The intelligence layer for strategic materials
Twin Pole Partners was founded on a single conviction: that the future of industrial civilisation is gated by access to advanced magnetic materials — and that most organisations making decisions about that future lack the specialised intelligence to make them well.
We sit at the intersection of materials science, manufacturing economics, and industrial AI — helping EV manufacturers, defence contractors, energy companies, and private equity navigate a supply landscape that is simultaneously the most critical and least well-understood in the global economy.
Our advisory is anchored by Dr Raghavan Gopalan — INAE Fellow, INAE Chair Professor at the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and Adjunct Professor at IISc Bangalore. With over 35 years spanning DRDO’s Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, NIMS Japan, and ARCI (DST), he brings unmatched depth in rare-earth permanent magnets, EV energy materials, and critical minerals strategy.
Industrial Depth, Strategic Breadth
Our advisory has operated inside DRDO's national mission programmes, ARCI's automotive energy labs, and NIMS Japan's magnet research — understanding engineering constraints, commercial pressures, and supply realities simultaneously.
Policy-Aware Market Intelligence
Rare-earth supply is shaped as much by policy as by geology. We track incentive schemes, export and quota rules, recycled-content mandates and processing investment across India, the EU, the US, Japan and Australia, and translate them into procurement decisions you can act on.
Government & National Mission Experience
Dr Gopalan served 22+ years on national mission projects at DRDO and ISRO. He spearheaded the Technical Research Centre at IIT Madras Research Park and set up India's National Facility for Atom Probe Tomography. We understand what sovereign supply-chain security actually means in practice.
Client Confidentiality First
We operate under strict information barriers between client engagements. Our clients trust us with their most sensitive supply-chain architectures. That trust is the foundation of everything we do.
See the supply chain before it moves.
Materials markets don't wait for board approval. We give you the signal early enough to actually act on it.
A direct line to 35 years in the field.
Not a report written by a junior analyst. Direct strategic counsel from the person who helped build India's magnet research programmes.
Plan for the market you'll face, not the one you're in.
From localisation strategy to recycling economics, we help you position for where critical materials are headed next.
