Bio
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration" - Thomas Edison
Gaurav Suri is a Founder and Trustee of Plaksha University. Gaurav is the CEO of Arcesium. Gaurav was formerly a Managing Director and Head of Information Technology and Software Development for the DE Shaw group. From 1996 until Arcesium's launch in 2015, he focused on developing proprietary software associated with the DE Shaw group's investment management activities and building out the firm's software development operations in Hyderabad, India. He also oversaw the DE Shaw group's office in Hyderabad. Gaurav started his career in research at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where his research interests included large-scale, reliable distributed systems.