About the studio
The studio I wish existed when I first wanted to build something.हमारी कहानी
Akara Labs is a prototyping and product-engineering studio in Chandigarh — a place where serious engineering meets an Indian workshop's care for form.
The name
“Akara” is Sanskrit for form.
It means the act of giving shape to what does not yet exist — which is, exactly, what we do. Some of those forms are commercial. Some are personal. Some are someone's first prototype. Some will fly.
We treat every one — a drone frame for a defence startup or a custom award for a school — with the same care for how things are made.
The background
Built by an engineer, not a print shop.
Akara Labs is founded by an engineer with hands-on work across AI, IoT, robotics, drones, defence systems, industrial automation and smart devices — in CAD, 3D printing, electronics and embedded systems.
That depth is the point. When you send us a part, it's understood — not just dropped into a queue. We can talk through tolerances, materials, vibration, heat, and the trade-offs that decide whether a prototype works or wastes a week.
The studio is built to grow with the people it serves — from a founder's very first prototype to repeatable small-batch runs — without ever treating a job like just another line in a queue.
A studio that treats every prototype — whether it's a drone frame or a child's first award — with the same care for form and function.
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Capabilities
What we can actually do, today.
CAD & design engineering
Parametric modelling from a sketch, a spec, or reference images — designed for manufacture, not just to look good.
FDM & SLA printing
Calibrated machines down to 0.05mm layers, with engineering-grade polymers and clean surface finishing.
Materials guidance
The right polymer, infill and finish for the job — strength, heat, UV, food-safe, or simply the right look.
Electronics & embedded
Enclosures designed around real boards, sensors and wiring — fits, mounts and access that actually work.
Small-batch production
Consistent functional runs with inspection — tens to low hundreds of parts, with repeatable tolerances.
Personalisation & gifting
Multicolour, articulated print-in-place pieces, lithophanes, plaques and awards — made personal, made well.
How we work with you
A few commitments we don't bend on.
Your IP is yours
NDAs are welcome and signed gladly. Your files, designs and ideas are never reused, resold, or shown to anyone else.
Honest about what's possible
If printing is the wrong call for your part, we'll say so — and point you toward what's actually right.
A quote within 12 hours
With a clear breakdown of cost, material and lead time — and the trade-offs behind each, so you can decide fast.
Made in-house
Your part is designed and printed under one roof, on machines we calibrate ourselves — never silently outsourced.
Every part is printed on calibrated, well-maintained machines, and we grow our capacity deliberately alongside the work — so batch sizes scale up without ever losing the per-part care.
Materials we print & when
The right polymer is half the part.
We'll recommend the material — you don't need to know these going in.
Crisp detail for concept models, fit-checks and visual prototypes. Easy to print, low cost.
The everyday workhorse — tougher than PLA, mildly flexible, handles moisture and light loads.
UV- and weather-stable. Our default for outdoor enclosures and parts that live in the sun.
Tough and heat-tolerant, and vapour-smoothable to a glossy finish. Printed in an enclosure to prevent warping.
Stiff, light and heat-resistant — drone frames, brackets and load-bearing engineering parts.
Down to 0.05mm layers for fine geometry, smooth surfaces, jewellery masters and miniatures.
Flexible and grippy — gaskets, dampeners, bumpers and anything that needs to bend and rebound.
Studio
We work from Chandigarh — India's first planned city, laid out by Le Corbusier on a clean modernist grid. A fitting home for a studio about giving things precise, considered form.
Where
Chandigarh, India
Studio visits by appointment
Talk to us
Billing
Invoices on request
Have an idea? Let's give it form.
Tell us what you're making. We'll come back with a quote and a plan within 12 hours.