Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is a technologist, technocrat, first-generation entrepreneur and political leader. He has served as Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, and Jal Shakti in the Narendra Modi government. He also served three terms in Parliament as an MP.

He is currently the MLA representing Nemom in the Keralam Legislative Assembly and the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Keralam.

An engineer with a master’s degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an Honorary Doctor of Science, Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s career spans Silicon Valley, where he worked as a CPU architect at Intel on the 80486 and Pentium processor teams, to building India’s earliest and largest wireless networks as the founder of BPL Mobile and India’s first tech unicorn, and investing in and building multiple ventures as the founder of Jupiter Capital.

His career has spanned technology, entrepreneurship, public policy and governance. As Union Minister, he was instrumental in the Semicon, AI and Electronics policies, the DPDP Act, the growth of India’s DPI, the OSTA framework for the Internet, and the FutureSkills programmes.

One of India’s pre-eminent technology minds, Rajeev is an influential voice in global conversations on artificial intelligence, its transformative potential, the need to make it safe and trusted, and, most importantly, shaping India’s role in the future of technology and young Indians’ opportunities in the age of AI.His career reflects a rare intersection of technology, entrepreneurship and public life.