Al Construction Platform developed by NIAT students Wins Heart of Mivi and Sid's Farm Founders; Wins International Industry Trip to Learn
Hyderabad, July 18, 2026 At TakeOver 2026 - NIAT's cross-campus Al and engineering showcase over 30 student startup teams took the stage for a Shark Tank-style pitch session before a high-profile jury that included Midhula Devabhaktuni, Co-Founder of Mivi, and Dr. Kishore Indukuri, Founder and CEO of Sid's Farm, - two founders who have built category-defining consumer brands from Hyderabad.
The pitches were the culmination of BRAVE-NIAT's flagship startup accelerator initiative that runs on a hybrid model - three months of structured online mentoring followed by an intensive offline week.
Hyderabad, July 18, 2026 At TakeOver 2026 - NIAT's cross-campus Al and engineering showcase over 30 student startup teams took the stage for a Shark Tank-style pitch session before a high-profile jury that included Midhula Devabhaktuni, Co-Founder of Mivi, and Dr. Kishore Indukuri, Founder and CEO of Sid's Farm, - two founders who have built category-defining consumer brands from Hyderabad.
The pitches were the culmination of BRAVE-NIAT's flagship startup accelerator initiative that runs on a hybrid model - three months of structured online mentoring followed by an intensive offline week.
Among the teams that pitched, one team has built an Al-powered Construction Cost Intelligence Platform to solve a real pain point in India's booming real estate sector. BuildTrack - an Al-powered Construction Cost Intelligence Platform for people management, inventory, procurement, and operations for construction companies. With 120 clients already on the platform, Build Track is not a prototype, it is a functioning business solving a structural efficiency problem in one of India's largest and most fragmented sectors.
Speaking at TakeOver 2026, Midhula Devabhaktuni, Co-Founder, Mivi, said "Ideas are quite cheap. The real challenge is converting them into a product and, more importantly, selling it. Everybody has access to Al today, but as founders your strength will be in defining the right requirement and having the grit and persistence to push through problems and win. What impressed me today is that these students at NIAT have already done the hardest part - they've moved beyond ideas to building products that real customers are willing to pay for. That's where true entrepreneurship begins."
Dr. Kishore Indukuri, Founder and CEO, Sid's Farm, said, "Winning your first client is never easy, but if you keep going, keep presenting, and keep improving, that becomes the foundation of entrepreneurship. Real success comes from digging deep, building a rock-solid foundation, and continuously strengthening your knowledge. Even the simplest problems hold immense potential for innovation when you commit to building depth and solving them with persistence."