"We are going to take Indian-made technology and translate it into IAI products that will be sold worldwide"

IAI’s NeuSPHERE Innovation Acceleration Program focuses on the Indian technology startup community, in particular inventive deep-tech startups focusing on big data, signal and image processing, advanced navigation systems, AI and autonomy, XR-maintenance and training, green energy, advanced production, quantum, edge computing, Human Machine Interfaces and wearable technology. It will provide the participating Indian startups access to advanced resources and technologies, including global mentorship and guidance, networking and funding, to accelerate their market-ready solutions.

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Dr. Avital Schrift, VP Core Tech, IAI, speaks with Vishal Kashyap, Managing Editor, Aviation World on this big announcement and explains on all points that highlights the importance of this product in India. Excerpts...

Q: Kindly explain about the product and how it is going to be part of the Indian market?

A: IAI has launched its Innovation Acceleration Program in India called as ‘NuSphere’ aiming to enhance IAI’s collaboration with the Indian local technological community.

Specifically aiming at technological startups, innovative deep tech technological startups and trying together with them to scale up their capability and bring them to the next level of products.

Q: How this program is working in India? What’s the timeline that you have set?

A: The program is already launched and the applications are open for all the Indian startups to apply. By February we are going to close the applications. We are going to have a selection committee that will select out of all the applications the three first startups to participate in our program. And those startups together with us will develop their proof of concept and later on be able to develop it and demonstrate it.

Q: So like you said, it is going to do for the startups. Can you focus upon the sectors that you are targeting?