Gaurav Agarwal

Founder & CEO at RagaAI

Gaurav Agarwal has a diverse work experience that spans across various companies. Gaurav is currently the Founder & CEO of RagaAI Inc, a position they assumed in 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. from 2020 to 2021 as the Vice President & Head of SW Product, Engineering & AI. In this role, they led a team of 200+ software professionals and played a crucial role in developing Ola S1, a groundbreaking scooter that sparked the electric vehicle revolution in India.

Before their time at Ola Electric, Gaurav had a significant tenure at Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd) from 2018 to 2021. Gaurav held multiple leadership roles during their time there, including Head of Smart Mobility, Head of Product @Ola Fleet Technologies (OFT), and Head of Business Development & Strategy for Autonomous Vehicles.

Gaurav also gained valuable experience at NVIDIA, where they worked from 2016 to 2018. Gaurav contributed to the development of the Driveworks Autonomous Driving SDK and led business development efforts in the autonomous driving space, engaging with startups and ecosystem partners.

Prior to their time at NVIDIA, Gaurav worked at Texas Instruments for several years. At Texas Instruments, they held roles in ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) business development, product management, marketing, and engineering. Gaurav also worked as a lead application engineer, working closely with customers and managing the engineering team.

Gaurav's work experience extends back to their time as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, where they contributed to publications in the field of electronic field guides for plants.

Overall, Gaurav Agarwal's work experience showcases their expertise in software development, product management, business development, and leadership in the automotive and technology industries.

Gaurav Agarwal completed their undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur from 1997 to 2001. Gaurav then pursued a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision) at the University of Maryland from 2003 to 2005. In 2010 to 2012, they obtained an MBA degree from the Texas McCombs School of Business with a focus on Business. Gaurav has also obtained additional certifications in Data Acquisition for Analytics and Data Science from the University of San Francisco in 2017 and in Machine Learning from Stanford University on Coursera in 2016.

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