Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship - 1 Year, classroom program, AI/ML centric

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The Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship (TLF) is a one year, fully residential, post-graduate program to nurture leaders in technology who are:

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Passionate about
designing scalable
tech-centric solutions

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Constantly tinkering,
making and trying
new ideas

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Excited by the thought of creating impact at scale

Does this describe you?

60 handpicked Fellows from diverse backgrounds

Liberal Scholarships | From 25% to 100%

Top-notch faculty from around the world

UC Berkeley, Purdue University, UMichigan, UPenn, Google, IBM

One year, fully residential experience

Aug 31, 2020 to July 2021

Anuranjita Kumar, Managing Director HR, The Royal Bank of Scotland says TLF will be a trendsetter with its unique course design

Anuranjita Kumar, Managing Director HR, The Royal Bank of Scotland says TLF will be a trendsetter with its unique course design

Plaksha Founders' view on how TLF will nurture tech leaders who will solve big real-world challenges and create impact.

Dr. Sastry, former Dean of Engineering, UC Berkeley, elucidates why TLF is one-of-its-kind postgraduate program

Dr. Raman, Sr Associate Dean of Faculty, Purdue University, feels TLF is an ideal combination of technology and social sciences and learning-by-doing

Over 70+ industry leaders, tech entrepreneurs and senior academicians from across the world have come together to found Reimagining Higher Education Foundation. TLF is being offered as a one year, full time, certificate program by Reimagining Higher Education Foundation. The program has been designed to create tech leaders who will lead organizations, build path-breaking ventures and help solve real world challenges for India and the world.


TLF is an outcome of the collective founding vision. The program has been designed to create tech leaders who will lead organizations, build path-breaking ventures and help solve real world challenges for India and the world.


The first-of-its-kind, TLF interweaves Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with real-world application, leadership and mentorship.


The curriculum has been designed by a Program Committee of academicians and cutting-edge AI and ML practitioners and researchers.


TLF is built on four intertwined threads: Data-X coursework (AI and ML, design and systems thinking), Real-world Projects (Challenge Lab and Capstone Project), Guest Sessions by domain experts, business leaders and entrepreneurs, and Leadership and Mentorship. The Capstone will be intense AI and ML centric projects across three months at leading corporations or research labs.

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Plaksha Tech Leaders Fellowship

Founding Group

Co-Founded by over 70+ business leaders and technology entrepreneurs across five countries.

Academic Advisory Board

The vision is being guided by eminent academicians and thought leaders across the world.

Abhijit Banerjee

Nobel Laureate
Professor of Economics, MIT
Co-founder, J-PAL

Anant Agarwal

Founder and CEO, edX
Professor of EECS,
MIT

Arvind Raman

Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty, Purdue University

Ashish Nanda

Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad
Senior Lecturer, HBS

BN Jain

Former Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Professor, IIT Delhi

Frances Ligler

Professor at NC State
and UNC Chapel Hill

James Holloway

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of New Mexico

Julia Ross

Dean of Engineering,
Virginia Tech

Kaushik Basu

Professor of Economics and
Carl Marks Professor of
International Studies
Cornell University

Pankaj Jalote

Founding Director,
IIIT-Delhi

Shankar Sastry

Former Dean of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Sharad Malik

Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University

Sriram Rajamani

Distinguished, Scientist and Managing Director, Microsoft Research India

Yannis C. Yortsos

Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California

TLF Program Committee

Leading academicians and practitioners in AI, ML, Data Science and Leadership, have helped shape the curriculum.

Ananda Sen Gupta

Vice President, Nagarro
Founder, Trackmybeat
MBA (IIM Calcutta)
B. Tech. (IIT Delhi)

Ananda Sen Gupta

Vice President, Nagarro
Founder, Trackmybeat
MBA (IIM Calcutta)
B. Tech. (IIT Delhi)

Dr. BN Jain

Former Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Former Deputy Director, IIT Delhi
Ph.D. (Stony Brook University)
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur)

Dr. BN Jain

Former Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani
Former Deputy Director, IIT Delhi
Ph.D. (Stony Brook University)
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur)

Dr. Devavrat Shah

Director, Statistics and Data Science Center, MIT
Ph.D. (Stanford University)
B. Tech. (IIT Bombay)

Dr. Devavrat Shah

Director, Statistics and Data Science Center, MIT
Ph.D. (Stanford University)
B. Tech. (IIT Bombay)

