'Rare to see a policy land so correctly and so rapidly': Ather CEO Tarun Mehta hails RDI fund

Ather Energy CEO Tarun Mehta praised the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) fund as a rare example of policy that landed correctly and rapidly.

Mehta noted he has met more deeptech and hardware entrepreneurs in the past 18 months than in the previous 11.5 years.

Startups are emerging across sectors including drones, defence, batteries, space technology and manufacturing equipment.