MEET Geetha
Geetha Dholakia is a Portfolio Program Director at TDK Ventures. She is responsible for strategic engagements between Portfolio Companies and global TDK business groups. She is committed to identifying, enabling and nurturing nascent technical ideas to grow into successful business collaborations that improve lives and build a sustainable world.
She brings many years of scientific, technical program management and business development experience. In prior technology management roles, she has worked at NASA Ames Research Center, supporting NASA’s $ 200 million SBIR/STTR program and in enabling partnerships, business development and technology transfer of NASA Ames’ vast technology landscape. As a scientist, her deep research focus was in two areas, one at the cross-section of physics, materials science and electrical engineering in studying nanoscale systems and another in instrumentation for space missions.
She has a Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science and a Masters in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, driven by a lifelong curiosity to understand how nature works. In her spare time, she loves to garden, listen to and learn Hindustani classical music and spend time with her family observing the night sky.
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Current & Ongoing Deep Explorations
SpaceTech in India
This Deep Exploration delves into the significant and rapidly expanding opportunity within the SpaceTech sector in India. As global demand for space solutions surges and technology trends reduce the costs of launches and satellites, there is a critical need for innovation across the value chain, particularly in the upstream segment. This exploration specifically focuses on the multi-billion dollar market for SpaceTech, projected to grow from $7.3B in 2024 to $44B by 2033 in India alone. The initiative seeks to identify startups innovating in subsegments such as “Inspace propulsion” and “Launch Vehicle” to address the existing demand-supply gap and leverage India’s unique advantages in frugal innovation and a growing talent pool.