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Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Investor

Advisor at Kalaari Capital

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About

Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is an Institute Professor at IIT Madras who conceived and developed the IIT Madras Research Park to facilitate industry-academia collaboration in research and innovation. He currently serves as Chairman of ITEL Foundation and has received multiple awards including the Padma Shri and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for his contributions to technology development and entrepreneurship.

Experience

  1. ITEL FoundationChairmancurrent2024 — present
  2. International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)Chairmancurrent2023 — present
  3. IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP)President2008 — 2024
  4. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasProfessor1981 — 2023Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Education

  1. Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurBachelor of Technology - BTech
  2. University of MaineDoctor of Philosophy - PhD
  3. University of MaineMaster of Science - MS

Colleagues at Kalaari Capital

Aditya Srivastava
Associate at Kalaari Capital
Aditya Viswanatha
VP, Finance at Kalaari Capital
Archan Chakraborty
Legal Counsel at Kalaari Capital
Dr Arvind Gupta
Advisor at Kalaari Capital
Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan
Advisor at Kalaari Capital
Gautam Narayan
Associate at Kalaari Capital
Haleemah Bulladin
Board of Directors at Kalaari Capital
Harshit Kumar
Associate Vice President at Kalaari Capital

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