US Chapter
Considering the role of the United States in the global market, Bihar Entrepreneurs Association mustered its resources for the upskilling of new-generation entrepreneurs. And the Bay Area is the Mecca of startups.
The chapter plays a pivotal role in boosting technology and innovation, investments and partnerships. It is spearheaded by Dr Abhishek Anand (Faculty, Department of Neurology, West Virginia University) and Rakesh Ranjan (Global Director – Emerging Technologies, IBM, and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at SJSU). BEA's US Chapter bridges the geographical gap between India — Bihar in particular — and the West.
AI Centre of Excellence team
Rakesh Ranjan
IBM · Adjunct Professor, San Jose State University
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Rakesh drives emerging-technology research for IBM's Data & AI organisation, leading data scientists and ML engineers solving complex business problems worldwide. Born and raised in Khagaria, Bihar, he advises Bay Area startups, supports charities for underprivileged children and women, and leads BEA's US Bay Area chapter and the AI Centre of Excellence in Patna.
Prerna Preeti
Software Development Engineer, IBM Data & AI
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A Master of Science (CS) graduate from Indiana University, Bloomington, from Patna, Prerna works on AI-powered projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and previously worked on data warehousing and ETL.
Ritu Singh
Machine Learning Developer, IBM
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Ritu joined IBM after an MS in Software Engineering from San Jose State University. She grew up in Bihar, studied biotechnology in Chennai, and worked at Cognizant and Standard Chartered Bank.
Satya Prakash Modi
Software Developer, IBM USA
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From Bhagalpur, Bihar, Satya worked for several years on Oracle Database technologies in India before a Master's in cloud computing; he now works with AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Tulika Sahu
Software Developer, IBM Data & AI
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Tulika holds a Master of Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. She grew up in Bokaro Steel City with roots in Begusarai and Bhagalpur, and is passionate about helping people in Bihar use data, ML and AI.
Ravi Bhagat
IT Infrastructure Centre of Excellence, KLA
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Ravi drives digital transformation, automation and cloud services at KLA, leading technology architects and systems engineers. Born in Ara and raised at Sainik School Tilaiya, he worked at Pertech Computers across India before moving to the US.