NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Karthik Janakiraman is a 2009 Acumen Fund Fellow. He is working with Global Easy Water Products (GEWP), an company in India that provides poor farmers with access to affordable micro-drip irrigation solutions. He is developing a production, inventory and logistics plan, while also building and refining GEWP’s export strategy. Before Acumen Fund, Karthik was a Senior Engineering Manager at Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California, responsible for new product development. He has been awarded five patents in the area of semiconductor design. Karthik holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.