, ▁and ▁North ▁America . ▁ ▁Through out ▁his ▁career , ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁and ▁commercial ization ▁of ▁innov ative ▁products ▁and ▁techn ologies , ▁strateg ic ▁consult ation ▁and ▁planning ▁for ▁startup ▁companies , ▁technology ▁and ▁business ▁planning ▁and ▁business ▁development . ▁He ▁has ▁led ▁and ▁managed ▁several ▁successful ▁projects ▁involving ▁large ▁scale ▁system ▁and ▁network ▁design , ▁development ▁and ▁roll - out ▁worth ▁several ▁hundreds ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Vin od ▁Vas ude van ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁in ▁Ch anga , ▁Ker ala . ▁ ▁He ▁finished ▁his ▁B . T ec ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science ▁and ▁Engineering ▁from ▁I IT ▁K har ag pur ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁institution ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁with ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁for ▁to pping ▁the ▁class . ▁Four ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁received ▁his ▁doctor ate ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁institution ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁field . ▁At ▁present ▁Dr . ▁Vas ude van ▁is ▁an ▁al umn us ▁of ▁I IT ▁K har ag pur . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Vin od ▁Vas ude van ' s ▁first ▁position ▁was ▁at ▁I IT ▁K har ag pur ▁as ▁Senior ▁Scient ific ▁Officer ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁DR DO ▁research ▁and ▁developed ▁a ▁system ▁for ▁strateg ic ▁recognition ▁from ▁aer ial ▁images ▁for