Dr. De has over thirty years of industrial and research experiences including BEL, Nortel (Montreal), Hughes and with ST-Ericsson where he was Country Director. During 2005- 11, he has served as Visiting/Adjunct Professorship with IIT-Roorkee and IIT-Delhi. He holds B.Tech. from IIT, Kharagpur; M.E. from IISc, Bangalore; and Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal. Dr. De is a recipient of ‘Alexander Graham Bell Prize’ in Canada. He has received ‘IETE Memorial Awards’ for distinguished contributions in Electronics and Communications. He also received IDC Insights Award for Innovation in Telecom, Zinnov Award as ‘Intrapreneurship of the Year’ and Assocham Award for ‘Çorporate Tech Leadership’. He is considered as one of ‘Most Influential CIO/CTOs of India’. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of IE, IETE and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).Dr. Alok promotes science and technology linkage and is actively involved in patenting intellectual property, culminating in innovative products. He has been spearheading Samsung’s investment in Indian startups through Samsung Venture. His main research interest and patents are in the intersection space of AI-IoT-Big Data.