India, March 12 -- Decoding ideaForge's Road To IPO

From managing college projects at IIT Bombay to helming ideaForge, Ankit Mehta has come a long way. Under his leadership, the drone maker has crossed many milestones, including making a stellar stock market debut in 2023.

While ideaForge's journey has not been without its pitfalls, we thought of speaking with Mehta, as part of Inc42's Griffin Dialogue series, about the learnings he gathered while building a drone manufacturing behemoth.

He started by dissecting the unique challenges of building a hardware startup in India. Alongside, he highlighted the power of a long-term vision aligned with the core growth thesis of an organisation. In this quest, he said, hiring plays a key role, a...