# Ankit Mehta

> Ankit Mehta is the co-founder, CEO and whole-time director of India’s ideaForge Technology Limited, and a director of its U.S. subsidiary, ideaForge Technology Inc. An IIT Bombay mechanical engineering graduate, he helped turn student robotics work into a drone business serving defence, security and enterprise customers, and led the company through its 2023 public listing.

- **Role:** Co-founder, CEO and Whole-time Director at ideaForge Technology Limited; Director at ideaForge Technology Inc.
- **Organizations:** ideaForge Technology Limited, ideaForge Technology Inc., FICCI Committee on Drones
- **Education:** Dual degree: B.Tech. and M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering; specialisation in Computer Aided Design and Automation, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led ideaForge through its July 2023 public listing., IIT Bombay Young Alumni Achiever Award, 2020., Member of the IIT Bombay team that won the national ABU Robocon competition in 2005.

## Career timeline

- **2000** — Entered IIT Bombay.
- **2005** — Completed his mechanical engineering dual degree; the IIT Bombay team won the national ABU Robocon competition.
- **2007** — Co-founded ideaForge, incorporated on 8 February 2007.
- **2008** — The team shared first place with MIT in the hovering category at the MAV competition in Agra.
- **2009** — ideaForge introduced its autonomous quadrotor; an early prototype appeared in 3 Idiots.
- **2010** — First UAV sold to a state special task force, according to Mehta’s 2014 account.
- **2017** — Qualcomm Ventures invested alongside Celesta Capital, Infosys and others, as documented by Qualcomm Ventures.
- **2020** — Received IIT Bombay’s Young Alumni Achiever Award.
- **2023** — ideaForge listed on BSE and NSE on 7 July.
- **2026** — U.S. subsidiary explored an AIT joint venture; YETI development received RDI debt support.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led ideaForge through its July 2023 public listing.
- IIT Bombay Young Alumni Achiever Award, 2020.
- Member of the IIT Bombay team that won the national ABU Robocon competition in 2005.
- Helped build the hovering platform that shared first place with MIT at MAV 2008 in Agra.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — TDB agreed to ₹151 crore in RDI debt support for ideaForge’s ₹302 crore YETI autonomous aerial logistics development project.
- **2026-06** — AIT announced a letter of intent with ideaForge Technology Inc. to explore a strategic joint venture. The corrected announcement identifies Mehta as a director of the U.S. subsidiary; definitive agreements and approvals remained outstanding.

## Links

- Website: https://ideaforgetech.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankit-mehta-7567292
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ankit_ideaForge
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ankit.vision

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Last updated: 2026-10-26