Dr. Ikhlaq Sidhu

Faculty Director & Chief Scientist
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. & M.S. ( Northwestern University)

Dr. Ikhlaq Sidhu

Faculty Director & Chief Scientist
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. & M.S. ( Northwestern University)

Dr. Nita Goyal

Research and Machine Intelligence
Google, Mountainview, CA
Ph.D. AI (Stanford University)
B. Tech. CS (IIT Kanpur)

Dr. Nita Goyal

Research and Machine Intelligence
Google, Mountainview, CA
Ph.D. AI (Stanford University)
B. Tech. CS (IIT Kanpur)

Dr. Vineet Gupta

Machine Learning Group,
Google Brain, Mountainview, CA
Ph.D. (Stanford University)
B. Tech. CS (IIT Kanpur)

Dr. Vineet Gupta

Machine Learning Group,
Google Brain, Mountainview, CA
Ph.D. (Stanford University)
B. Tech. CS (IIT Kanpur)

FACULTY

Dr. Andrew O. Brightman

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
Ph.D. (Purdue University)
B.S. (North Carolina State University)

Dr. Andrew O. Brightman

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice, Purdue University
Ph.D. (Purdue University)
B.S. (North Carolina State University)

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Dr. David Chesney

Toby Teorey Collegiate Lecturer CSE, University of Michigan
Former Engineer, General Motors
Ph.D. & M.S. (Michigan State University)

Dr. David Chesney

Toby Teorey Collegiate Lecturer CSE, University of Michigan
Former Engineer, General Motors
Ph.D. & M.S. (Michigan State University)

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Dr. Dharmendra Saraswat

Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Purdue University

Dr. Dharmendra Saraswat

Associate Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Purdue University

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Dr. Dipankar Gupta

Former Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Board Member - Reserve Bank of India, the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD)

Dr. Dipankar Gupta

Former Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Board Member - Reserve Bank of India, the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD)

Dr. Ikhlaq Sidhu

Faculty Director & Chief Scientist
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. & M.S. (Northwestern University)

Dr. Ikhlaq Sidhu

Faculty Director & Chief Scientist
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
Ph.D. & M.S. (Northwestern University)

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Dr. James Shanahan

Lecturer, UC Berkeley School of Information
Former Research Scientist, Xerox Research
Ph.D. ML (University of Bristol)

Dr. James Shanahan

Lecturer, UC Berkeley School of Information
Former Research Scientist, Xerox Research
Ph.D. ML (University of Bristol)

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Dr. James Weimer

Research Assistant Professor of CS, University of Pennsylvania
Research Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Ph.D. & M.S. (Carnegie Mellon University)

Dr. James Weimer

Research Assistant Professor of CS, University of Pennsylvania
Research Assistant Professor, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Ph.D. & M.S. (Carnegie Mellon University)

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Dr. Jitesh Panchal

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Ph.D. & M.S. (Georgia Tech)
B.Tech. (IIT Guwahati)

Dr. Jitesh Panchal

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
Ph.D. & M.S. (Georgia Tech)
B.Tech. (IIT Guwahati)

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Dr. Kenwyn Smith

Professor
Organizational Behaviour
University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Kenwyn Smith

Professor
Organizational Behaviour
University of Pennsylvania

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Dr. Pradeep Chibber

Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies
Director, Institute of International Studies

Dr. Pradeep Chibber

Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley
Indo-American Community Chair in India Studies
Director, Institute of International Studies

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Dr. Rajeev Barua

Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. & M.S. (MIT)
B.Tech. (IIT Delhi)

Dr. Rajeev Barua

Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. & M.S. (MIT)
B.Tech. (IIT Delhi)

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Dr. Ravi Kothari

Former Chief Scientist, IBM Research India
Professor of CS, Ashoka University
Ph.D. (West Virginia University)

Dr. Ravi Kothari

Former Chief Scientist, IBM Research India
Professor of CS, Ashoka University
Ph.D. (West Virginia University)

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Rachel Dzombak

Lecturer, UC Berkeley
College of Engineering and Haas School of Business. Research Scientist,
Blum Center for Developing Economies
Ph.D. & M.S. (UC Berkeley)

Rachel Dzombak

Lecturer, UC Berkeley
College of Engineering and Haas School of Business. Research Scientist,
Blum Center for Developing Economies
Ph.D. & M.S. (UC Berkeley)

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Dr. Sandeep Juneja

Professor and Dean
School of Technology and Computer Science
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Ph.D, (Stanford University)

