An engineering graduate from BITS Pilani (Class of '95), Venkat has held various engineering positions in the field of Software Product and IT Application Development in companies like Aditi, Citigroup, Honeywell, Microsoft and Dell. Venkat is a passionate technologist who is excited about applying technology to solve chronic social challenges of India, and eVidyaloka is a dream to be realized in that direction, in the form of a social enterprise. For him, the move from a corporate job to the development sector is a conscious profession change and Venkat believes in applying the professional competencies gained towards the execution of a larger social initiative.