Dr Pushkar Tripathi received his M.Tech. and his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. He completed his B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow. He was previously with North Delhi Power Limited (Distribution arm of TATA Power) as Zonal Shift Officer. Moreover, he worked for three years in Marwadi Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions, Gujarat. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Engineering and Technology Lucknow, U.P., India since 2017.
Dr. Tripathi is an entrepreneurship-evangelist and mentor to startups. From last six year he is actively contributing towards building startup-ecosystem in the institute and the state.
He is currently serving as Director of Navyug Navachar Foundation (a Section 8 Company), Convener of Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) of the institute and former Startup Coordinator at Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow. Dr. Tripathi has vast experience in innovation and entrepreneurship and organized four editions of Smart India Hackathon at institute level. He is founding member of E-Cell, IET Lucknow.