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Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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SE 290 - Aakrit Vaish

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: The Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering
Location: 1310 DCL
Date: May 1, 2025 11:00 am
Contact: Julie Murphy
E-Mail: jdg5@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: ISE Seminar Calendar; Aakrit Vaish is Advisor to the IndiaAI Mission, the country's $1.5 Billion sovereign program to help India achieve global AI leadership. Aakrit works with the Union Ministry of IT in India Electronics to help run the 7 pillars of the Mission, including Compute Capacity, Foundation Models, Datasets Platform, Startup Financing & more. Previously Aakrit founded Haptik in 2013, which over the past decade became a pioneer in the conversational AI industry and was acquired by Reliance Jio in 2019 in India's largest AI M&A at the time. He also runs Peercheque, a venture capital firm investing seed capital in Indian startups across AI, Fintech, SaaS and D2C. He is Co-Chair of the Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM), a non-profit he co-founded to advance the startup tech ecosystem of the city. In 2023, Aakrit was named as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (YGL).

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