| B.Tech. (Electronics)
IIT-Madras; M.S. (Electrical Engg) Rice University, Houston;
Ph.D.(Electrical Engg) Stanford University, California. Joined
the Department of Computer Science & Engg, I.I.T., Madras
as an Assistant Professor in 1989, rose to Professor and Head
of the Department.
Cofounder of the TeNeT Group of IIT-Madras, founding Director
of NMSWorks Software Ltd, n-Logue Communications Ltd, Nilgiri
Networks Ltd and the IIT-Madras Rural Technology Business
Incubator (IITM RTBI).
Since January 2010, the first full-time Director of the Indian
Institute of Technology, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), also Professor
in its School of Computing & Electrical Engineering.
Interests: design and performance of computer and telecom
networks. With emphasis on innovative and low-cost product
and technology development for Indian and international industry.
Fostering software development in small towns and rural areas.
Education for engineers of the future.
Led or advised the software system design for product/technology
development in telecom area. Commercially-successful products
include Nova thin-clients, Grammateller Rural Automatic Teller
Machine, corDECT Broadband Wireless Local Loop System, CygNet
Network Management System for telecom, BlueBill telecom billing
software and the LAN-T trainer kit for colleges. Sold in India
and several foreign countries.
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| Title: Cloud
Computing for India
Abstract: Cloud computing
is making its presence felt in India. In the next few years,
we will see rapid proliferation of wireless data networks
and of low-cost smart devices even to far-flung rural corners.
As the cloud becomes mainstream in India, will the cloud serve
our needs and aspirations as a sovereign people, or will we
become subservient to the cloud? In this talk, we speculate
on the cloud in India's future based on extrapolation of personal
computing hardware capabilities. There are several possibilities
including corporate, public and community clouds. Key to having
a cloud that serves India is control and ownership of data.
This gives rise to a number of technical challenges. We outline
the changes needed in today's cloud to serve India in the
decades ahead, changes that will provide many opportunities
for researchers and industry.
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