J A Chowdary

About J A Chowdary

Mr. Chowdary served as the Founding Director of Software Technologies Parks of India (STPI), Banglore, Hyderabad and Chennai. He was one of the key architects for setting up the IT ecosystem in Hyderabad & Cyberabad. He was one of the founding members of Portalplayer which was responsible in designing & manufacturing the core Silicon Chip for Apple’s iPOD which got acquired by nVIDIA Graphics. He became the MD for nVIDIA India before starting his new EdTech startup Talentsprint which was acquired by National Stock Exchange of India. He later was invited by Government of AP to advise the Government for promoting the IT industry in New ANDHRA PRADESH as a Special Chief Secretary and IT Advisor to the Chief Minister. He was responsible in setting up Fintec valley Vizag and also setting up the premier Institute of excellence in Digital Technologies IIDT at TIRUPATI. He is the co-founder and general partner of SEBI approved Venture Capital firm - Suceed Indovation Fund to help many early stage Indian startups.He also founded International Startup Foundation (ISF) to promote and strengthen the startup ecosystem across the world.He is currently mentoring many startup companies in emerging technologies. He is the Chairman for the India Blockhain Technology Standards Committee in coming with new standards for Blockhain Technologies under BIS/ISO.

Experience

1. Founder & Chairman

   International Startup Foundation

   Jul 2022 — Present · IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  M.Tech, SolidState Technologies

Skills

• Business Development