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To encourage research work at Bengaluru-based <keyword id="75850" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Science">Indian Institute of Science</keyword> (IISc), <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> co-founder Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, popularly known as <keyword id="6530028" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kris-Gopalakrishnan">Kris Gopalakrishnan</keyword> and his wife Sudha have set up three <keyword id="608640" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Research-Chairs">research chairs</keyword> in the country’s top institution, according to an ET report. Gopalakrishnan, 60, hopes the chairs can bring distinguished researchers in the areas of computational neuroscience, <keyword id="294572" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="60" keywordseo="machine-learning">machine learning</keyword>, data <keyword id="41551" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="science">science</keyword> and neuromorphic engineering to the IISc to enable collaborative research. The first of the three chairs — K Vaidyanathan Distinguished Chair named after Sudha's father — was launched on Monday. Each chair will be set up with a corpus of Rs 10 crore funded by <keyword id="2038697" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Pratiksha-Trust">Pratiksha Trust</keyword>. It is a charitable organization Kris founded with his wife. 

	Moreover, the Pratiksha Trust has also helped to set up three similar chairs at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, where Kris studied. 
 

	"I hope the launching of these distinguished chair positions will help push the frontiers in these areas. It would be excellent if the collaborations lead to highly creative, new computing architectures and algorithms inspired by the functioning of the brain. These three chairs along with three more at IIT Madras will create critical mass in the area of neuromorphic computing and machine learning in India," Kris told the financial daily.
 

	The K Vaidyanathan Chair at the IISc will be occupied by Shihab Shamma, a professor at the Institute of Systems Research of the University of Maryland. 
 

	"I am sure these distinguished chair positions will add a new dimension to research collaboration in key strategic areas between IISc researchers and star contributors in these areas anywhere in the world," IISc Director Anurag Kumar told ET. 
 At <keyword id="54070" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="IIT-Madras">IIT-Madras</keyword>, two of the three chairs — Prof Mahabala Chair and N R Narayana Murthy Chair — on computational brain research have also been launched. 

	Both chairs are occupied by US-based scientists of Indian origin. In early 2014, the Infosys cofounder announced a Rs 225-crore grant over a period of 10 years to develop a Centre for Brain Research (CBR) at the IISc. 
 

	This philanthropic act is widely-considered one of the biggest contributions to pure science in the country, and one of the single largest donations by an individual to the IISc. 

	 
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Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan grants Rs 30 crore to boost research at IISc

<keyword id="6530028" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kris-Gopalakrishnan">Kris Gopalakrishnan</keyword> is an impressive man. From being the co-founder of India’s first successful company to now being a star icon for start-ups in the country, this man is unstoppable when it comes to working for a better India and a better world. 
 Business Insider recently caught up with the feisty 61-year-old to find out which area of <keyword id="15509" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Research">research</keyword> he finds exciting and where he is putting his bets as an investor. 
 This man has an interesting history. Kris left <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> in 2014, a place where he grew up as a person, professional, and as an entrepreneur. It wasn’t in haste. He was prepared for what lay ahead of him. “I made sure that I was busy when I left the company board. I decided to indulge into four interest areas; Education, Research, <keyword id="94495" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="80" keywordseo="Innovation">Innovation</keyword> and <keyword id="107737" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Entrepreneurship">Entrepreneurship</keyword>, everything that I always felt passionate about,” says Kris. 
Ask him now, and he feels that he has over committed. All the areas he has chosen require a lot of his attention, he feels. 
 Back in 2014 when he was ready to set out on his own journey, he identified one area which definitely needed his focus more because it would define our future and its <keyword id="1014249" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="brain-research">brain research</keyword> in the days to come. The same year, Pratiksha <keyword id="22629" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="trust">Trust</keyword> - the fund Kris set up with his wife - announced a grant of Rs 225 crore for a <keyword id="2038777" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Centre-for-Brain-Research">Centre for Brain Research</keyword>, so it could be set up inside the <keyword id="75850" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Indian-Institute-of-Science">Indian Institute of Science</keyword> campus in <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword> without any delay. 
 He also initiated a <keyword id="63068" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="partnership">partnership</keyword> with the Centre for <keyword id="3720863" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="brain-research-and-carnegie-melon-university">Brain Research and Carnegie Melon University</keyword>. 
Going strong in what he aims to achieve, Kris says he wants to “create a world-class institution in India for Brain Research” by first facilitating research and then commercializing it “to create products that have the potential to create real difference”. 
 
He signs off by saying - “There are two ways achieve what I have set out for; either you can collaborate with the best minds in the world in this field or you can make sure that the Indian capabilities get the best international exposure which they can implement back home.” 
This man is the right example for entrepreneurs looking to make it big. 
 
He believes that doing your homework is important, especially for fields like Artificial Intelligence, Stem Cell Research,Crypto currency, Data mining, Autonomous technology, Cognitive intelligence and more. Basically, fields which are hot topics for now and for the future.

EXCLUSIVE: Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan says Brain Research will be the next big thing

<keyword id="6530028" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kris-Gopalakrishnan">Kris Gopalakrishnan</keyword> is a name that pops up when you’re talking about start-ups and for all the right reasons. From consulting the government regarding startup policies to mentoring start-ups at Axilor Ventures, Kris does it all while working on his philanthropic endeavors. He also works closely as a chief mentor at <keyword id="1075613" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startup-Village">Startup Village</keyword>, a Kochi-based not-for-profit technology business incubator which launched in 2012 on a private-public-partnership (PPP) model involving the state government’s department of science and technology. In 2014, shortly after leaving <keyword id="6354512" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Infosys">Infosys</keyword> board, he started the Pratiksha Trust which is the <keyword id="9991" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gopalakrishnan">Gopalakrishnan</keyword> family’s philanthropic foundation. 

 

 

 

 

 

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The fund granted $36 million to set up a Centre for Brain Research at IISc. For 10 years, the Centre will get support from the IISc’s Centre for Neuroscience to also get a chance to collaborate with hospitals to study the functioning of the brain and find cures for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia. “I’m bullish about Brain Research as it is impertinent. Methods such as personalized medicine can have a significant impact in this field” says Gopalakrishnan. Kris Gopalakrishnan told Business Insider that he has been focusing on four sectors after leaving Infosys, “My areas of interests are Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Research, not particularly in that order. I’m always working like most entrepreneurs,” says the zesty 62-year old. 

 

 

 

 

 

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From supporting 160 students through scholarships to creating policies with CII, Gopalakrishnan is a busy man uplifting people as he moves forward. Original Indian Innovation When it comes to entrepreneurship, Kris thinks that it can solve the country’s problems, “I think any small business incorporated under five years is a startup. If everyone become entrepreneurial, the problem unemployment and underemployment can be solved.” 

 

 

 

 

 

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From tea-shops to Kirana stores, every small business is adding the fuel to one of the world’s fastest growing economy. Gopalakrishnan also thinks that entrepreneurs should only be focused on serving more people, whether it comes to providing jobs or a service. “I expect to see more international innovation success stories from India in the next 30 years. This is just the beginning,” says the effervescent do-er in Gopalakrishnan.

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