Dr. Sairam is a passionate researcher and entrepreneur, aimed towards developing environmentally safe and sustainable agricultural technologies. He obtained his PhD in Plant Biotechnology. He did his Post Doctoral research in IISc, Bangalore as a National Fellow of Biotechnology and in University of Delaware, USA as a NIH Fellow. He also did various courses from NALSAR, Indian School of Business, Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore, Stanford, MITx and Harvard Universities. Currently he is leading the R&D of his own start-up ‘UrbanKisaan’, a vertical farming pioneer in India.