem 42:50 – Challenges in the Indian Drone Industry Ecosystem 45:17 – Government, DeepTech Startups & National Interest Alignment 46:14 – Managing Timelines: Funds, R&D & Revenue Generation 49:13 – Long-Term Vision: Building the Lockheed Martin of India 51:10 – What Drives You Every Day as a DeepTech Founder 52:02 – Advice for Aspiring DeepTech & Aerospace Founders #IITKanpur #DeepTech #DefenceStartup #MilitaryDrones #DroneStartup #IndianStartups #AerospaceEngineering #MakeInIndia #StartupIndia #IndianArmy #AtmanirbharBharat #DronesOfIndia #TechEntrepreneur #HardwareStartup #endureair #IIT #IITian