01 — Start
From problem, not tech demo
Every venture starts from a structural gap in how AI reaches the ground. The problem predates the current model cycle. The venture outlives it.
An AI venture group · Est. 2026
We start AI ventures. Then we run them at scale.
Academic depth meets operational delivery. Based in India. Global from the first venture.
What a venture group actually does.
02 — Operate
We run the ventures ourselves
Program management, engineering, hiring, go-to-market. AI companies fail on delivery more often than on ideas. Delivery is the edge.
03 — Scale
Built for compounding
Institutional partnerships, recurring revenue, global distribution from day one. Each venture extends the ground the next one is built on.
Our first venture.
LeadingIndia.AI
India's largest AI skilling and research ecosystem.
Recommended by AICTE and NITI Aayog. Backed by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.
Visit leadingindia.aiLeadingIndia.AI serves educational institutions with faculty training, student internships, research groups, and industry partnerships across the full AI stack, from foundations to LLMs, generative AI, and applied deployment.
939
Institutions
138,824
Certified
59
Industry partners
253
Workshops
1,467
Internships
177
Projects delivered
Partners & Backers
- Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
- AICTE
- NITI Aayog
- NVIDIA
- AWS
- UCL
- Brunel University
03 / Thesis
In India's AI decade, the scarce resource won't be models. It will be the discipline to deploy them. EmpowerGlobal Tech AI
We think AI adoption in India and emerging markets will be won by groups that pair academic credibility with operational execution. Research depth without execution produces papers. Execution without research credibility produces churn. Few groups hold both.
EmpowerGlobal Tech AI is built around that pairing. Each venture inherits institutional access, academic networks, and research rigor from day one, and the operational discipline to ship to real users from week one.
Founders.
Dr. Deepak Garg
Co-founder & Chairman
Vice Chancellor, SR University. Director of LeadingIndia.AI. 25+ years in engineering education, ₹700M+ in funded research, NVIDIA Ambassador for Computer Vision, and ABET Commissioner. Leads institutional networks, academic strategy, and research direction.
Manuj Gupta
Co-founder & Managing Director
R&D leader and program manager focused on the discipline of delivery. Builds agentic workflows, rapid prototyping systems, and delivery frameworks for complex engineering programs. Runs commercial operations, engineering, and execution across ventures.