Hi, I’m Nikhil Velpanur. This website will (hopefully) be a running stream of thoughts as I navigate this world, carrying the burden of progress, in uncertain times.
Nikhil Velpanur leads Digital Innovation, Web3 and the Joint Innovation Centre program for AWS Public Sector. He was previously part of the founding team heading partnerships, fundraising and public policy at the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a nonprofit research lab applying AI for social good. Before that he helped setup Garage5B, a skunkworks and new ventures arm of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. investing in seed stage health tech startups. He also started Brahma3, India’s first indigenously developed 3D printer, helped set up Wild Seve, a large-scale wildlife conservation effort, started the INK fellows program, ran a counterculture magazine called Strange Brew amongst other startup efforts. Nikhil is a 2009 TED Fellow, and deeply passionate about the application of technology for social impact.