SUNMOKSHA - Key Persons


Aklavya Sharan

Job Titles:
  • Associate
10-years industry experience and 13-years research experience on sensors, AI/ML, and sound & image analysis. Holds US and Indian patents. He is a lead researcher at Brainware University-SunMoksha Centre for Smart Agriculture.

Ameet Deshpande

Job Titles:
  • Engineering

Atul Bhatnagar

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Strategy
Three decades of in software solutions, renewable-energy cooling systems, and management of technical resources & critical activities for JAGUAR Fighter Aircraft at IAF. R&D, manufacturability, procurement, commissioning, maintenance, fault analysis and deployment of RE-based cooling systems. DME & BE, Indian Air Force

Ayushi Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Research
Design and development of IoT hardware and firmware. Predictive modeling with ML algorithms. Field deployment and commissioning of IoT devices. Technical support, troubleshooting, and systems upgrades.

DESI Power

Job Titles:
  • Director
Director DESI Power. Over two decades in rural development, microgrids and renewable energy.

Dipankar Bhattacharyay

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Dr. Ashok K. Das - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Gopal S. Awasthi

Job Titles:
  • Operations
A decade and a half in business development for IT, microgrids, rural solutions, energy and water management, community engagement, relationship management. B.Tech., VTU.

Hari Sharan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, DESI Power
Over 20 years of industry experience in the power generation, automotive, robotics, and semiconductor fields. Currently a faculty at the University of Buffalo. Research concentrates on design methodologies and novel control techniques for renewable energy, design methods to enhance productivity and longevity of wind turbines and microgrids. B.S., Missouri University of Science and Technology. M.S. and Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin.

Hema Hattangady

Job Titles:
  • Angel Investor, Former CEO Conzerv Systems

L. A. Comp

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in the School of Aerospace & Mechanical
L. A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Co-director of Systems Realization Laboratory, research focused on collaboratively defining the emerging frontier for the "intelligent" decision-based realization of cyber-physical-social systems. Fellow ASME, Associate Fellow AIAA. B. Tech., IIT Kharagpur, India; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Reji Kumar Pillai

Job Titles:
  • President, India Smart Grid Forum and Chairman, Global Smart Grid Federation
60+ years of international experience in power and energy sectors and over 30 years as a rural development practitioner. R&D in advanced fossil fuel plants; board level management in the power sector; national level policy planning and implementation of advanced technologies and emerging RETs. Pioneer in rural microgrids with biomass gasifier. BE, BIT Sindri; Ph.D., Manchester University.

Shreedhar Rao

Job Titles:
  • Business Development
A decade of experience in power plant engineering, rural electrification, renewable energy, smart microgrids, field engineering, village survey & mobilization. B.Tech., VTU, M.Tech. DSI, Bangalore, India.

Sir Brian Heap

Job Titles:
  • Smart Villages Research Group, Cambridge, UK

Swetank Shekhar

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisor - Investor