Biotechnology firm Biocon Limited announced the appointment of Eric Vivek Mazumdar as Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of the company, effective November 1, 2021.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “the Board at its meeting held today has approved an appointment of Dr. Eric Vivek Mazumdar as Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director of the Company effective from November 1, 2021, subject to shareholders’ approval at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company.”
Dr. Eric Mazumdar is an Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, and Economics at the California Institute of Technology. Eric has worked extensively in research projects at the intersection of engineering, machine learning and economics, at reputable institutions such as the University of California, Berkeley, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the MIT Koch Institute for Cancer Research.
He has been awarded a Simons Institute Research Fellowship to pursue his work at the intersection of machine learning and economics. His work focuses on studying the fundamental limits of learning algorithms in societal systems, and designing machine learning algorithms real-world deployment, with applications in intelligent infrastructure, the delivery of healthcare, and e-commerce, the statement said.
Eric holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
