On a Thursday in mid-March, the Technoport conference room was buzzing with anticipation. Barnik Mandal, freshly minted PhD in hand, stood before a panel of investors.
Just months ago, he was a materials scientist buried in lab data; today, he’s developing DELVE, a data exploration and visualisation platform for R&D teams, into a spin-off, backed by a €300,000 grant from Luxembourg’s National Research Fund (FNR) Jump programme.
From PhD to Problem-Solver
Mandal’s journey began in India, where he earned a bachelor’s in…

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