ET Startup Awards 2026: Nominees for Best on Campus
The Best on Campus award will showcase a startup whose impact can be judged both by the idea and the execution. The founders should have been students whose aim was to build a commercial enterprise.
The Economic Times Startup Awards 2026 have unveiled the nominees for the Best on Campus category. This award honors startups founded by students with a commercial vision, showing promise through their investors or customers.
Qosmic, based in Bengaluru, secures a spot among the nominees. Co-founded in 2025 by Shreyaans Jain, Rohit Ramakrishnan, and Aloke Kumar, this space-tech startup aims to tackle significant data bottlenecks between space and earth. Their technology allows satellites to transmit data faster and in larger volumes, benefiting earth observation, defense, and various space missions. Qosmic has attracted investors such as Prosus, Accel, and South Park Commons.
Another Bengaluru-based startup, Armatrix, is also nominated. Founded in 2024 by Vishrant Dave, Ayush Ranjan, and Prateesh Awasthi, Armatrix develops snake-like robotic arms designed to operate in cramped and hazardous industrial spaces. These versatile systems hold potential applications in aviation, oil and gas, and nuclear industries. Armatrix has secured backing from Pi Ventures, gradCapital, Boundless Ventures, and Inuka Capital.
Panoculon Labs, located in Bengaluru, rounds out the list of nominees. Co-founded in 2023 by Rishabh Sharma and Sreeraj R, this company specializes in vision hardware for robots and AI systems. Their Trinet device captures first-person visual data essential for training autonomous robots. Additionally, Panoculon Labs is working on AI-powered smart glasses aimed at aiding visually impaired users and enterprise applications.
Their innovation is supported by the IIT-Madras Incubation Cell, ITEL Foundation, and India Accelerator.
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