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Anirudh Dube
The theme of Empresario 2026 was formally unveiled as
‘TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION AND INDUSTRY CONNECT’ Founder & CEO | Ci4 & Paltro
The technical segment of the event saw the launch of the Boot Camp on Technology PGDBEM, 2004-2005
Commercialisation by Dr. Kaushik Choudhury, Chief Executive Officer, Plasmatech
Innovation Foundation. The session focused on bridging the gap between research, EDII President’s Alumnus Award 2025
innovation and market adoption and also shed light on taking technology from lab to
market. The event witnessed participation from over 200 students and aspiring Anirudh Dube is a visionary tech entrepreneur, widely recognized for pioneering
entrepreneurs. autonomous hardware–software systems that integrate engineering physics, AI-enabled
sensing and mission-critical defense applications.

After the Government of India opened up the defense market for private companies,
Anirudh set up Ci4 (CIPHOR), Autonomous Defense Technologies, which is defining a new
age of connected, intelligent & aware defense and space systems. Anirudh also led
development of autonomous hardware–software platforms for national security,
surveillance and mission- critical applications. He built multidisciplinary engineering and
research teams across autonomy, sensing, Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning
(AI/ML) and aerospace hardware. He established long-term partnerships within defense
agencies, integrators and technology collaborators.
December 3, 2025: An awareness December 15, 2025: A session on Startup Investment Life Cycle
session on Narcotics Control was with Bootstrapping Strategy was organized for PGDM-E students. Anirudh later founded Paltro, Intelligent Robotics, to build configurable, modular robotic
conducted for PGDM-E students, Shri Vishnu Vardan, CEO, Adal Incubation Centre, Puducherry, test systems for materials research, imaging, tribology and mechanical testing. He
by Shri H. M. Ahir, Police delivered the session on startup funding, the importance of successfully established his base in the U.S. as well, with laboratory installations across
Inspector, Chandkheda. bootstrapping and insights for early-stage entrepreneurs. research institutions and industry, along with integrated advanced automation, sensing &
data systems to transform traditional testing workflows.
Anirudh started his business with an initial investment of Rs. 6 Crore, and hearteningly
today, leads an enterprise generating a turnover of Rs. 110 Crore and employing over 100
EDIAA Premier League (EPL) professionals. He also serves as a Board Advisor at Ducom Aerospace, providing strategic
direction for aerospace and space-mission technologies.
January 17–18, 2026: EDII's Post
Graduate students and alumni
participated in the EDIAA Premier
League (EPL) organised by EDII Alumni
Association (EDIAA). The tournament
saw participation of 60 students
divided into 4 teams the winning team
was awarded a trophy and cash prize.
Shri Rajnath Singh, Hon’ble
Minister of Defence, Govt. of
India, awarded a Certificate
of Appreciation to Anirudh
D u b e . H e h a s b e e n
honoured for developing an
underwater vision system
for the Indian Navy.

Also, Ci4 has secured five iDEX awards and has been recognized as Best Defence Startup
2024, Best Startup – Defennovation 2023, in addition to being honoured with the ISpA
Space Excellence Award 2023.
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