Prior to joining Plaksha, Dr. Srikant Srinivasan was an Associate Professor in the School of Computing & Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, where he was also the Associate Dean (courses). He graduated with a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, USA and was awarded an Outstanding Dissertation in Magnetism award by the American Physical Society, as well as a student innovator award for developing nanomagnet-based computing devices as an alternative to traditional silicon transistors.
Subsequently, he worked as a Post-doc, Data Scientist and later as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in interdisciplinary engineering domains such as materials informatics and high-throughput plant phenotyping at the Iowa State University, before joining IIT Mandi. At IIT Mandi, he was working on sponsored research projects related to precision agriculture and was also strongly involved in interdisciplinary curriculum design and execution for undergraduate students. Dr. Srinivasan was the PI for the multi-institution collaboration – FarmerZone, which delivers agricultural advisories to farmers across multiple states in India.
