Kamalesh Dwivedi is an IIT Kanpur-trained engineer who served as CIO for multiple large corporations during major transformations and more than two dozen M&A situations before becoming a venture investor, bringing direct operational experience from helping generate multi-billion-dollar returns in global private equity portfolio companies. He focuses on early-stage, technology-powered startups across the US and India with specific expertise in AI, Software Defined Networking, and blockchain-based distributed applications, while also serving as an educator and institution builder through his mentor-in-residence role at IIT Gandhinagar and endowed chairs at IIT Kanpur.