Incubated at IIT-Madras, the startup is founded by the institute's professor Satya Chakravarthy and his student Pranjal Mehta; the duo hope their electric flying cars can do last-mile delivery too
The ePlane Company team
While much of the EV action is on the ground, the human fascination for flying has not left the sector untouched. Some small electric aircraft are already being commercialised in the advanced economies, but startups in India aren’t too far behind. ePlane Company, a venture incubated out of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), is developing what the founders hope will be among the first air taxis in the country, as well as cargo transport aircraft small enough for last-mile delivery.
(This story appears in the 19 November, 2021 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)