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The Prakash Team
Pawan Sinha, Ph.D.
Associate professor of neuroscience at MIT. Founder of Project Prakash. Research expertise in brain mechanisms of learning and vision. Honors include the National Academies’ Troland Award, the Alfred Sloan Fellowship, the James McDonnell Scholars Award and the John Merck Fellowship.
Rajiv Arora, M.Sc. and B.E.
Director, Prakash Projects. Extensive expertise in corporate start-up and business development. Until recently Director - Indian Subcontinent and Director - Sales, Marketing & Business Planning -AP at Delphi Product & Service Solutions.
Kailash Thadani, MBA
Director, Development. Spearheading major fundraising and infrastructure development initiatives in India. Founder and CEO of Myra Services. Expertise in large-scale real-estate project management.
Pamela R. Lipson, Ph.D.
Founder of Imagen Inc. Research expertise in vision and artificial intelligence. Honors include the George Sprowls Award for Exceptional Research at MIT, the TR100, the MIT 50K Entrepreneurship Prize and the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award.
Danielle Flug, S.B.
Expertise in cognitive neuroscience in both basic and applied domains. Research experience at Good Inc – a prominent media organization for communicating work in the non-profit and social entrepreneurship sectors.
Yuri Ostrovsky, S.B.
Graduate student at MIT. Research expertise in visual neuroscience and computational modeling of visual learning. Entrepreneurial experience in neurotechnology ventures, especially in the domain of service delivery to disadvantaged populations.
Richard M. Held, Ph.D.
Emeritus professor at MIT. Research expertise in visual and motor development. Member of the National Academy of Sciences. Past chairman of the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Director of the New England College of Optometry.
Nelson Meehan, S.B.
Undergraduate degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT. Extensive experience in managing large-scale corporate projects.
Prerna Tewari, S.B.
Medical student in Bangalore, India. Experience in social work and extensive knowledge of the eastern Gangetic plain region which is amongst the most impoverished in India.
Tapan Gandhi, M.Tech.
Graduate student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Research experience in rehabilitative technology, computational neuroscience and in visual assessment of the blind.