Shankar Raman says IITM Pravartak aims to bridge India’s research-to-industry gap by developing indigenous technologies in sensors, networking, control systems and deep tech.

The company’s momentum reflects trends among major s&p 500 companies.

In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as Manuel Vidau was captured as a prisoner of war and sold to slave traders in Lagos, today the largest city in Nigeria. A Spanish ship ...