The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is organising an Institute Lecture on Monday, May 26, 2025.

The details of the lecture are provided below:
 
Title: "ANRF Overview"
 
Speaker: Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Abstract: Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) has been recently established as a statutory body with a governing board chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister. This body is aimed at driving a significant transformation in research and innovation across all stakeholders in India. This includes all of government, academia (public, private), industry, startups, CSR, Foundations and diaspora. Collaboration across disciplines, teams vs individuals, institutions, international and quality/ impact will be a major focus. The talk will also outline principles and high level approaches. ANRF will consider (subject to discussion and EC/ GB approval) driving collaborations and investments across stakeholders.
 
About the Speaker: Dr. Shivkumar is the CEO of Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF). He was previously CTO, Energy Industry, Asia at Microsoft. Previously, he was Executive General Manager of Growth Offerings at GE Power Conversion responsible for new line of business development in e-Mobility, Commercial & Industrial Solar and digital/ AI innovations. Earlier he was at IBM Research - India, and the Chief Scientist of IBM Research - Australia. Before IBM, he was a tenured Full Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, USA. Shiv has degrees from IIT Madras (B.Tech, CS), Ohio State University (MS, PhD) and RPI (Executive MBA). Dr. Shiv is a Distinguished Alumnus awardee of IIT Madras (2021) & Ohio State University (2021), Fellow of the IEEE (2010), Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015), ACM Distinguished Scientist (2010), Microsoft Gold Club (2024) & MIT Technology Review TR100 young innovator (1999).