VAIDYANATHAN NARAYANAN “VAIDY”
DIRECTOR and FOUNDER
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Vaidy is the engine of Bionic Yantra. As Founder, he brings in unbridled passion for dreaming up audacious projects with strong social impact. His energy and enthusiasm fuels Bionic Yantra and moreover it is infectious.
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Prior to Bionic Yantra, Vaidy was leading the Transportation vertical comprising tolling/ticketing systems in road and metro rail in India for ACS (later acquired by Xerox and renamed Conduent).
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Vaidy’s experience includes roles in product delivery management, managing multi-cultural teams across India, Hong Kong, US and Europe. He has worked in both Financial services and in the IT industry managing projects with high ambiguity and complexity, with the associated change management.
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Vaidy is a graduate in Information Technology from BMS College, Bangalore.
RUDHRAM GAJENDRAN
BIO MEDICAL ENGINEER
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A biomedical engineer and one of the earliest members of the core team at Bionic Yantra, Rudhram has worked in the field of robotic rehabilitation for over 7 years. Having gained his initial experience at the reputed Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Chicago, Rudhram brings to the table extensive and vital knowledge about robotic rehabilitation devices and its application to individuals requiring assistance.
At Bionic Yantra, his in-depth experience and knowhow has translated into his involvement with the entire lifecycle of device development ranging from the procurement of components and assembly to testing and delivery. He also plays a vital role in defining new protocols and collating relevant software requirements. Finally, he represents the “patient’s perspective” in clinical usage and “therapist/ doctor’s perspective” for user interface needs.
Rudhram holds a B E degree in biomedical Engineering from Manipal University, India and an M.S from University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
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