Speaker Name : Dr H Purushotham

About Speaker : Dr. H. Purushotham is currently holding the position of Chairman and Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) a Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. He obtained a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from Andhra University Visakhapatnam (1982), M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, M.B.A. from IGNOU and Ph.D. from Osmania University. He has acquired over 35 years of diverse experience across the innovation value chain by working at different government institutions of repute. He has also served as a Director in the NICCO Corporation, Andaman Fisheries Ltd. and Shilpi Aqua Culture Pvt. Ltd. and as an Investment Committee Member of UTI, India Ascent Venture Fund, Gujarat Venture Fund Ltd. and Venteneast VC Fund of APIDC and member of several committees of government bodies (DST, DSIR, MoMSME, MHRD, TIFAC, TDB, CSIR, etc.) promoting innovations. Now, as a CMD of NRDC, Dr. Purushotham is sphere heading Commercialisation of Innovative Technologies developed by various public-funded R&D Labs and Universities in the country and contributing significantly to Start-up India and Make in India Missions of Govt. of India. He has brought a turnaround in NRDC.