Mridula worked as a Research Associate with the renowned Prof.Yanofsky at Stanford University conducting research on Trytophan gene. She followed this up with her research under the eminent Prof.Graham Hatfull, Eberly Professor of Biology at University of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mridula has co-authored a publication in Cell Biology.

Mridula has also worked with research institutions in Chennai like the Voluntary Health Services (VHS) and Anna University Research Center, Chennai investigating Diabetes Mellitis and its types & effects.

Mridula is an accomplished danseuse in her own right and has a host of awards, most recently the "Yuvakala Bharathi" award by Bharat Kalachar. She runs her own dance school ("Silambam") in both Hyderabad and Pittsburgh with more than two dozen students. She has taken part in various dance festivals and has danced in various venues around the world, including most of the cities in USA, Singapore and India. She held the prestigious post of Cultural Chair of the S.V.Temple, Pittsburgh, USA and has organized and hosted many large cultural events.

Mridula brings her research & management experience to TechGaruda and serves as its President.

Vikram Vijayaraghavan has more than a dozen years experience with complex, large-scale computing systems, especially in the area of operating systems, distributed systems & networking. He is a strong advocate of using and developing open source technologies in the field of computing.

Vikram has a Masters in both Computer Science (with Distinction in Research) & Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California. During his time at Stanford he worked with a number of leading Professors in the Computer Science department and published academic papers & posters in various conferences in the field of wireless networks, ubiquituous systems & network systems. He also worked with Dr.John Barton as a Research Associate in the HPL Research Labs, Palo Alto working on ubiquituous computing systems. During this time, he also served as a consultant for a variety of technology companies in and around the Bay Area.

Vikram was one of the key engineers at Efficient Frontier (www.efrontier.com), the world leader in SEM with over $750 million in revenue, where he designed and developed a lot of their core systems from scratch relating to job scheduling, data synchronization engine and other critical parts of the system infrastructure. Vikram then started Efficient Frontier India in 2005 and grew it into the central hub of all engineering for Efficient Frontier worldwide building offices in Chennai & Bangalore with more than three dozen highly qualified engineers.

Vikram also holds a B.L degree from Madras Law College and is an Advocate cum Partner in the renowned taxation law firm Subbaraya Aiyar, Padmanabhan & Ramamani, Chennai. He also works with T.P.Ostwal & Associates (Mumbai), rated India's top Tier-II International taxation firm, as an International Taxation consultant.

Vikram co-founded Vulcantech Software to fill the pressing need for quality, high-tech outsourcing and acts as its Chief Technical Officer (CTO) overseeing the the company's technical operations completely.

Vikram sits on the board/governing councils of various educational & cultural institutions in Chennai and is an invited speaker for many technical symposiums and educational events.

Dr. Anand Nandkumar is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Indian School of Business. Anand's research explores industry and firm level phenomena that influences innovation - the generation and distribution of new "ideas" and entrepreneuship - the process by which, new ideas are commercialized and brought to the market.

Anand graduated with a PhD in Public Policy and Management, with a focus in strategy and entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University University in 2008. Prior to his PhD, Anand worked for about 3 years with a start-up in the silicon valley and prior to that in New York city with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

Prof.Anand also holds a Masters from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and he is also a Certified Public Accountant (CA). From time to time, Anand also consults on various aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation for many startups and companies worldwide and assists TG with his deep insights on innovation in his post as an Advisor to the company.