Ather Energy | 581,028 followers on LinkedIn. Ather Energy was started in 2013 by Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain, two engineering graduates straight out of college with the audacity to dream and challenge the well-established Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) and replace it with an electric drive. We built India’s first smart and connected electric scooters, the Ather 450 product line, because we believe that's where the future of personal mobility is headed. Ather is one of the few companies in India, specifically within the automotive industry, to have products and services that amalgamate clean design and engineering - Hardware and software.