Vinay L Deshpande

Chairman & CEO Encore Software Limited BE (Electronics & Communications), Osmania University, Hyderabad and MSEE (Digital Systems), Stanford University, USA (including the Simputer as well as the SATHI military handheld), CNC, SCADA, Compilers, PC-BIOS, PCMCIA, DSP Software for modems, speech coders, VoIP, Video set-top boxes, and several embedded products, and, recently, the Mobilis and SofComp affordable information appliances. Worked in various capacities in design engineering with leading IT products companies in the US and Germany. He co-founded Processor Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd., PSI Data Systems Ltd., and Ncore Technology Pvt. Ltd. (which became Encore Software Ltd. in December 2000). Since 1999, he has also been the Managing Trustee of The Simputer Trust. Achievements Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering Fellow of the Computer Society of India Senior Member, IEEE Named by the World Economic Forum, in 2001 and 2002, as one of the 100 Technology Pioneers in the world Sir M. Visvesvaraya Senior Scientist State Award from Govt of Karnataka, 2003, for lifetime contribution in Science and Technology Winner of the 1st Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Information Technology, instituted by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, April 2002 Honourable Mention, Asian Innovation Award, Far Eastern Economic Review,2002 VASVIK Award in Electrical & Electrical Sciences & Technology, 2006 Member, R&D Working Group, Prime Ministers Information Technology Task Force, 1998 President, Manufacturers Association for Information Technology (2000 – 2002) Chairman, Research Advisory Council, Electronics Research & Development Centres of India (2001 – 2003) Vice-Chairman, Karnataka State Hardware Task Force, 2003-2004 Chairman, Karnataka State Council, CII, 2003-2004 Chairman, Education Subcommittee, CII Southern Region, 2006-2008 Member, CII National Committee on Technology, since 2004-2011 Nominated to the International Whos Who, June 2005 Member, Board of Advisers, NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, IIM-Bangalore Member, Board of Governors, Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore Member, Board of Advisers, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur Member, Corporate Advisory Board, SRM University, Chennai