Making India a technology leader by solving seemingly impossible problems through innovation, technology, and the Indian way
Explore Our MissionIndia with the largest population and high population-density cannot afford to just import technology. India needs to be a technology leader in at least some areas.
Immersive Technology and Entrepreneurship Labs (ITEL), a non-profit company, is created with this aim, to make India a technology leader in the world, in select areas over the next few years. The question is how do we achieve this?
The best way to use technology to solve our own challenges. High population-density and low-incomes for most households create unique problems, unsolved for years. The world appears not to have solutions to such complex problems. ITEL will take up these "seemingly - impossible" problems and use technology and innovation to come up with solutions. By successfully deploying these at scale in our country and extending them to other nations with similar challenges, India can acquire technology leadership.
"जब किसी चीज़ को शिद्दत से चाहो,
तो पूरी कायनात उसे तुमसे मिलाने की साज़िश में लग जाती है।""When you truly desire something, the universe conspires to make it happen!"
ITEL is a convergence point of ideas and expertise, where scientists, start-ups, innovators and passionate youngsters from across India come and work together to develop technology that tackles problems that are seemingly impossible and create eco-friendly and scalable solutions that can last for another 100 years!
At ITEL, our teams dream big to create a better world – and we work hard to make it real. Our tech initiatives are borne out of our deep understanding of the toughest day-to-day challenges faced by millions of Indians, and a bold belief that solutions must be purpose-built not only to transform lives, but also to lead the way for the world to adapt and transform.
Whether it is everyday traffic congestion in cities, urban flooding, rising heat levels or cyber vulnerabilities in a rapidly digitising world, we are committed to solving these complex and large-scale challenges in the Indian way – bold and rooted in practicality, affordability, scalability and sustainability!
India has many scientists in educational institutions and government labs. They publish and patent but rarely commercialize. With inspiration, they can be a big asset. Our network connects brilliant minds with real-world applications.
Vast pool of engineering college youngsters. Given the right environment, they can do wonders. Deep-tech start-up ecosystem proves this. We provide the platform and mentorship to unleash their potential.
ITEL brings these strengths together to help India acquire technology leadership. It creates consortiums of multiple scientists (working in different institutions), youngsters and start-ups to take up India Challenges. Each consortium is led by a technologist, a professional who understands unit economics of products and technology, and an operations expert to drive these scientists and start-ups to translate their ideas to commercial products.
ITEL is a convergence point where scientists, start-ups, innovators and passionate youngsters develop technology that tackles seemingly impossible problems
Traffic congestion is a major challenge faced by Indian cities, making commute difficult for office goers and general public. On an average, a 15-kilometre ride on road takes nearly 75 minutes in major cities, leading to huge productivity losses, wasted fuel and increased vehicle operating costs.
With increasing and erratic rainfall, aggravated by climate change, most of our cities face frequent water-logging, bringing the life to a stand-still. ITEL strives to develop and use technology to eliminate Urban water logging.
Heating and Cooling consume almost 50% of the world's energy and mostly use fossil fuels today. Further, the low cost of fossil fuels historically, has led humans to use energy for heating and cooling in highly inefficient manner. There is a twin task now; one of replacing the fossil-fuels with green energy and the other to make the heating and cooling far more energy-efficient.
Cybersecurity is an area where India must be self-reliant and not depend on any other country. With the largest population in the world, India is rapidly transforming into a digital nation through its accelerated adoption of digital technologies and online services such as Aadhaar, UPI, IoT and AI. This has led to increasing cyberthreats of varied nature, scale and complexity. Today, India relies heavily on solutions created outside India — leaving serious gaps that adversaries can exploit.
India, being the most populated country in the world, has a large number of people living with disabilities across all age groups. This often leaves them behind in many ways. Thankfully, we live in a time, when technology is steadily evolving to support both the disabled and the ageing population.
Nurturing Breakthrough Solutions
Indian youngsters are talented and can produce innovative technologies. ITEL collaborates with passionate individuals to create high-impact solutions. We nurture deep-tech start-ups, provide mentorship, resources, and support.
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Get answers to common questions about ITEL Foundation
ITEL Foundation's mission is to make India a technology leader by solving seemingly impossible problems through innovation, technology, and the Indian way. We focus on creating indigenous solutions that address India's unique challenges arising from high population density and diverse economic conditions.
You can get involved by partnering with us as a scientist, technologist, innovator, investor, or passionate individual. We welcome collaborations for creating scalable, sustainable solutions. Contact us at connect@itelfoundation.in to explore partnership opportunities.
We incubate deep-tech startups that focus on solving complex societal problems through innovative technology. Our current portfolio includes companies working on transportation, AI, space technology, healthcare, and sustainable solutions. We provide mentorship, resources, and support to passionate entrepreneurs.
Our main initiatives include HASHTIC (sustainable urban transportation), Urban Water Logging Mitigation (smart drainage systems), and Green Heating & Cooling Solutions (energy-efficient climate control). Each initiative addresses critical challenges faced by Indian cities and communities.
We leverage India's vast pool of high-quality scientists in educational institutions and government labs, as well as talented young innovators from engineering colleges and start-ups using deep – tech to provide solutions. By providing the right environment and inspiration, we help transform their research and ideas into commercially viable solutions.
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