Dr. Aloknath De

Dr. Aloknath De is Founder and CEO of TechCrafter.cps with thrust on AI-enabled deep-tech solutions for Med-health, Manufacturing and Mobility sectors. He has been Corporate Vice-President of Samsung Electronics, S.Korea and Chief Technology Officer of Samsung India. Dr. De has thirty-six years of industry and research experience including BEL, Nortel, Hughes, ST-Ericsson and Samsung. In last 20 years, he has also been Adjunct or Visiting Professor with IISc, and IITs in Jodhpur, Delhi and Roorkee. He holds Ph.D. from McGill University, Montreal; M.E. from IISc-Bangalore; and B.Tech and Distinguished Alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur.
Dr. De is Fellow of IETE, IEI and INAE, where he is also Governing Council member. He served, for three years (2022-’25), as Chairman for Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY)’s National AgriTech program. He is a recipient of ‘Alexander Graham Bell Prize’ in Canada. He has received ‘IETE Memorial Awards’, IDC Insights Award for ‘Telecom Innovation’, Zinnov Award for ‘Intrapreneurship’, Assocham Award for ‘Çorporate Tech Leadership’, Nasscom ‘AI Gamechanger’, IESA 'Innovative Product', TechCircle for 'Business Transformation', IEEE ‘MGA Innovation’ and India Council ‘2024 Technologist of the Year’ Awards.
Over the years, he has built a many cutting-edge products and solutions with 50+ patents under filed/grant. With his leadership, Samsung India touched 7500+ patents cumulatively by its silver jubilee year; and receiving National IP award multiple times. Through Corporate Venture and as Angel Investor, he has invested in 40+ startups in India. Recently, he has co-edited a book on ‘6G Mobile Wireless Networks’ with Springer and has delivered ‘IEEE Sir JC Bose Milestone Commemorative Lecture 2024’. He was cited in World’s Top50 CTOs.