Rakesh Sidana was invited as Investor Jury at an event by a forum for faculty and scientist which is supported BITS BioCyTiH Foundation.
India’s research output ranks third globally, with over 3,00,000 publications with 30,490 patents granted in 2022. India’s total investment in R&D reached USD 17.2 billion in 2020-21.
Happy to see scientists pitching before investors. It’s great efforts by Birla Insitute of Technology and Science, Pilani to push innovation from Labs to Startups
– Rakesh Sidana Founder, Sidana Ventures
He believes that commercialization of innovations should come out from labs for great contribution to India. The majority of the startups have Global patents and have great potential for bringing an impact on the ecosystem.
BITS PILANI offers seed capital to scientists for research and development and supports them in raising funds from investors.
We would be happy to help all scientists and founders to scale and raise funding.