Prof. Manindra Agrawal

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Prof. Manindra Agrawal

Prof. Manindra Agrawal received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1991. In 1996, he joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur and was appointed as the N. Rama Rao Chair Professor in 2003. He is renowned for co-developing the AKS primality test, which led to the receipt of both the 2006 Fulkerson Prize and the Gödel Prize. Additionally, his contribution to cryptographic algorithms has been crucial for securing communications within the Indian Navy and Air Force. In 2008, Prof. Agrawal received the first Infosys Mathematics Prize, and in 2013, he was honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award, recognizing his profound impact on mathematics and beyond.


Prof. Tarun Gupta

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Prof. Tarun Gupta

Prof. Tarun Gupta (The Pawan Tewari Goldman Sachs Sustainability Faculty Chair) earned doctorate from Harvard & MTech from IITB. He authored >150 journal publications,11 patents, two technology transfer to industry (Envirotech, Delhi and Airshed, Kanpur) and BARC & reviewer of >36 ISI indexed journals. He won INAE Innovator and Entrepreneur Award 2018, VNMM AWARD 2017, NASI Scopus Young Scientist Award 2015, INSA Medal for Young Scientist 2011, INAE Young Engineer Award 2009& IEI Young Engineer Award 2008. Research interests: development of instruments for aerosol measurement, formation of SOA, personal exposure assessment , source apportionment of air pollution, formation & control of engine exhaust emissions, human risk assessment.


Prof. Ankush Sharma

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Prof. Ankush Sharma

Prof. Ankush Sharma is currently serving as the Associate Professor at IIT Kanpur in the Electrical Department. He comes with 5 years of academic experience and over 16 years of corporate experience in Domain Consultancy in Power System, Smart grid, and Smart City area.


Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

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Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

Currently serving as the Professor In Charge, Innovation & Incubation, IIT Kanpur and a faculty at the BSBE department, Prof. Bandyopadhyay leads the activities of SIIC IIT Kanpur. He is also a nominated member of the National Startup Advisory Council of India. Prof. Bandyopadhyay conducted his doctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Umadas Maitra at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Upon receiving his PhD in 2002 he joined the laboratory of Prof. Clifford Tabin at Harvard Medical School for his post-doctoral research, and later the BSBE department at IIT K, in December 2006.


Dr. Saurabh Srivastava

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Dr. Saurabh Srivastava

Dr. Saurabh Srivastava, Chairman at Indian Angel Network; Co-Founder at NASSCOM, is one of India’s leading entrepreneurs, investors and institution builders. A Padma Shri awardee, he has worked extensively in the US, UK, Singapore and India. He co-founded and Chaired key institutions of modern India focussed on IT and entrepreneurship: NASSCOM, Indian Venture Capital Association; TiE; Indian Angel Network, world’s largest angel investor group with over 100 portfolio companies, 470 investor members globally.


Dr. Ajai Chowdhary

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Dr. Ajai Chowdhary

Dr. Ajai Chowdhry is one of the six founder members of HCL. He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at IIT Patna. Dr. Chowdhry has constantly been driving a vision of “IT for the masses” and has been on several Government committees working towards taking PC and broadband into every village in India. He is the Chairman of the Electronics Sector Skills Council and Chairman - FICCI Start up Committee.


Mr. Srikant Sastri

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Mr. Srikant Sastri

Mr. Srikant Sastri is the Co-founder at Crayon Data and currently the Chairman at I3G Advisory Network, and the President at TiE Delhi. A seasoned entrepreneur, Mr Sastri has built and exited two successful ventures and supports several incubators across India. After an engineering degree from IIT Kanpur and an MBA from IIM Calcutta, Mr. Sastri worked at Unilever India and McCann Erickson.


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