Balu is a technology leader, entrepreneur, and enabler in DeepTech startups, with extensive experience in the USA and Indian ecosystems. He collaborates with accelerators like UC Berkeley Skydeck, Carnegie Mellon University’s Schwartz Center, NASSCOM, and IIT-B eCell, providing technical and strategic guidance to startups in the USA, EU, Japan, and India. As an ecosystem adviser for AI entrepreneurs at UC Berkeley and Director of International Collaborations at RV University, Bangalore, Balu nurtures student entrepreneurs.
With over a decade of expertise, Balu specializes in DeepTech, product scalability, development, go-to-market strategies, and customer acquisition. He supports UC Berkeley startups with engineering, staffing, and strategic initiatives and serves as a jury member at prestigious startup events. As co-founder of HUM Consulting Services (HUMCS), Balu offers fractional CxO services in software architecture, design, and scalability.
He also fosters industry-academia partnerships, driving collaborations between startups and universities. Balu co-founded Vigyanlabs, a DeepTech company focused on power optimization and previously worked in Wireless Semiconductors with Qualcomm and Intel. He holds degrees in Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Mysore. Balu is also a Carnatic music artist, yoga teacher, and STEAM education advocate.