Industry Interactions
Industry Interactions and Startups
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Co-Founder of Eisodus Networks Private Limited (Ethernet based Broadband access network)
I co-founded and incubated a company called Eisodus Networks Private Limited in IIT Bombay’s business incubator in 2002 to develop metro Ethernet switch for broadband access network. The company successfully secured a funding from investors. The field trial of the technology was carried out by a number of service providers. Eisodus team became part of Tejas Networks in 2007. I served as Technology Advisor to Tejas Networks during 2007-09.
The company was featured in Light Reading.
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Incubation and Mentoring of Panchsheel Research Private Limited
Power & Fuel (P&F) expenses constitute majority of operating expenses of a cellular wireless network, and Diesel alone constitutes ~40% of overall Power & Fuel (P&F) expenses. We have developed an innovative tool using advanced machine learning analytics and optimization techniques that can significantly reduce the Operational Expense (OPEX). The technology has been field tested in several sites and has demonstrated close to 30% reduction in OPEX. This patented technology is now being commercialized by Panchsheel Research Pvt Ltd founded by my former student.
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Consulting and Advisory Role
I have provided consultancy to many industries (completed 30 projects) in network planning and design, technology choice, procurement, installation; performance analysis and audit of networks; design and implementation of network protocols; due-diligence of technical capabilities for investment, taxation and validation matters on technology components.
Board Level Roles

Ex-officio Member, Governing Council, National Power Training Institute, since January 2022-

Trustee, Ekal Sansthan, 2021-

Member, Governing Board, UGC-DAE Consortium of Scientific Research, Indore, July 2021-2024

Member, Board of Governors, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communications Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar, July 2021-24

Chairman, Board of Governors, Board of Apprenticeship Training (Northern Region), Kanpur, 2021-

Member, Executive Council, India Police Foundation, January 2019

Board Member, Board of Management, National Rail and Transport Institute, Ministry of Railways, 2018-21, 2021-24

Board Member, Board of Directors, CSC Wi-Fi Choupal Services India Pvt. Ltd., since 2017

Ex-officio Member, Governing Council, National Testing Agency, since April 2018-

Member, Governing Council, Telecom Standards Development Society (TSDSI), 2018-2020, 2020-2022

Ex-officio Member, Governing Council, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Raebareli, 2019

Ex-officio Member, Institute Body, AIIMS Gorakhpur, 2020

Ex-officio Member, Governing Body, AIIMS Gorakhpur, 2020-
Ex-officio Member, National Medical Advisory Council, 2020

Ex-officio Member, Board of Governors, IIIT Allahabad 2018-

Ex-officio Member, Board of Governors, MNNIT Allahabad, 2018-

Ex-officio Member, Executive Council, AKTU Lucknow, 2018-

Ex-officio Member, Academic Council, AKTU Lucknow, 2018-
Advisory Roles

Chairman, IT-Projects Advisory Committee, SEBI, 2021-24

Member, Academic Advisory Committee, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), 2021-

Member, Strategic Research Advisory Council (SRAC), Center for the Digital Future (CDF), 2021-

Member, Governing Body, Technology Innovation Hub (TiH), IIIT Delhi, 2020

Member, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Education Council, 2020-21, 2021-22

Member, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Telecom and Broadband, 2020-21, 2021-22

Member, CII Task Force on Digital Infrastructure, 2020-21

Member, Management Board, Extreme Photonics Innovation Center (EPIC), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Bombay, 2020-21

Member, Advisory Committee, Samajik Nyay Sandesh, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, 2020-21

Member, Advisory Committee, 5G Use Cases Lab for Banking, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), 2021

Member, BHEL R&D Advisory Council, January 2019

Member, Strategy Advisory Committee, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited, December 2018-2023

Honorary Patron, Defence Infrastructure Planning and Management Council of India (DIPMC), 2018

Advisory Board of Saankhya Labs, 2020-

Advisory Board of Pinnacle Digital, 2016-
Past Positions - Board and Advisory Levels

Chairman, Board of Governors, Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, Guwahati, October 2018 - February 2022

Board Member, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, August 2018-2021

Part-time, Non-official Director and Chairman Audit Committee, Central Electronics Limited, a public sector undertaking since 2017-2020 (Special Invitee since April 2020-October 2021)

Member (Part time), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), January 2018 - January 2021

Nominee Director, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), since 2017 - 2019

Board Member, Board of Directors, IITB Research Park Foundation, a Section 8 company, since 2016 - 2019

Board Member, Board of Directors, Center for Innovation VNIT (CIVN), a Section 25 company, VNIT, Nagpur, since 2012 - 2019

Chairman, Governing Council, Telecom Standards Development Society India (TSDSI), a Registered Society under Societies registration Act-1860, Delhi, since 2013- October 2018

Member, Governing Board, Society of Innovations and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay, a registered society, 2015-2018
