Visionary Leadership & The Mentorship Triad

Ecosystem Founders & Directors

Founder & Chief Ecosystem Officer

Suraj Ivarkar

Ecosystem architect leading the strategic integration across SwayamVedh, ManoVedh, AISense, and PoshakAI. Pioneer in experiential learning frameworks and NEP 2020 translational policy.

Focus: Cross-Domain Strategy & AI Integration

Chief Technology Officer & AI Lead

Dr. Rajesh Deshmukh

Former Senior AI Scientist at SINE IIT Bombay. Principal investigator for the BIRAC BIG Grant deep-tech diagnostics engine and AIRA edge speech models in 14 languages.

Focus: Edge AI, Computational Biology & NLP

Director of Public Health & Tele-MANAS

Dr. Priya Kulkarni

Clinical psychologist and health policy advisor. Overseeing ManoVedh clinical trials, ABDM health data compliance, and the national Tele-MANAS (14416) referral framework.

Focus: Clinical Protocols & Tele-MANAS (14416)

Executive Governance

Human-Centered Tech Governance

Our board and leadership convene regularly at the Vital&Vectors Innovation Center to evaluate ethical safeguards, grant compliance, and multidisciplinary technology deployment across the four vectors.

Scientific Oversight NEP 2020 Compliance ABDM Security

The Mentorship Triad: Three Pillars of Guidance

Every learner and researcher in the Vital&Vectors ecosystem is guided by three complementary pillars of mentorship, ensuring balanced intellectual, technical, and industry readiness.

Pedagogy in Action

Collaborative Mentor-Led Laboratories

Mentors review live code, audit data pipelines, and coach students in high-growth engineering sprints aligned with national credit frameworks.

Live Code Audits Sprint Planning Career Guidance

Distinguished Advisory Board