STEM to Startup: Why Scientists Should Be Founders – Bridging Labs and Leadership in India 2025!
In India’s innovation forge, where 195,065 DPIIT-recognized startups power a $450 billion digital economy, the untapped reservoir of scientific talent—6 million engineers, 82,811 FY23 patents from IITs/IISc/CSIR—remains largely confined to labs, with only 15% research commercialized versus Stanford’s 80% or Israel’s 90%, per UNESCO and NITI Aayog. Why? A cultural chasm: Scientists, trained in rigorous…