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 Dear Friends and Students

Strong demand for iPhones, Galaxy Tabs, and PlayStation consoles are impacting Car makers!! Can you believe it? Yes, it is true. The world's biggest carmakers, including Toyota and Volkswagen, have been forced to halt or slow production as there is a global shortage of computer chips! Car parts manufacturers like Bosch and Continental are struggling to keep the demand.

Modern-day cars are equipped with Bluetooth, GPS, Touchscreen, Audio/Video, Seat Adjustment, Air/Fuel Sensors, in-car entertainment, drive and safety systems, etc. Without these features, most of the cars are almost the same with no differentiator. The semiconductor market is taking a 6-9 months lead time to supply the chips.

Mobile manufacturers like Apple are making huge orders and paying better. This is another important reason for affecting the chip market. On top of this, the other reasons are the US ban on China's top chipmaker SMIC, bulk buying by Huawei, general higher production costs, and no flexibility in upward production.

Dear Indian Startups & Engineering Students

Isn’t a big opportunity to enter into the Semiconductor business? Let me share a couple of examples. Why not we make some innovations in this domain- Towards Atmanirbhar Bharat?

IIT-Bombay’s Ankit Mehta, Rahul Singh, and Ashish Bhat started ideaforge (www.ideaforge.co.in/). This start-up received an order for Drones worth 130 Crore for Army! They are specialized in best in class customizable drones for defense and homeland security! They are developing UAV that can fly at all-terrain (up to 15km, >120 fly time, <6.5 kg take-off weight Multiple GPS for redundancy, return home on low battery, Return home on high winds)! They can detect threats and identify risk-prone areas from a remote location. They are also capable of precision agriculture, inspect buildings, bridges, rail lines, and other infrastructure without scaffolding or booms, examine solar farms and detect anomalies with fewer or no personnel, etc.)

Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharath Daka (Vizag’s Little Angles School and IIT KGP/ Alumni) started Skyroot Aerospace (skyroot.in). It is an Indian private aerospace manufacturer and commercial launch service provider located in Hyderabad. They are developing Rackets (Vikram Series). They already tested Upper Stage Liquid Engine. This is the first of the kind by a Private Player in India. They got 31 crores investment already. They both worked in ISRO for some time. They got inspired by Elon Musk of Space X. These young boys could able to develop 40 high caliber scientists team!

When Frederick W. Smith started FedEx (1971; 50 years ago) everybody raised eye-brows as to how it will succeed when there is Govt. Postal Service. Today, FedEx Express is the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories

We wish Skyroot Aerospace becomes one of the leading private rocket makers in the world. Why not?

Get Inspired!

Your well-wisher

Ravi Saripalle

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Source inspiration: https://www.dw.com/en/computer-chip-shortage-disrupts-global-car-production/a-56224486