A former sailor, a ‘boat in a box’: This Pune startup is shaping India’s autonomous maritime vigil

16 Jan A former sailor, a ‘boat in a box’: This Pune startup is shaping India’s autonomous maritime vigil

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Nikunj Parashar, CEO, Sagar Defence Engineering explaining his new tech to Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence, India during a defence expo; image credit: Sagar defence engineering via Facebook

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From a humble beginning at a 120 sq ft office and an INR2.4 crore initial investment, Sagar Defence Engineering is today taking India’s defence sector by storm with its unmanned maritime systems. It has a variety of products including autonomous ocean robots and multicopters drones. Its key customers are the Navy, Coast Guard, the Army, the Air Force, and paramilitary forces.

When was the last time that you heard a story of a master mariner leaving his romance with sailing to chase an entrepreneurial dream? Probably never. Captain Nikunj Parashar sailed for 14 years and even commanded a few vessels. But in the end, it was the calling of maritime engineering and entrepreneurship that prodded him to quit. The 42-year-old is now a proud founder and CEO of Sagar Defence Engineering, a startup that builds unmanned

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