Who We Are
Who We Are
Mission and Vision
Vision: To inspire and equip individuals globally with the tools and knowledge to navigate successful career paths.
Mission: Our mission is to empower individuals by providing personalized and comprehensive career guidance, nurturing their growth and helping them achieve their full potential in their careers.
Trustees
Venkatesh Raman
Venkatesh Raman holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from University of Waterloo, Canada. Since 1991, he was a faculty at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), in the theoretical computer science group, specialising in data structures and algorithms where he has published over 100 papers in international conferences and journals and has supervised over a dozen PhD students. After retirement in November 2024, he has been holding adjunct positions at IIT Palakkad, IIT Gandhinagar and SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur.
Venkatesh Raman is passionate about teaching, and he has conducted several faculty development programs in Algorithms throughout the country. He has been a member of the council of ACM India (india.acm.org) during July 2016-June 2026, during which time he helped initiate several programs including summer/winter schools and ROCS.
He had his childhood education at Palayankottai in Tirunelveli district, and after a BSc in Mathematics from Madurai Kamaraj University, he graduated with an MSc in Mathematics at IIT Kanpur.
Ananthanarayanan Velu
Faculty at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Graduate electronics and communication engineer with post graduate engineering in Computer Science and Engineering. He was awarded Ph.D by Faculty of Information and Communication Engineering, Anna University, Chennai for his research works in the area of wireless heterogeneous networks. He has more than 29 years of teaching experience in various technical institutions.
Raja N
Consulting Machine Learning Scientist, Chennai
Raja N brings over 17 years of experience in machine learning, AI, and data science, spanning industry and academia. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Data Science and AI at IIT Madras. He spent much of his industry career in fintech, taking on both deep technical and leadership roles. Earlier in his career, he worked with Global Analytics, a U.S.-based fintech company, and subsequently led Data Science and AI at FundsIndia, then India’s largest online mutual fund aggregator. He later joined a startup in the C-suite. He has also founded and led an AI consulting firm, helping organizations solve business problems using data and AI. His experience spans hands-on AI and machine learning, building and scaling data and AI functions, developing AI driven products, and leading teams at the intersection of technology and business. He holds a master’s degree from IIT Madras, specializing in Data Science and AI.
Advisors
Ashwin Raman
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Spine AI, Toronto
Ashwin is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Spine AI, a Toronto and San Francisco based company backed by Y Combinator. He was formerly at Amazon where he holds patents in dynamic language model loading for offline Alexa and optimizing data streaming in AWS Aurora MySQL. As the first engineering hire, he played a pivotal role in building the AWS team in Toronto, conducting interviews and training staff to become interviewers and on-call engineers. His work contributed to bot mitigation and experimentation platforms at Instacart. Prior to Amazon and Instacart, Ashwin worked on performance and heat balancing algorithms at Nvidia. Ashwin holds a BASc. in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Balaji Rajagopalan
Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder,
Professor Rajagopalan Balaji, a distinguished academic at CU Boulder, specializes in interdisciplinary research areas such as hydro-climatology, water resources management, and paleoclimate. Formerly chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (CEAE), his work on improving water resource management in the Western USA, notably the Colorado River System, earned him accolades including the Partners In Conservation Award. With over 210 peer-reviewed articles, he has made significant contributions to prestigious journals like Science and Nature Geoscience. Recognized as a Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellow (2023-2025) and Fellow of ASCE, AGU, and CIRES, his achievements underscore his dedication to advancing climate research and engineering.
R. Ramanujam
R. Ramanujam, President of the Mathematics Teachers Association of India
R. Ramanujam, a distinguished academic, holds a PhD in Computer Science from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. He served as a faculty member at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, and currently holds visiting professor positions at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, and Tsinghua University, Beijing. Notably, he is President of the Mathematics Teachers Association of India and Editor of Thulir, a Tamil monthly science magazine for children. Recognized for his significant contributions, he received the 2020 Indira Gandhi Award for Science Popularization in Indian languages from the Indian National Science Academy.
G. Baskaran
G. Baskaran, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
G. Baskaran, a renowned theoretical physicist, delves into quantum phenomena, with a focus on room temperature superconductivity and novel quantum phases. Fascinated by nature, biology, and neuroscience, his educational journey began in Tamil medium at St. Mary’s High School, followed by studies in physics at Thiagarajar College and The American College in Madurai. He earned his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. As Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, and Distinguished Professor at IIT Madras, his expertise is internationally recognized, earning him fellowships from IASc, INSA, and TWAS, along with prestigious awards such as the ICTP Award, S.S. Bhatnagar Award, and G.N. Ramachandran Award for Theoretical Physics. He also engages in popular science lectures and writings in Tamil, showcasing his dedication to science communication.
Volunteers
- Sonia Garcha
- Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan
- Esha Khanna
- Niveditha Narasimhan
- Haaniya Iram
- Leelavathi Vadlamudi