History

Sai Arun Kiran Karthik, an Australian-trained entrepreneur, founded the first private wave energy company in India, Virya Paramita Energy (VPE) Private Limited, in 2020. Inspired by India's vast 40 GW wave power, VPE aims to foster cutting-edge technologies in sustainable energy.

With Prof. Abdus Samad, a faculty member in the Ocean engineering department of IIT Madras, as its driving force, VPE has gained extensive experience in marine energy, optimization of turbomachinery systems, computational fluid dynamics, tidal turbines, surrogate-based optimization, design and testing of oscillating water column and point absorber type wave energy converters, hydrodynamic modeling, control optimization of WECs, and artificial lift. VPE has a strong product innovation growth, attracting funds and technical assistance from global and national bodies such as the Maritime Clim Accelerator, the government of Andhra Pradesh, India, and the National Institute of Ocean Technology.

Prof. Abhijit Chaudhuri, a faculty member in the Fluid Mechanics group at IIT Madras, has been a key mentor of VPE, working on fluid mechanics and wave hydrodynamics. He is an active member of the IIT Madras wave energy team and has worked on tsunami wave interaction with onshore structures, explosive instability due to nonlinear wave mixing, and designing a wave energy-supported desalination system. VPE has recently signed a Joint Development Agreement with IIT Madras and incubated its startup at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. VPE's dynamic leadership redefining the renewable energy industry by creating value for customers, partners, and employees.