Rikin Gandhi
Rikin Gandhi
Overview
With a Masters in aeronautical and astronautical space engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelors in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University Rikin began his career at Oracle where he received patents for linguistic search algorithms that he helped develop. Later he joined Microsoft Research India s Technology for Emerging Markets team where he researched ways to amplify the effectiveness of agricultural development globally. The time Rikin spent in India s rural communities changed his life. He developed a passion for helping the country s rural farmers whom he saw as heroes. More than a decade later that passion has become Rikin s career in 2006 he co founded what has become Digital Green.
