Vivek Raghavan
Co-founder, Sarvam AI
He spent over a decade helping build Aadhaar, the world's largest biometric ID system, before setting out to build India its own AI.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- Co-founder, Sarvam AI
- Studied
- Carnegie Mellon University, IIT Delhi
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Spent 20 years in chip design software, founding, running and selling two electronic design automation companies.
indiaspeakersbureau.in - Side project
Worked as a volunteer on Aadhaar's technology platform, joining as the first ID was issued and staying until the billionth was generated.
indiaspeakersbureau.in - Side project
Was volunteer CTO for Team Indus, India's entry in the Google Lunar X-Prize to land a spacecraft on the moon.
indiaspeakersbureau.in - Connection
Sat on the Supreme Court of India's AI committee that rolled out SUVAS, software that translates judgments into Indian languages.
indiaspeakersbureau.in - In their words
Says Indians are "exporting our data and importing intelligence," like exporting cotton and importing cloth a century ago.
time.com
Career
- Sarvam AICo-founder2023 to now
- EkStep FoundationChief AI Evangelist2020–2023
- Magma Design AutomationVice President, Product Development and Managing Director India2004–2010
- Synopsys
- Avant! Corporation
Education
- PhD, Electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1993
- MS, Electrical and computer engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- BTech, Electrical engineering, IIT Delhi, 1989