"Manohar brings a wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Elina from having helped create PicoPeta Simputers, and we look forward to his contributions as a member of Elina's board of directors," said Shekar Nair, CEO, Elina. "Like PicoPeta, Elina is focussed on innovation and Manohar's insights and experience will be valuable in helping guide Elina in the years ahead."
"Elina's team and technology are poised to take on the best in the world," said Swami Manohar. "I'm really looking forward to working with Shekar and Elina's board to help with all the great things Elina is doing."
Swami Manohar is a co-founder of PicoPeta Simputers (acquired by Geodesic). After obtaining his PhD in C.Sc. from Brown University, he was a faculty at the University of North Carolina for two years and then was a faculty at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru between 1990 to 2005.
Swami Manohar has been a visiting faculty at Columbia University, University of Missouri and the University of Texas. While at IISc, he co-invented the Simputer, was awarded the Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in IT and pioneered the faculty entrepreneurship activity at IISc. He co-founded Strand Lifesciences (formerly Strand Genomics) and String Labs, the first academic incubating company in India. |
