Why Is He Famous?
Dr. Gururaj Deshpande is the co-founder and chairman of the Sycamore
networks Inc. He is a powerful technology entrepreneur and futurist. His
innovative ideas and thinking have proved a landmark in reshaping the
entire technology industry. Dr. Gururaj Deshpande has done pioneer work
in the work and architecture of Optical fiber network. Dr. Deshpande is
well known for his work in the field of education and community. It is
mainly because of this reason that Dr. Deshpande is a keynote speaker at
business, technology, education, and government conferences.
Prior to co-founding Sycamore Networks, Dr. Deshpande was founder and
chairman of Cascade Communications Corp. Before Cascade, Dr. Deshpande
co-founded Coral Network Corporation in 1988. Earlier, he served in
various management capacities for Codex Corporation, a subsidiary of
Motorola. Before joining Codex, Dr. Deshpande taught at the Queens
University in Kingston, Canada. Dr. Deshpande serves as a member of the
MIT Corporation. He helped develop the MIT's Deshpande Center for
Technological Innovation. The Deshpande Center serves as a vehicle for
innovation and entrepreneurship through research and collaboration among
entrepreneurs, new companies and MIT students, alumni, and faculty.
Background
Dr. Gururaj Deshpande was born in India. Dr. Deshpande earned his
bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of technology in Electrical
Engineering. Afterwards, he took an M.E. in Electrical Engineering from
the University of New Brunswick in Canada and a Ph.D. in Data
Communications from the Queens University in Canada. Dr. Deshpande's
services have been well recognized by the business and industry in both
the United States and India.
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