27th Convocation 2019 MAHE 27th Convocation 2019 | Page 23

Mr Gopalakrishnan serves on the Board of Governors of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and is the chairman, Board of Governors of IIIT, Bangalore. He is the chairman of the Vision Group on Information Technology of Karnataka Government and the Chairman of the CII start-up council. Mr Gopalakrishnan is the chairman of Itihaasa Research and Digital, which publishes history of Indian IT industry as “itihaasa” app, as well as reports on industrial and academic research in India. Gopalakrishnan has contributed Rs 225 crores to develop a Centre for Brain Research at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. He is the donor of the largest philanthropic gift ever received by the 105-year- old institute from an individual. He has contributed an additional Rs 60 crores to set up the distinguished visiting chairs in neuro computing and data science at the Indian Institute of Science,  Bengaluru and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Quoting Mr Gopalakrishnan himself “Building a business takes time. It’s not a sprint; it’s a marathon,” It is my pleasure to introduce Kris Gopalakrishnan to you all. 23