Dr. Geetha Manjunath is a multi-faceted personality that brings together a great blend of technology,
healthcare, and innovation. She has over 25 years of rich experience in research expertise in the IT
industry and has proposed and led multiple research projects in AI, cloud computing, semantic web,
mobile, and distributed computing. Her research in these areas has resulted in innovative prototypes,
patents across the globe, publications, and new products.
Dr. Geetha has done her Ph.D. from IISc and received management education from Kellogg’s Chicago. She
has proposed and led multiple Artificial Intelligence led projects at Xerox Research and Hewlett Packard
India. Geetha was a Lab Director for Data Analytics Research at Xerox India. Dr. Geetha is the author of
the book “Moving to the Cloud” which is used as an engineering college textbook.
Dr. Geetha lost two of her cousin sisters to breast cancer, leading her to research further and figure out
that early detection could have saved their lives. Further research along with her expertise in technology
led her to start up Niramai, an AI-based solution for detecting early-stage breast cancer in a non-
invasive, radiation-free, and painless manner.
Her continuous efforts and unrelenting march towards the goal of saving maximum lives of women with
early detection has led Niramai to become the 1st Indian startup ever in the female healthcare space to
have received regulatory approval from two major global regulatory bodies – the US FDA clearance and
the European CE Mark Approval. So practically, Niramai technology can be now used to screen any
woman in the world.
Dr. Geetha has received international and national recognition for her innovations and entrepreneurial
work – Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in Business 2021, Forbes List of Top 20 Self-Made Women
2020, CSI Gold Medal, BIRAC WinER Award 2018.
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