Arastu Sharma
Founder and CEO, Shodh AI
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Arastu Sharma is applying AI to materials science and energy-storage innovation. Founder and CEO of Shodh AI, he works at the intersection of imaging, machine learning and neural networks, with a research background that includes a PhD from the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Microsoft.
Shodh AI’s Project Skanda, selected under the IndiaAI Mission, aims to build mesoscale foundation models for battery and energy-storage research with support from NVIDIA technologies. The goal is to accelerate materials discovery and manufacturing workflows, where progress is often slow, expensive and technically complex.
Sharma’s profile reflects AI’s movement into scientific and industrial domains beyond conventional software applications.

