Srikanth Jadcherla

Srikanth Jadcherla (born 1971) is an Indian American Technologist, serial entrepreneur, and educator. He is known for his pioneering work in power management and low power electronics design spanning 3 generations and diverse fields. He is also known for his pioneering efforts to promote affordable engineering education using digital education. He is the father of Voltage Aware Boolean Analysis, which helped to verify modern low power designs, and wrote the seminal book on low power verification methodology. (ISBN-13 : 978-1607434139)
Srikanth Jadcherla was born in Hyderabad, Telangana India. His father is a retired Mechanical Engineer for Hindustan Aeronautics and his mother taught Science and English language at Om Vidyalaya. The last name, Jadcherla, is taken from his native town of Jadcherla, 80km south of Hyderabad.
He won the prestigious National Talent Search Scholarship (NTSE) https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Student_Projects/National_Talent_Search_Examination in the 10th grade and was admitted to the elite Little Flower Junior College for Intermediate (11th and 12th grades). 
Srikanth has a Bachelor's degree in EE from IIT Madras (Chennai) and a Master of Science degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
 
Srikanth has entrepreneurial ambitions from the start – he joined a startup called WSI in Fremont, CA after his Master’s degree. Since the startup was not doing well, he shifted to Intel 
Srikanth was initially part of the Pentium II design and opted for the emerging field of low power design after the Pentium II project was done. His work on low power was very fundamental and often ridiculed – yet, design and silicon data validated his ideas and he went to win the Intel Achievement Award, Intel’s highest honor, for his work. Some of his ideas such as Platform level power management using the software involved early work on OSPM, ACPI ; they are ubiquitously used now, though they met a lot of resistance in the mid 90’s when he first proposed them. Subsequently, he worked on the groundbreaking mobile chipsets, the first gate-level power analysis tools, and became a platform architect for Pentium III and Pentium IV laptop platforms working on technologies such as the SpeedStep. 
 
He left Intel in 2000 to start an Internet-enabled education venture. his work was quite early and ahead of its time, tutoring students with automated test-taking and expert system databases, adaptive learning, etc.
Srikanth later joined https://www.lightreading.com/jasmine-networks--disconnected/d/d-id/578056 Jasmine Networks, a promising SONET startup, which on the verge of acquisition sued its potential suitor, sinking ship. “Never again a startup where I am not part of the founding team”, Srikanth learned and moved on to Synopsys.
By this time (2001), the mobile era was coming, although nobody had heard of a smartphone yet. However, Srikanth envisioned a brand new system of designing chips for the Mobile phone but decided it was too early. Hence, he joined Synopsys to understand the EDA business. In 2004, he quit Synopsys to start Archpro Design Automation https://news.synopsys.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122830 Archpro Design Automation to focus on enabling Low-power_electronics.https://news.synopsys.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122830 Archpro went on to win funding from Intel and Sage Ventures. Until Archpro came along, Hardware Description Languages such as Verilog and VHDL did not have the ability to handle multi-voltage designs. Hence their simulation of low power design techniques such as Power Gating, Dynamic Voltage, and Frequency Scaling was inaccurate leading to bugs in Silicon. 
and fundamentally altered the hardware description languages to enable multi-voltage, low-power designs for the mobile/consumer era. The pioneering work Srikanth did on voltage-aware Boolean equations led to a format informally called APF or Archpro Power Format. In turn, it led to the birth of the IEEE 1801 Standard , though Srikanth often criticized the standard for not being silicon centric in its modeling. However, industry bodies stuck with a simpler abstraction called X-injection. The Archpro used was informally called APF. Archpro was acquired by Synopsys in 2007. Srikanth later regretted not donating APF to the industry at large though it was the right commercial decision at that time.
In 2008, Srikanth released a book on the design and verification of low power systems (VMM-LP) where he explained the basis of multi-voltage designs, the fundamentals of power management, and how to go about setting up and verifying a design. For instance, he made a rule that he called “Density, Delivery, Leakage and Lifetime” – formulating that pretty much any failure in power-managed designs could be attributed to an imbalance in these 4 aspects. Some of Srikanth’s predictions include issues such as the Samsung Note 7 fires and iPhone6 Battery recall/controversy.
 
