Sudeendra Koushik
Areas of specialisation: Innovation for Business, Innovation Strategy, Intrapreneurship, IP & Patents, Technology & Innovation Competence Management, Converting ideas to new Products and Services, Product design, Product Development & Realisation, Mentoring start-ups, Technical Manager Mentoring & Coaching Mr Koushik has been a passionate and practicing Innovator & technology professional throughout his career of 26 years, with more than 20 national & international patents in various stages.
As the Chief Innovator and co-founder of PRASU, Mr Koushik advises major companies such as Bosch, Continental, General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Volvo etc. on delivering Innovation by developing Innovators and mentoring Intrapreneurs, Mentors select start-ups, advise Incubation centres. Koushik links academia and Industry through workshops and technical talks on Innovation, and has developed a syllabus for academia. His research is in a unique area of linking innovation and Innovator skills, and has published several research papers and has conducted numerous workshops on Innovation in India and abroad.
Koushik is a regular speaker at various forums including, MIT Emerging Technology Conference, PMI, IEEE, TiE, IIT- Madras, IITGandhinagar, CII, IIeX Europe, 2017 and has written articles for Frost & Sullivan, Deccan Herald, The Machinist, People Matters, etc. Mr Koushik is a recipient of Karnataka State Innovation Council Award, HCL excellence award for Patents, India Design Mark Award from India Design Council, Sir M Viswesvaraya Engineer Award and other recognitions from IEEE.
He served as the chairman for the IEEE Bangalore section, Chair of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Bangalore and is currently the Chairman of IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society Bangalore. Koushik also has volunteered for PMI and was on the jury of and review committees at PMI(USA) standards and awards.
