Dr. Swami Manohar is well-known for co-inventing the Simputer during his stint at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where he also pioneered the faculty entrepreneurship activity. He has contributed to research in VLSI architecture, computer graphics, visualization, virtual reality and CAD for rapid prototyping. Swami Manohar is currently a researcher at Microsoft Research India working on augmented and virtual reality technologies and their applications in emerging markets.In 1981 Dr. Swami Manohar was part of the student team in Government College of Technology in Coimbatore that designed and built possibly India's first electronic voting machine using discrete ICs for conducting their college's student union election.Professional Career: Researcher at Microsoft Research India, Professor at IISc, Co-founder of LimberLink Technologies, Co-founder of PicoPeta Simputers (Acquired by Geodesic), Co-founder of Strand Life SciencesEducation: PhD from Brown University, ME from Indian Institute of Science, BE (Hons.) from Government College of Technology, CoimbatoreAwards/Recognition: Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation in Informatics
