Premnath Venugopalan — Founder
Technology developer | Innovation and incubation manager | Startup mentor | Entrepreneur Biosketch: Dr Premnath is Head, NCL Innovations/ Chief Scientist at CSIR-NCL and Founder Director, Venture Center (National award winning inventive enterprises and deep tech incubator). Dr Premnath is a technology developer, innovation and incubation manager, startup mentor and a co-founder of 2 medtech startups (Serigen and Orthocrafts). One of his inventions -- a breakthrough material for hip and knee joint replacements — has been implanted in more than a million patients worldwide. Another technology for porous maxillo-facial implants has been implanted in thousands of patients in India and abroad. He has provided leadership for teams that have won National awards for technology development, intellectual property management and business incubation. He is chemical engineer and an alumnus of MIT in the US, IIT-Bombay (Distinguished Alumnus, 2022) and has been a Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholar in Cambridge, UK. He is also a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP). Personal website: http://www.premnath.org/ My posts tracking tech trends: https://twitter.com/premnathv6 Career development blog for students: https://blog.premnath.org/?cat=7
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Healthcare innovation and technology commercialization.
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Experience: 28 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation Management
- Biomedical Engineering
- Product Development
- Technology Commercialization
- Leadership
- Polymer Science
- Engineering
- Intellectual Property Management
- Medical Devices
- Startup Development
Career Highlights
- Innovative leader in biomedical engineering.
- Co-founder of successful medtech startups.
- National award-winning incubator director.
Work Experience
Serigen Mediproducts (Official account)
Co-founder and Director (11 yrs 1 mo)
Orthocrafts Innovations Pvt Ltd
Co-Founder (11 yrs 9 mos)
CSIR-Tech Pvt Ltd
Director (3 yrs 1 mo)
National Chemical Laboratory
Head, Intellectual Property Group (13 yrs 3 mos)
Head, NCL Innovations (19 yrs 8 mos)
Scientist, Polymer Science & Engineering (28 yrs 9 mos)
Venture Center (Official Account)
Founder Director (19 yrs 2 mos)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholarship at University of Cambridge/ Centre for Scientific Enterprises, London Business School
Xth and XIIth Board at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
