1. Chip correction made cheap

Powai Labs wants its chip testing system on every design engineer's desktop

I T is difficult to determine exactly when Reapan Tikoo decided to try and change the way people test microchips. By his own admission, he wasn't exactly setting the Powai Lake on fire while studying at IIT Mumbai." In 2001, I met Professor Desai. That changed my life," says Tikoo, CEO, Powai Labs.

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2. Powai Labs: global leader in the making  

Incubated in the crucible of innovation IIT . Powai Labs could be a disruptive force in the high-entry barrier EDA space   http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20040823/newsanalysis01.shtml

4. Star of the future

A Star for the Future; IIT Bombay backed Powai Labs' claims to have a sound technology and business model.

Three of the top five silicon design companies have already validated our products-in fact, two of them in the US and one in Europe are already our clients. There is no doubt that we are on the verge of becoming a significant global player" .
-Reapen Tikoo, CEO, Powai Labs
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Powai Labs: global leader in the making

Incubated in the crucible of innovation-IIT KReSIT-Powai Labs could be a disruptive force in the high-entry barrier EDA space

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Another graduate who refused the blandishments of the corporate world is Reapan Tikoo, co-founder of Powai Labs

Another graduate who refused the blandishments of the corporate world is Reapan Tikoo, co-founder of Powai Labs, a startup that builds simulation accelerators for the electronic design automation industry. Tikoo, who earned a master's degree in management from IIT, was offered a high-paying job as a production executive in the entertainment industry. He opted instead to convert the business plan he wrote for his degree into a real-life enterprise.

Powai Labs' Tikoo sums up the attitude of IIT Bombay's entrepreneurs when he says, "There was a time when India did exports through cheap labor, but that time has gone. You cannot build an Infosys today with any amount of capital. The next ten years will belong to technology R&D based product companies out of India ."

Tikoo adds that 20 years ago, the United States was the place to be for technological entrepreneurs. But now, he says, growth and investments are happening in India . "This is where the action is. It would be foolish to miss this opportunity by being out of India ."

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Powai is working with the top silicon design companies globally.

Powai Labs, a research company in the Electronics Design Automation space being incubated at IITB. Powai hasn't been funded yet, but has sustained itself with client orders. With products like simulation accelerators, emulators, signal visibility tool for FPGAs, among others, Powai is working with the top silicon design companies globally.
The company began when IITB's prof Madhav Desai, an microelectronics expert, teamed up with ex-student Reapan Tikoo.

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Key to future of Indian IT

In a nation and industry that's focused on IT services you hardly hear of companies that dare to be different from the crowd.

Reapan Tikoo, the CEO of Powai Labs, studied at IITB and assembled a team of world class scientists and engineers to form this firm. This newest member of the incubator was selected after a meticulous review of over 200 business plans received by the KReSIT this year.

"The idea, research and product were nearly finished even before we moved into the incubator in April 2002. We will get our funding in the next two months and then move out," says Tikoo, whose confidence is hardly misplaced considering that just last month he gave a slew of presentations to the bigwigs of the semiconductor industry, including the worldwide head of a European electronics giant. Powai Labs is involved in cutting edge innovation in the field of VLSI technology. Provisional patents are already being filed in the US and Tikoo believes that his team has what it takes to give the major players in the field a run for their money.

Tikoo of Powai Labs who is full of praise for the scientific prowess of his team.

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Powai Lab's going global in five years.

Tikoo deftly handles sales and marketing. The company, which is developing hardware accelerators to verify large scale design in VLSI (very large scale integrators), was incubated in April this year. But work has been going on for over three years now. ''We see ourselves going global in five years. We are catering to the domestic market at present but already have some orders in the pipeline from international clients. With our price advantage based on innovative technology rather than cheap labour, we are 10 times cheaper than currently available systems,'' says Tikoo.

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Reapan Tikoo, Mitgründer von Powai Labs, hat Indien ebenfalls nicht verlassen, um in der internationalen Konzerwelt Karriere zu machen -- er baut in der Heimat Simulatoren im Bereich Elektronikdesign. Tikoo, der einen IIT-Master-Abschluss in Management hat, war zuvor ein hoch bezahlter Job als Produktionsleiter in der Unterhaltungsindustrie angeboten worden. Stattdessen machte er aus dem Businessplan, den er für seine Diplomarbeit geschrieben hatte, eine echte Firma.

Tikoo von Powai Labs meint, dass bereits das Ende der Zeit gekommen sei, in der Indien seine Exporte durch billige Arbeitskräfte finanzierte. "Man kann keine Infosys ohne Kapital aufbauen. Die nächsten zehn Jahre gehören Firmen, die mittels Forschung und Technologie Produkte in Indien herstellen." Vor 20 Jahren sei Amerika das Land für Unternehmer im Technologiebereich gewesen, heute fänden Wachstum und Investitionen in Indien statt. "Hier passierts. Es wäre dumm, diese Möglichkeit zu verpassen, indem man Indien verlässt."

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