Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad

Ravi Prasad is a highly experienced entrepreneur and consultant with 25 years of expertise in high technology industries in the USA and India. He has co-promoted several high-tech companies and advised dozens of corporations in India and abroad, building excellent contacts among politicians, civil servants, and journalists. He excels in assisting high-tech multinationals in marketing their products and services in India, obtaining regulatory approvals from the central and state governments, and entering into joint ventures with Indian partners.

Prasad studied physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and also completed his master's in electrical and computer engineering and metallurgical engineering and materials science from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He's also certified in lead assay with honors from the European Union ESPRIT BOOTSTRAP Institute EEIG.

Prasad's expertise in export orders for Indian software development companies has made him a trusted advisor to a large number of corporations. Additionally, he's an active writer on high-tech matters, contributing to publications like Tech Central Station, Times of India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Telegraph, Economic Times, Financial Express, Hindu Business Line, RealPolitik, Observer of Business & Politics.

His experience as a researcher includes robotics and electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and materials science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has also served as a graduate student and national science talent scholar at the Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.