RAS question
Coratia Technologies, which signed a ₹66 crore UWROV contract with the Indian Navy, is headquartered in which state?
Correct answer: (C) Odisha.
Coratia Technologies, the deep-tech startup linked to the Indian Navy's Rs 66 crore UWROV contract, is based in Odisha.
Explanation
Coratia Technologies is an Odisha-based deep-tech startup, so option C is the correct state. The official ISTI Portal lists Coratia Technologies Pvt Ltd under Engineering Sciences and Startup Technologies, with its developing agency at the Foundation for Technology and Business Incubation, Rourkela, Odisha. That location detail answers the question's core ask. The Navy contract is important because it marked the first large-scale deployment of India-built Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles in the Indian Navy, giving the fact a defence-technology angle rather than making it a routine headquarters question. It also connects the startup to the broader Make in India push in defence.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Karnataka is wrong because the company is identified with Rourkela, Odisha, not Bengaluru or any Karnataka-based startup hub.
- (B) Tamil Nadu is wrong because Coratia Technologies is Odisha-based, with its developing agency located in Rourkela.
- (D) Andhra Pradesh is not the state linked to Coratia Technologies; the Odisha connection is explicit through Rourkela.
Concept
This tests current science-and-technology awareness through defence indigenisation and startup geography. RAS often asks such items because state location, Make in India relevance and defence technology can be combined in one short factual question.