Dr. Sandeep Juneja

Professor and Dean
School of Technology and Computer Science
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Ph.D, (Stanford University)

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Dr. Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Managing Trustee, IDF
Ex-Director, ISI
Former Advisor - Finance Minister, Government of India

Dr. Shubhashis Gangopadhyay

Managing Trustee, IDF
Ex-Director, ISI
Former Advisor - Finance Minister, Government of India

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Dr. Somali Chaterji

Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, Purdue University
Ph.D. (Purdue University)
B.S. (North Carolina State University)

Dr. Somali Chaterji

Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, Purdue University
Ph.D. (Purdue University)
B.S. (North Carolina State University)

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Dr. Sudheendra Hangal

Professor of the Practice in Computer Science, Ashoka University
Ph.D. & M.S. (Stanford University)
B.Tech. (IIT Delhi)

Dr. Sudheendra Hangal

Professor of the Practice in Computer Science, Ashoka University
Ph.D. & M.S. (Stanford University)
B.Tech. (IIT Delhi)

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Ananda Sen Gupta

Vice President, Nagarro
Founder, Trackmybeat
MBA (IIM Calcutta)
B. Tech. (IIT Delhi)

Ananda Sen Gupta

Vice President, Nagarro
Founder, Trackmybeat
MBA (IIM Calcutta)
B. Tech. (IIT Delhi)

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Anurag Sahay

Vice President, AI and Data Sciences
Nagarro

Anurag Sahay

Vice President, AI and Data Sciences
Nagarro

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Alexander Fred-Ojala

Technical Program Manager, Blockchain Xcelerator
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
M.Sc. Mathematical Statistics (Lund University)

Alexander Fred-Ojala

Technical Program Manager, Blockchain Xcelerator
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
M.Sc. Mathematical Statistics (Lund University)

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Balvinder Singh Sodhi

Country Manager
Vanto Group

Balvinder Singh Sodhi

Country Manager
Vanto Group

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David Law

Director, Global Academic Programs
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
CEO, Venture Dojo
MBA (Arizona State University)

David Law

Director, Global Academic Programs
Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
CEO, Venture Dojo
MBA (Arizona State University)

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Alok Mittal

Co-Founder & CEO
Indifi Technologies
Founding Member
Indian Angel Network

Alok Mittal

Co-Founder & CEO
Indifi Technologies
Founding Member
Indian Angel Network

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Drishan Arora

Software Engineer
Google
Mountain View, California

Drishan Arora

Software Engineer
Google
Mountain View, California

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Gaurav Sharma

VP Analytics
Indifi Technologies

Gaurav Sharma

VP Analytics
Indifi Technologies

Dr. Jai Ganesh

Senior Vice President
Head Mphasis NEXT Labs

Dr. Jai Ganesh

Senior Vice President
Head Mphasis NEXT Labs

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Ken Singer

Chief Learning Officer and MD
Sutarja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, UC Berkeley
Chair, European Innovation Academy Council

Ken Singer

Chief Learning Officer and MD
Sutarja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, UC Berkeley
Chair, European Innovation Academy Council

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Kingshuk Dasgupta

Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
Google, Massachusetts
B. Tech (IIT Kanpur), MBA (IIM Calcutta)

Kingshuk Dasgupta

Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering
Google, Massachusetts
B. Tech (IIT Kanpur), MBA (IIM Calcutta)

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Dr. Pramath Sinha

Founder & MD, 9.9 Group Private Limited
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur)
Ph.D. & M.S. (University of Pennsylvania)

Dr. Pramath Sinha

Founder & MD, 9.9 Group Private Limited
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur)
Ph.D. & M.S. (University of Pennsylvania)

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Dr. Sebastien Foucaud

Chief Data Officer
HRS Group, Germany
Ph.D. (Aix-Marseille University)
M.S. (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)

Dr. Sebastien Foucaud

Chief Data Officer
HRS Group, Germany
Ph.D. (Aix-Marseille University)
M.S. (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1)

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PROGRAM TEAM

Dhwaanii Arora

Associate

Dr. B.L. Ramakrishna

Chief Academic Advisor

Jeeva Mathew

Manager, Marketing & Outreach

Nina Mehta

Manager Communications

Pallavi Jain

Director, Strategy and Programs (on secondment from BCG)

Samridh Kudesia

Senior Associate

Siddhant Oswal

Associate

Srabani Ghosh

Director - Tech Leaders Fellowship

Vivek Neekhra

Manager Placement

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