ENTREPRENEURSHIP · THE FOUNDER'S MIND · GIFTEDNESS · AI · INVESTING
I built India's biggest power inverter company.
I lost it.
I am building again.
— differently this time, and with my own hands.
Entrepreneur · Mentor · Angel Investor (₹10L–₹1Cr) · AI Builder · Founder of Su-Kam
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1988 — THE SPARK
Cable TV to the PM’s House
I did not start with inverters. In 1988, I was installing MATV and CATV systems. I attended exhibitions in Hong Kong on a dormitory budget — I walked everywhere to save every rupee. I secured EchoStar USA’s distributorship, and my dish antennas ended up installed at the Prime Minister’s residence, the President’s house, and Army and Navy HQs across India. That’s where the journey actually started.
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1998 — THE INVENTION
The Accidental Inventor
In 1998, a broken inverter changed everything for me. I dismantled one myself and found a single-sided PCB and dated transistors — decades behind what I had been building for satellite receivers. I saw the gap. Two years of failed experiments later, and ₹20 lakh spent on Anritsu testing equipment — money that could have bought me a house — Su-Kam’s first MOSFET-based inverter was born. The black chassis I chose went on to become an industry standard.
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1998–2018 — THE EMPIRE
The Inverter Man of India
Su-Kam became India’s #1 power backup brand. I built up 70+ patents and took our products into 90+ countries. India Today called me an “Unusual Entrepreneur.” Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam spent one of his last public days inaugurating a Su-Kam solar mini-grid in Kannauj, UP. Three Indian business books were written about the company. And I picked up one title I’ll always carry — The Inverter Man of India.
The Part Most Founders Do Not Tell
In 2018, Su-Kam went into insolvency. The NCLT ordered liquidation in 2019. Public failure. Public scrutiny.
In 2018, Su-Kam went into insolvency. In 2019, the NCLT ordered liquidation. The failure was public. The scrutiny was public.
In the darkest days after that, I did something simple — I sat down and wrote out everything I had built. Not to impress anyone. Just to remember.
As I wrote, it came back: the Hong Kong exhibitions on a dormitory budget, the MOSFET breakthrough after two years of failures, the solar plant Dr. Kalam inaugurated twenty days before he passed. I had worked. I had created. I had lit up millions of homes. That was not nothing. That was everything.
He had worked. He had created. He had lit up millions of
“The fall was real. The scrutiny was public. Most Indian founders who go through this disappear. I choose differently.”
— Kunwer Sachdev
Today Iam Building Again
KUNWWER.AI
AI products for Indian SMBs. I am writing code myself for the first time, with a small team supporting me.
ANGEL INVESTING
Backing AI & deep tech founders. ₹10L–₹1Cr. Pre-seed & seed.
WRITING
Five themes. All earned through lived experience.
Five Themes. All Earned.
Not theory. Not advice from a distance. Lived experience.
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Entrepreneurship
Especially the parts most founders hide — failure, comeback, resilience, and what bankruptcy teaches that success never can. I attended my first international exhibition on a budget so tight I stayed in dormitories and walked everywhere to save money. I will write about it the way I lived it.
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The Founder’s Mind
Mental health, isolation, and decision-making under extreme stress. After the Su-Kam insolvency, a profound depression settled over me. I have lived it. I talk about it. Because someone has to.
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Giftedness
Raising and recognising gifted minds in a country whose education system rarely knows what to do with them. I see the gifted child in the student who doesn’t fit — because I was one myself.
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AI — From a Builder’s Perspective
Not hype. Not theory. I hold more than 100+ patents in power electronics, IoT, and battery management — and now I am writing code myself for the first time, with AI as my pair programmer. I turned a 17-section concept note into a working app in a single day. Without ever having coded before
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Investing & Mentorship
What I look for in founders. What I learned from my own mistakes. Why I say no — and what makes me say yes. Cheque size ₹10L–₹1Cr. Focus on AI and deep tech only. No energy. No solar. I am not a theory investor — I have made the mistakes myself.
Angel Investing
Backing founders who are building real things.
CHEQUE SIZE
₹10L – ₹1Cr
STAGE
Pre-seed & Seed
FOCUS
AI & Deep Tech
I am not looking for the perfect pitch deck. I am looking for a founder who has thought harder about their problem than anyone else in the room. I read everything. I respond selectively. That is honest.
