1. Kris Gopalakrishnan is one of the co-founders of Infosys, having served as its CEO and managing director from 2007 to 2011 and vice chairman from 2011 to 2014.
16 Facts About Kris Gopalakrishnan
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of the Vision Group on Information Technology of Karnataka Government, the chairman of RBIH, and the chairman of CII Centre of Excellence in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is President of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of Itihaasa Research and Digital which publishes the history of the Indian IT industry as microsite as well as reports on industrial and academic research in India.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan invests in promoting research on Brain sciences, ageing ageing-related disorders as well as investing in start-ups and start-up ecosystems.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan holds master's degrees in physics and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers and an Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers of India.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan studied at the Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan started his career as a software engineer with Patni Computer Systems, Mumbai, in 1979.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan has used some of his wealth - as of May 30,2023, according to Forbes, estimated at $2.9 billion, towards causes such as health research, specifically brain science as well as technology-driven innovation that has a direct impact on society.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is the donor of the largest philanthropic gift ever received by the 105-year-old institute from an individual.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan has contributed an additional crores to set up distinguished visiting chairs in Neurocomputing and Data Science at the IISc Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology Madras of Chennai.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is chairing the governing board of India's crore National Mission on Cyber-Physical System Technologies which is overseeing the establishment of 25 hubs related to CPS and allied technologies.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan has furthered ageing research in India through the Srinivasapura Aging Neuro Senescence and Cognition Study, and GenomeIndia, a pan-India initiative focused on Whole Genome Sequencing of 10,000 individuals from representative populations across India.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is supporting the Accelerator Program for Discovery in Brain Disorders using Stem Cells at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan is on the Board of Swasth Digital Health Foundation, a not-for-profit consortium charting an innovative healthcare model in India.