Rishi has spent 21 years in coveted roles with leading organizations namely Sony, Qualcomm, Castrol, Ericsson, Tata Lucent and HCL to name a few. Currently he is the Global Strategist & Chief Executive of EDUGILD and Advisor to ‘Twenty One’ emerging technologies startups in AR, VR, 3D, Adaptive Learning, Instructional Design, University Destinations, Skills Assessment, K12, UG and Higher Ed domains. A regular international speaker in events like edtechasia @ Thailand, edtechxasia @ Singapore , GET 2016 @ China, to name a few and at United Nations. He is sweat invested in global edtech companies like Simulanis, Study Marvel, Class Boat, Yo Scholar, Gradopedia , Change My Path, Ahhaa and AbroadShiksha to name a few.

Rishi is a passionate startups mentor, facilitator and academician, having also authored a book titled Next Generation Mobile Communications, published by Mcgraw Hill.