Venkatesh Valluri

Venkatesh Valluri is the founder and Chairman of “Valluri Technology Accelerators” and “Valluri Change Foundation”. 

He was associated with various global Industries for over 30 years and has Leadership, Technology and Management experiences spanning the regions of India, Europe, and the US. He served as the Chairman of the Board for Ingersoll Rand India’s public company and was a member of the global leadership Executive council of the company until 2015.

Before joining Ingersoll Rand, he was associated with the global measurement technology leader, Agilent Technologies (a spin off from Hewlett Packard), as its Chairman & President for its Indian subsidiary for a period of six years. Prior to Agilent he held various global leadership roles at GE (General Electric).

He served as the member of TERI’s Executive Council (The Energy and Resources Institute) between 2010 and 2016. Valluri also served as the Chairman of the National Committee on Technology of CII between 2012 and 2015 and currently serves on the Prime Minister’s Fellowship scheme for Doctoral Research grants. He has been a Member of the Karnataka Knowledge commission for developing Machine & Artificial Intelligence initiatives in the State. He was the member of the Advisory Board of FICCI’s Skills Development initiative.

Venkatesh Valluri holds a Bachelor’s in Technology in Electronics and a MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.