ET Startup Awards 2026 | Tier-II cities rechart startup geography: IDFC First Bank’s Vaidyanathan

Phenomenal companies are being created in India and the startup ecosystem is expanding beyond the familiar technology hubs, said V Vaidyanathan, chief executive and managing director of IDFC First Bank.

“The range of applications we are seeing today, including satellite technology, hyperspectral imaging, AI-enabled brain mapping and advances in computing, demonstrate the ambition and technical talent driving India’s startup ecosystem,” Vaidyanathan said at the ET Startup Awards event.