Mindfire's Board of Advisors consists of precious experience drawn from various fields.
Professor Bud Mishra, New York University
Bud Mishra is a professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Courant Institute of New York University, a Professor at the Watson School of Biological Sciences of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor of Human Genetics at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and a member of the Taub Urban Research Center of Wagner School of Public Policy, NYU. He received his I.Sc. degree from Utkal University (1975), B.Tech. (communication engineering) degree from Indian Institute of Technology (1980), M.S. (computer science) and Ph.D. (computer science) degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University (1983 & 1985). His research focuses on mathematical and algorithmic methods with applications to various real-life problems in robotics, computer science, finance and genomics. He is the author of the book ``Algorithmic Algebra'' (Texts and Monographs in Computer Science Series, Springer-Verlag, 1993). In 1997, Bud Mishra was CMU's Gaschnig/Oakly Memorial Distinguished Lecturer..
Professor V Raghavendra, IIT Kanpur
Dr Raghavendra is a Professor of Mathematics at IIT Kanpur, the leading engineering institute in India. He also heads the GATE (similar to GRE in the US) as Chairman. He has been a Professor at IIT Kanpur since 1983. He was also Professor at SPU University from 1977 to 1982. Dr Raghavendra has about 25 Research papers in international journals. He participates in several conferences, both in India and abroad. He has authored two books, published by Tata-McGraw Hill and Narosa Publishers.
Professor Subhash Wadhwa, IIT Delhi
Subhash Wadhwa is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi. Professor Wadhwa completed his doctoral studies at Ireland, and his research focus is on Supply Chain Optimization. He is an active member of the Indo-European Chambers of Commerce.
Narayan Dash, Telera Inc
Narayan is Lead Programmer and Chief Architect at Telera Inc. Telera is a leader in the Computer-Telephony convergence technologies, and Infrastructure provider for the Voice Web. Narayan has more than 12 years experience in the field of technology and computing. He began his career working for CMC, the Indian IT major. He moved to the US and worked with various technology companies, always close to his first-love: communications. Narayan is a self-confessed perfectionist, and stays with his wife and daughter in San Jose. Narayan is a Bachelor of Electronics from IIT Kanpur.
Srinivas Rengabashyam, Cisco Systems
Srinivas is a Senior Project Manager with Cisco Systems. Srinivas has worked with Cisco Systems for several years, and has always been with Cisco. Srinivas passed out as BS (CS) from BITS Pilani in India, before going on for his MS in CS from Northwestern University. Currently, Srinivas leads Cisco's efforts at Fault tolerant routing.