In 2008, Srikanth turned to affordable education as his legacy project. What began as a small effort to train rural students over WebEx, reference Cisco Success Story morphed into a graduate school called [http://seerakademi.com/ Seer Akademi that trains 1000s of students each year at extremely affordable prices. Srikanth pioneered a number of innovations on the ground such as using only industry veterans as teachers, using 1:2 lecture-lab ratios, digital hybrid models for delivery and interaction, and a rigorous process of curriculum formation from employer requirements. In the process, he built a reference model and program that was compatible with Washington Accord’s Outcome-based Learning models.
In doing so, he adapted Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’s 2-dimensional learning model to track the progress of individual students – the only known application of this instructional design model at the graduate level and in engineering.
Srikanth’s efforts also resulted in a large donation of state-of-the-art VLSI design tools by Synopsys.https://news.synopsys.com/index.php?s=20295&item=123245
	
Seer Akademi rapidly rose in its programs and reach – ultimately donating its framework to the Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association and licensing its content to the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). Seer Akademi contributed highly structured, outcome-oriented lesson plans to NPTEL to create employment-oriented graduate courses. https://nptel.ac.in/content/storage2/courses/117106111/Course%20Lesson%20Plan/ARM_Lesson_plan.pdf
At http://seerakademi.com/ Seer Akademi, Srikanth also attracted controversy by his open criticism of the Indian Engineering education system, accreditation processes, and breaking norms to create outcome-based programs. However, employer and industry groups largely supported Srikanth and Seer Akademi because of the yield of high-quality engineers they were able to hire from http://seerakademi.com/ Seer Akademi. Leading industry partners such as Synopsys donated millions of dollars of software and content to the effort. There was also wide support from within academia in India and the US with key executives from UC Berkeley, Stanford, etc. visiting the program to study its operations. In 2015, Srikanth shifted Seer Akademi to the US to form Global Technology University Board, with an aim to get international accreditation.
In 2013, Srikanth started formulating the basis for the mobile medical era applying IoT architectures to medical systems and workflows. iMedrix Inc. was borne out of this effort. As a startup, iMedrix has quickly risen to a leadership position in mobile cardiology electrocardiograms with most of the industry leaders as partners. iMedrix received FDA clearance for its device in 2020. iMedrix ‘s technology is used around the world to provide access to cardiac care and in cutting-edge applications such as motorcycle ambulances. and (English- Heart Attack Initiative - YouTube )Srikanth’s research is also leading to other startups in this area such as Anahata Analytics, Exacta Health Stack, and CohortX.
Srikanth is a Charter member of TiE , an organization dedicated to fostering Entrepreneurs of Indian Origin. 
===Key Technical Accomplishments===
1.	Created IoT Telemedicine Stack definition (Current)
2.	Created the concepts of Outbound Power Management for IoT devices. (Current)
3.	Pioneered the use of 2-Dimensional Bloom’s taxonomy in engineering education and deployed it for MOOCs. (Current)
4.	IIT Madras – NPTEL Digital Library Tagging Project (Architect), June 2013
5.	Created and demonstrated enhanced ePub standard for Indian languages, March 2012
6.	Successfully demonstrated interactive WebEx lectures in a rural elementary school, July 2011
7.	Recorded the world’s 1st instructional videos in 3-D, December 2010
8.	Developed the 1st enhanced ePub in an Indian language, October 2010
9.	Peak Power Mitigation proved with the virtual dynamic simulation of Smart Grids, 2009
10.	Pioneered a unique online and local technical education model in rural India, now a reference model - 2009
11.	Created Industry 1st Verification Methodology for Low Power Design, 2008
12.	Created Industry 1st Verification tools for Low Power Design, 2004-2006, now used the world over by semiconductor 
companies
13.	Created High-Density Low Power libraries for Intel, re-designing the standard cell library from the ground up, resulting 
in huge cost savings – resulting in Intel’s highest honor – Intel Achievement Award.
14.	Architect for SpeedStep II and IMVP II on Pentium III/IV platforms
15.	7 patents granted, 6 Applications pending.
===Key Management/Business Accomplishments===
1.	Incubated and venture-funded IMedrix Inc., in Silicon Valley – took it from seed funding to revenue in 9 months, 15 major 
logos like Medtronic and Abbott in 36 months and FDA filing in 48 months.
2.	Made the Seer Akademi educational model a reference for the Indian Semiconductor Association.
