Name: Ashok Atluri
Designation: Chairman & Managing Director
Company: Zen Technologies

Education: B.Com Badruka College of Commerce & Arts, OU
Summary: Ashok is the Chairman and Managing Director of Zen Technologies (www.zen.in) where he is spearheading the initiative to indigenise training simulation technologies for  Indian Defence.

Since Zen’s inception in 1993, Ashok has been responsible for driving strategy and ensuring cutting edge R&D has led to the development of state-of-the-art import substitute simulators for the Defence and Homeland forces.

Ashok’s mission is self-reliance in Indian Defence. He believes that by framing policies that encourage indigenous R&D and IP creation and ensuring super-fast procurement cycle, India can become self-reliant in a short time. He actively contributes articles and has written for Huffington Post, Indian Express, Business World, etc.

He is a voracious reader with eclectic tastes encompassing management, buddhism, probability, technology, investment, defence technologies, virtual currencies, political systems and education. He is a continuous learner and has attended various executive programs in Harvard Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, London Business School, Indian Business School.