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AGNIT Semiconductors Wins NASSCOM Deep Tech Emerge 50 Awards 2025
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....GNIT Semiconductors Wins NASSCOM Deep Tech Emerge 50 Awards 2025<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 11-8-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Incubated at IISc, AGNIT is India’s first Gallium Nitride (GaN) Semiconductor technology startup. India, August 08, 2025: AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited, India’s only vertically integrated Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor startup, has been awarded the prestigious Deep Tech Emerg....
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....e 50 Award 2025 by NASSCOM. The award was presented during NASSCOM Future Forge 2025, held in Bengaluru on August 7, 2025. Hareesh Chandrasekar, Co-founder & CEO of AGNIT, received the honour from Dr. Tapan Sahoo, Executive Officer Digital Enterprise, Information & Cybersecurity, Maruti Suzuki Limited. The recognition marks a significant milestone in AGNIT’s mission to build a fully vertically i....
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....ntegrated GaN semiconductor ecosystem making it one of the few companies globally to manage the entire value chain in-house. Incubated by the Foundation for Science Innovation and Development (FSID) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). AGNIT has been recognized for its pioneering work in indigenous GaN technology and has received several accolades, including the ELEVATE startup grant from ....
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....the Government of Karnataka in 2021 and the Semiconductor Startup Award 2025 from the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA). Speaking on the achievement, Hareesh Chandrasekar, CEO and Co-founder of AGNIT Semiconductor said, “Winning the Deep Tech Emerge 50 Award 2025 from NASSCOM is a powerful affirmation of AGNIT’s mission to place India at the forefront of global GaN semic....
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....onductor innovation. As India’s semiconductor landscape hits a defining moment, the urgency to develop indigenous IP and future-proof capabilities has never been greater. GaN technology is not just an enabler it’s a catalyst for transformation in high-performance electronics. At AGNIT, we are building the core of that shift. With our RF GaN devices now entering customer-level system testing an....
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....d strong support from IISc (Indian Institute of Science) and MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology), we are doubling down on our vision to embed India deeper into the global semiconductor value chain.” The NASSCOM Future Forge 2025, hosted/organised in Bengaluru, spotlighted India’s most disruptive deep tech startups. Bringing together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, polic....
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....ymakers, and investors, the event celebrated the country’s shift from technology consumer to global innovator. This year’s edition highlighted how deep tech ventures are solving complex challenges and socio-economic issues, driving impact at scale and shaping the next wave of India’s innovation-led growth. In line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative, AGNIT in December 2023 also signed ....
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....an MoU under the iDEX program with the Ministry of Defence to develop next-generation wireless transmitters using GaN technology for defense applications. To date, the five-year-old Bengaluru-based startup has raised $4.87 million from 3one4 Capital, Zephyr Peacock, and Lakshmi Narayanan, the former CEO of Cognizant. About AGNIT Semiconductors: AGNIT Semiconductors Private Limited is a Bangalor....
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....e, India-based Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor company. We design and manufacture GaN materials (wafers) and electronic components primarily for radio-frequency applications. AGNIT’s GaN components offer compelling performance-price-footprint advantages for the defense and telecommunication industries. AGNIT’s patent-protected, differentiated technology is the result of >15 years of R&D ....
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....at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and spans the key verticals of Gallium Nitride materials, manufacturing processes and device design. All three elements are essential to offering high-performance, customizable GaN-based solutions to electronic sub-system and systems designers/manufacturers. (Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with NRDPL and ....
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....PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.). PTI PWR<BR> News - Press release - PIB....