The people building India's AI models

25+ years at Google Research, Microsoft, and multiple AI ventures, with a track record in technology leadership and taking AI products from research to scale. At BharatGen, he bridges academia, government, and industry to build India's sovereign AI infrastructure.

Researcher in multilingual NLP, human-assisted AI, and resource-constrained learning. As Principal Investigator, he sets BharatGen's technical vision and research agenda.

Product leader who previously worked on commerce and shopping products at Meta, including Instagram. At BharatGen, she leads product.

25+ years at Verisk, SRI International, and Siemens Corporate Research, with a PhD from the University of Illinois, specialising in taking AI research to production scale. At BharatGen, he leads Indic AI R&D, turning foundational research into production-grade systems.

Prior roles in GenAI deployment across healthcare and enterprise at Vizzhy Inc. and Reliance Hospitals. At BharatGen, he leads operational scale-up, ecosystem partnerships, and AI deployments across healthcare, fintech, and government.

His work spans computer vision, deep learning, and vision-language analytics, with a focus on document image understanding and vision-language systems. At BharatGen, he leads the Vision team's work on document AI and vision language models for Indian content.

Visionary solar thermal engineer whose research shaped India's industrial decarbonisation agenda; former ONGC board member; IIT Bombay alumnus now leading his alma mater as Director.

Former Dean (R&D) at IIT Bombay; INOX Chair Professor of Cryogenics; Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK; developed indigenous cryogenic systems for India's atomic energy sector.

AI & ML Chair Professor at IIT Bombay; Fellow of the NASI, INAE and IIChE, with 200 publications, 9 US patents, and recipient of the Herdillia Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering.

Recognised among Forbes India's Top 30 Indian Minds in AI (2025); a driving force in data-efficient machine learning, NLP, and translational AI research for India's sovereign AI future.

Padma Shri awardee (2026); Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and Co-Founder of AI4India; former CEO of Prasar Bharati shaping India's AI, media, and digital public infrastructure.

IAS officer and alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School and Carnegie Mellon; recipient of Kerala's State Award for Best District Collector (2017–18); driving India's national AI policy and e-governance agenda.

NSE founding member known as the 'Father of Indian Derivatives'; former BSE MD & CEO for a decade; Chancellor, University of Allahabad; IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta alumnus.

India's first woman NASSCOM President, former Intel VP, and NITI Aayog Distinguished Fellow shaping India's frontier tech agenda for economic and societal transformation.

Shaped Kotak Mahindra's evolution from NBFC to premier private bank, rising to MD & CEO over three decades; IIT BHU and IIM Ahmedabad alumnus; Professor of Practice at IIT Bombay.

Leads AI safety and security for Google Workspace, safeguarding Gemini-powered features for over 3 billion users; prior ML leadership at Instacart, Google Ads, and Facebook; IIT Bombay and Carnegie Mellon alumna.

Five-decade career across MIT Draper Lab, DARPA, and Raytheon in fault-tolerant systems and cyber-resilience; Life Fellow of IEEE; IIT Bombay and MIT alumnus.

Built Tech Mahindra into one of India's leading telecom software companies; co-founded Mojo Networks, pioneering WiFi security with 35+ international patents; mentored 30+ startups as TiE Pune President.

Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff; Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies; expertise in multi-domain operations, military-civil fusion, and technology-driven defence transformation.

40-year naval career; commanded five warships including aircraft carrier INS Vikrant; former Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command.