After Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Company, Madhumita Agrawal ('12) Breaks EV Glass Ceiling
The Better India (March 12, 2021)
After Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Company, Odisha Woman Breaks EV Glass Ceiling
What does it take for a woman from a conventional middle-class family in Rourkela, Odisha, to become a successful entrepreneur in the technology domain whose first venture ends up becoming a multi-million dollar revenue generating company? Ask Madhumita Agrawal, who after founding IPexcel, a technology and innovation consulting firm, also recently became the first woman to co-found an Indian electric vehicle company developing an inhouse vehicle, OBEN Electric Vehicle. Speaking to The Better India, Madhumita outlines a remarkable journey, which has taken her from Rourkela to IIT-Kharagpur, IIM-Bangalore and finally Bengaluru, the technology hub of India, where both the enterprises she founded conduct their operations today.
Building a multi-million dollar business
Born and raised in Rourkela, which is famous for producing steel, Madhumita attended school there before transitioning to an engineering degree in biotechnology from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). From there, however, she took a rather unconventional path. She pursued her law degree specialising in intellectual property at the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), IIT-Kharagpur. (Read More)