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Biography

Ajit is Managing Director at Silicon Valley based Artiman Ventures. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Medicine at Stanford and serves on the Board of Trustees of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Foundation. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors of Onconetix, Leo Cancer Care, and Sofie Biosciences. In the past, he has served as the global CEO of Siemens Oncology. Subsequently, he was the CEO of BioImagene, a cancer diagnostics startup, acquired by Roche. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Tata Trusts Cancer program. Ajit has a PhD in computer science from Columbia, a master’s in computer engineering from Syracuse and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Banaras Hindu University. He has published 2 books and 5 patents. His Top-10 Book Review is carried by various blogs and journals in December every year.