The Team

Blended team. Real experience.

Collectively 100+ years of experience. Thinkers, founders, operators, engineers, and policy professionals — from research, industry, and government.

Leadership

The people steering CRID

Setting CRID's direction across research, technology, strategy, and design.

Dr. Pardeep Garg

Dr. Pardeep Garg

CEO

IISc PhD · MIT Post-doc · 3× Entrepreneur

Prashant Kumar

Prashant Kumar

CTO

Masters in Energy & AI, IISc

Dr. Prasenjit Kabi

Dr. Prasenjit Kabi

Chief Research Officer

IISc PhD · Post-doc, UOL London

Sankalp Purwar

Sankalp Purwar

CSO

DTU Graduate · Ex-ISMA

Dr. Ravi Singh

Dr. Ravi Singh

Senior Consultant

IISc PhD

Mansi Agarwal

Mansi Agarwal

Graphics Designer

Manipal University

Bipul Krishna Saha

Bipul Krishna Saha

Senior Research Fellow

Arkajyoti Shome

Arkajyoti Shome

Senior Research Fellow

Staff Members

The team doing the work

Engineers, analysts, researchers, and policy professionals across our five programs.

Yogita Garg

Yogita Garg

Executive Assistant

Rohan Patra

Rohan Patra

Research Officer

Sandipan Paul

Sandipan Paul

AI Engineer

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology

Pragati Mishra

Pragati Mishra

Brand Strategist

Deepanshi Mishra

Deepanshi Mishra

Research Officer

Adithya Prasad

Adithya Prasad

AI Engineer

Sayan Bhattacharjee

Sayan Bhattacharjee

Engagement Officer

Akash N.

Akash N.

Engagement Officer

100+
Years combined experience
Founding journeys
5
World-class institutions
2
Continents represented

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