PhD from UC San Diego, Adjunct Professor IISc, Ex Director - Data Engineering Target, Ex Director Bell Labs, Ex. Assistant professor NUS Singapore.

Vikram is a deeptech, outcome-driven founder dedicated to transforming how organizations manage and collaborate on unstructured data. He is leading the charge with Needl.ai, an enterprise AI Agentic platform that is secure, unifies both enterprise and public data sources, and delivers real-time, actionable insights with measurable ROI.

A seasoned serial entrepreneur and technology leader, Vikram has a proven track record of building highly innovative product and technology teams in both large enterprises and startups. His career spans academia (National University of Singapore, Indian Institute of Science), research labs (Bell Labs), and global enterprises (Target, Alcatel Lucent). Vikram has also founded successful startups, including Zettata and Needl.ai, where he combines vision and execution to bring transformative technology to life.