The Atlas
A living, free map of India’s strategic industrial systems — who the players are, who controls each chokepoint, and the layers of the value chain India still imports. Built from our research database, not the press release.
What the Atlas holds
Snapshot 14 Oct 2026. Scored grid covers 6 ecosystems; 4 extended pillars carry their own databases.
How each score is evidenced
"Verified" means two or more independent primary sources — a deliberately strict bar. "Single-source" cites one official source. "Analyst-assessed" scores carry a written rationale, with independent sourcing in progress.
Average sovereignty score by ecosystem (0–5)
Three ways in
However you think about the problem — by industry, by company, or by dependency — start from one of these.
Explore an industry
See any strategic industry as one system map — its value-chain layers, the chokepoints inside them, and who controls each. The best place to start.
Open the pillar maps →Find a company or material
820 companies, PSUs, ministries, foreign suppliers and materials — filter by industry, type and origin, and trace what each one makes.
Browse the directory →See where India depends
Every value-chain layer scored 0–5, from import-dependent to sovereign, with the rationale and source behind each score.
Open the dependency map →The strategic pillars, mapped
Semiconductors
Fabs, packaging, materials and the equipment India cannot yet build.
Critical Minerals
Rare earths, lithium and the refining layer China still controls.
AI Infrastructure
Compute, power and the silicon every Indian data centre imports.
Defence
Indigenous platforms riding on foreign engines and electronics.
Enterprise Software
The software stack running Indian industry — and who owns each layer.
AI MedTech
India writes the medical AI; the imaging hardware that feeds it is imported.
Unmanned Systems
India flies and assembles more drones than it builds — the components still come from abroad.
Counter-UAS
India’s counter-drone shield — who detects, tracks and defeats the drone threat.
Military Aerospace
India assembles transport aircraft it does not design — the engines, avionics and actuators still come from abroad.
Space
India is moving from government missions to a private full-stack space economy — launch, satellites, propulsion and data still lean on imported components.
High-Altitude Defence
What it takes to operate above 12,000 ft — power, shelter, soldier physiology, thin-air UAS and logistics, from DRDO research needs to demonstrated capability.
Specialised datasets
Vertical deep-dives with their own structured databases, updated as the picture changes.
Industrial Nodes & Connectivity
What infrastructure means for industry: semiconductor-node dossiers (Dholera, Sanand, Jewar–YEIDA, Jagiroad) with connectivity, gaps, supply-chain position and opportunity surfaces.
Explore →Patent Monitor
India-origin patent filings across strategic technologies, by sector and applicant.
Explore →Supplier Directory
498 Indian manufacturing suppliers — CNC, PCB, composites, precision machining, toolmaking.
Explore →Critical Manufacturing Dependencies
Chart-first intelligence on India’s import dependence: dependency indices, sector decompositions, cluster geography, localization timelines, and investment opportunity.
Explore →India Integrated Logistics Atlas
India’s freight system as a source-led reference layer: national freight corridors, flagship programmes (DFC, Bharatmala, Gati Shakti, Sagarmala, NLP, ULIP, IWAI), the ITLA ≥₹500 crore appraisal tier and the source record behind every figure.
Explore →Latest developments
- 14 Oct 2026Critical Manufacturing DependenciesSignalSurvey of India Orders ideaForge Q6 V2 UAVs: An Indigenous Drone Enters the State's Mapping Workflow
- 13 Oct 2026Critical Manufacturing DependenciesSignalGE Aerospace Plans to Nearly Double India Supplier Spend by 2030: The Test Is Component Depth, Not the Headline
- 12 Oct 2026Semiconductor EcosystemsSignalTessolve Raises $75 Million: India's Semiconductor Bet Moves from Design Talent to Full-Cycle Engineering Scale
- 11 Oct 2026Defence & Dual-UseSignalDRDO's 16,000-Foot AHAP Jump Tests the High-Altitude Insertion Layer India Rarely Talks About
- 10 Oct 2026Defence & Dual-UseSignalIndia Removes a Hidden Defence-Tech Bottleneck: Testing Access Gets Cheaper and More Predictable
- 10 Oct 2026Defence & Dual-UseSignalDefence Secretary Sketches the Next Defence-Industry Reset: DRDO as a Research Body, Missile Technology to Industry by November 2027
- 9 Oct 2026Industrial InfrastructureReportGoverning Logistics Under Systemic Disruption
- 9 Oct 2026Defence & Dual-UseSignalArmy Orders 225 FPV Drones After 17,500-Foot Trials - A Roughly Rs 1.97 Crore GeM Bid Shows How Cheap and Fast Small-Drone Buying Has Become