Meet the go-to guy for defence, space, nuclear tech indigenization

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India made a virtue out of the necessity of learning to be self-reliant in its space, nuclear and defence programmes.
Bengaluru-based Sunlux Technovations Pvt. Ltd, for example, specializes in making smart sensors for a variety of deep tech applications.
One of these was to automate the testing of Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) satellites, including the orbiter in Chandrayaan-2, in a chamber where the harsh environment in space is simulated.
“We have tested nearly 100 satellites using this system,” he says, adding that visiting National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) scientists were impressed with the state-of-the-art technology.
Sunlux is also deploying “life-critical systems” for the navy which will enable “strategic import substitution,” says founder Ram Kerur, who is not at liberty to go into details about defence projects.
Kerur’s journey as a deep tech entrepreneur mirrors that of India’s space and nuclear programmes, which have been a struggle every step of the way.
His first exposure came in the eighties when he worked at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research after getting an M.Tech in industrial electronics.
His first big break after setting up Sunlux in 1989 was a contract to build a master-slave robotic system to work in radioactive zones where humans could not go.
“We were the first in Asia to do this after India was banned from importing (such robots),” he says.
“We went through many iterations because the materials available were limited,” says Kerur.
The robots for the nuclear programme demonstrated Sunlux’s frontier engineering capability, but almost put it out of business.
Job offers were attractive, but Kerur’s passion for making deep tech products kept him on the entrepreneurial path.
The defence project to replace imported systems with homegrown controls and automation has taken nearly a decade to develop, test and validate

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