India, Oct. 15 -- An opportunity to pitch an idea to the Prime Minister is rare, but Tejas Parthasarathi Sudarshan got his chance during a Chennai Metro ride. The founder of AI startup Winsen Labs had around 90 seconds to present two proposals to Narendra Modi.

Sudarshan is an entrepreneur and the founder of Winsen Labs, an applied artificial intelligence startup. Before launching the company, he worked at KPMG India and founded Fanpit, an events and community platform, according to his professional profile on LinkedIn.

He was among 17 startup founders selected for an interaction with Modi during the Prime Minister's Chennai visit on October 11. The interaction took place aboard the Metro, where the founders had an opportunity to discus...