Gururaj Deshpande
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Who is Gururaj Deshpande?
Gururaj Deshpande is an Indian American venture capitalist and entrepreneur, who is best known for co-founding the Chelmsford, MA-based internet equipment manufacturer Sycamore Networks, the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT and the Deshpande Foundation.
Presently, Deshpande is the Chairman of A123Systems, Sycamore Networks, Tejas Networks, HiveFire, Sandstone Capital, Sparta Group, and sits on the Board of Airvana.
Deshpande is also a Life Member of the MIT Corporation, the Board of Trustees of MIT.
In July 2010, Deshpande was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Co-Chairmanship of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a group established to support the US President's innovation strategy.
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- Also known as
- Dr. Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande
- Desh Deshpande
- Children
- Religion
- Hindu
- Education
- Queen's University
- University of New Brunswick
- Harvard University
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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on July 23, 2013
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