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Dr. Jitendra Singh Honourable Minister for Space, Science & Technology, Prime Minister Office; with Reapan

Powai Labs is committed to improve high technology ecosystem in India. Powai Labs is working closely with State Government to give major thrust to technology ecosystem in State.

It is difficult to determine exactly when Reapan Tikoo decided to try and change the way people test microchips. By his own admission, he wasn't exactly setting the Powai Lake on fire while studying at IIT Mumbai.” In 2001, I met Professor Desai. That changed my life,” says Tikoo, CEO,…

Powai Labs is setting-up the first ever Chip Design Lab in J&K; one in Jammu and one in Srinagar. Powai Labs team made a presentation to government officials, academicians and interacted with the top political leadership in Srinagar/Jammu, to streamline the process.

The nominees were rigidly evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their ecosystem. This unique assessment of their potential is complemented by a review of the actual track record and standing of a company, allowing…

A detailed presentation on VLSI ecosystem and how to improve it was made to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Dr. Kalam shared his insights and ways to improve the ecosystem in the country. At an informal level, Dr. Kalam is going to guide Powai Labs and plans to regularly meet the…

Prof. Madhav Desai from the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay tied up with his student Reapan Tikoo and co-founded Powai Labs. Desai had been contemplating the idea of working out an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) based accelerator for proto-typing a chip.

Prof Desai and Tikoo's relationship began at IIT when the latter guided Tikoo in his final-year project based on EDA. Tikoo's project at his next academic institution - London School Economics and Political Science - was also based on EDA. The company started out within the campus of IIT Bombay…

Powai Labs is committed to improve high technology ecosystem in India. Powai Labs is working closely with State Government to give major thrust to technology ecosystem in State.

Powai Labs is committed to improve high technology ecosystem in India. Powai Labs is working closely with State Government to give major thrust to technology ecosystem in State.