Fifteen Stories From The Stage.
One Founder's Voice.

Kunwer Sachdev has spoken at TiE Chennai, IIM Calcutta, Zee News, Josh Talks, KOHLER, Media Mantra, SkillCircle, and dozens of other stages. Every story below is told in his own voice — from the ₹10,000 start of Su-Kam to the day the microphone came back after the silence.

The Comeback & Recent Stories

Media Mantra · Gurgaon

After The Fall, I Went Silent — Then A Room In Gurgaon Gave Me Back My Voice

The two-hour session Kunwer nearly cancelled — and the moment that told him he was back.

SkillCircle · Noida

Mentoring SkillCircle — And What Gen Z Taught Me Back

Founder Shivam Ahuja's team answered ‘Who are you working for?’ without hesitation.

Zee News · Hindi Episode

Kissey Kamyabi Ke — My Hindi Conversation With Annu Kapoor

From selling pens on a cycle in Class 10 to ₹1,200 crore Su-Kam.

The Founder Stages

TiE Chennai · The Blue-Eyed Boy Era

The TiE Years — When India Had No Electronics Story

The era when Su-Kam was the flag of Indian electronics and every stage wanted Kunwer.

KOHLER · Gurgaon 2017

“Who Are You Working For?” — The KOHLER India Innovation Workshop

A Fortune 500 team, one honest hour, one opening question that opens up the room.

IIM Calcutta · 2011

Two Days At IIM Calcutta — I Went To Teach, Ended Up A Student

The Entrepreneurship Summit where Kunwer discovered they were teaching his own case study.

TiE Canaan · Delhi 2013

Deep Kalra, Vijay Shekhar Sharma And Me — Runway To Success

Sharing a stage with MakeMyTrip's Deep Kalra and Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

The Indus Entrepreneurs

TiEcon

AHMEDABAD · 2017

Power Up Keynote

TiEcon Ahmedabad · 2017

TiEcon Ahmedabad 2017 — The Rain-Delayed Keynote I Rewrote On The Dais

The talk that changed shape because the weather changed the audience.

NIMHANS · Bangalore 2011

On Stage With TutorVista, FusionCharts, BharatMatrimony

The early Bangalore startup circuit, before Bengaluru was Bengaluru.

The Media Interviews

Livemint · CEO Communication

The Rule That Made Me A Better Speaker

The 3-minute rule, the Hindi rule, and why every CEO must weigh every word.

Economic Times · Op-Ed

Everyone Else Was Importing Chinese Solar Inverters — We Built Ours At Home

The Solar Man of India on why Su-Kam built its own transformer-based grid-feed inverter.

Feature

The Economic Times

ENERGYWORLD

“Change the market before it changes you”

kunwersachdev.com

ET EnergyWorld · Feature

Change The Market Before It Changes You

Why Indian founders must disrupt their own market before someone else does.

About the Author

Kunwer Sachdev

Founder, Su-Kam Power Systems · The Inverter Man of India · The Solar Man of India

Startup mentor, angel investor and serial entrepreneur. Built Su-Kam from a Delhi component-supply business into a ₹1,200+ crore power-electronics brand across 70+ countries. Now mentors India's next generation of founders.