Shiva Venkatraman, is CEO of Varidus Asia Pacific Ventures and an Adjunct Faculty in many universities in Asia. Shiva has 20+ years in the venture/tech space with a mixture of corporate and startup roles. In his current capacity his firm builds AI ventures globally. Shiva has an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and Engineering qualifications from Purdue, University of California and IIT Bombay. He enjoys interacting with young minds in the colleges he teaches and advises senior executives via advisory boards on strategy and policy related to technology. Shiva is a Vistage certified CEO coach and an ACLP certified trainer and speaks 6 languages, while slowly working on his Mandarin skills.