3.	Signed an MOU with a consortium of IITs in India to deliver MOOC model education in Computer Engineering, June 2013
4.	Nominated to National Committee on ESDM education, May 2012
5.	Initiated and Signed a Collaboration agreement with UC Berkeley to bring Continuing Education programs to India.
6.	Obtained 8 MOUs from Universities for Seer Akademi, covering 300+ colleges.
7.	Obtained India’s largest donation of software (over USD 260 Million) from Synopsys.
8.	Built India’s first (and only) Washington Accord compatible program.
9.	Successfully raised multiple rounds of financing for startups from reputed firms such as Intel Capital and handled M&A with Synopsys.
10.	Successfully deployed highly technical products and solutions worldwide and developed local sales/applications teams in multiple countries esp. North America, Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, India, and the EU.
11.	Successfully developed industry-leading R&D/Applications teams from the ground up in the US/India
12.	Developed and Deployed collaborative relationships with multiple industry giants such as Intel, ARM, Renesas.
13.	Experienced at handling press/media and positioning technology/products in multiple countries
===Incubations and Angel Investing===
1. Incubated startups in the areas of IoT Medical Devices, Mobile diagnostic kits, IoT Automotive Validation,
Electronic Publications, Virtual Reality/3D video, IT services, Virtual fashion modeling, Thermal modeling/power 
profiling and automated pharmaceutical dispensing.
2. Advisory/Mentor role to entrepreneurs/technology companies: provide help ranging from business plan assistance,
setting up in India, IP protection, ground-level operational contracts, key hires, VC/customer introductions, 
technology/business strategy, product trials, and feedback
3. Member of the Mentor Edge Program, IIM Ahmedabad.
4. Charter Member, TiE
===Recent/Notable Public Speaking Events:===
1.	DAC2006 – Low Power Verification Tutorial
2.	DVCON2007 – Panelist on Low Power Verification
3.	DAC2008 – Panel Moderator on VMM/Low Power
4.	VDAT2008 – Industry Invited Speaker
5.	SNUG2008 – Low Power Verification tutorial
6.	ISLPED2008 – Industry Invited Speaker
7.	Synopsys Eclypse Seminars 2008 – Vision Talk and Keynote Speaker
8.	DVCON 2009 - Tutorial on Low Power Verification – Feb 2009
9.	Institution of Engineers – Invited talk on Smart Grids – July 2009
10.	Synopsys Low Power VLSI Seminar for JNTU – Dec 2009 – Vision talk
11.	Conducted a week-long faculty certification event in VLSI – Dec 2009
12.	VLSI India Conferencehttp://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=5346©ownerid=4370 – Low Power Design Tutorial – January 2010
13.	Chitkara University Smart Grid Conference – Keynote speaker – January 2010
14.	Arab Science and Technology Foundation – Invited speaker – May 2010
15.	IEEE Conference on Signals and Systems(GNEC, Hyd) – Plenary Speaker – June 2010
16.	Multiple invited talks under TEQIP
17.	Chief Guest, Faculty Training Workshop, BVRIT, Hyderabad – July 2010
18.	Invited Speaker, CII Panel at the National Summit on Higher Education – December 2010
19.	Conducted training on Low Power for Faculty members – March 2011
20.	Speaker, ISA CXO Conclave on Continuing Education – November 2011
21.	Speaker, TiE Seminar on Continuing Education – November 2011
22.	Panelist, VLSI Conference – January 2012
23.	Invited Speaker, DOE/NIELIT conference in ESDM enablement through education, March 2012
24.	Host and Panelist, ISA i2 Interactive meet on Talent building, May 2012
25.	Convener, Industry-Academia meet on ESDM Manpower Development, JNTUH, 2012
26.	Invited talk – The Future of Low Power Design, IEEE CAS, April 2013
27.	Chief Guest and Instructor – TEQIP workshop on “Beyond PEOs/CLOs – Industry relevant outcomes” – SNIST, November 2013
28.	Talk at Purdue University on Innovative models in Engineering education – March 2014
29.	Key Note Speaker, Synopsys VG Open House, April 2015
30.	DAC 2015 Synopsys IOT Speaker and Technologist interface for Media.
31.	DVCON India Panelist, September 2015
32.	Invited Speaker and Panel co-chair, Telemedicine Conference, Madurai India June 2016
33.	Invited Speaker, Telemedicine Conference, Pune, India, June 2017
34.	CME At Glen Eagles, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Asia Drives Digital Health”, September 2017
35.	Talk on Digital Health Disruption at the University of Cambodia, May 2018.
36.	CME at<Jayadevahttp://www.jayadevacardiology.com/ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, November 2018
37.	Talks in India – Feb 2020, CSI-PHFI webinar
•	Primary Author of the Industry 1st book – Verification Methodology Manual for Low Power, 2008
•	Whitepaper Application of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy to Engineering Educationhttp://globaluniv.org/pdf/Application-of-Revised-Bloom.pdf, 2014
 
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