Deepak is a global influencer in the technology domain being a regular speaker, moderator, and evangelist. He is currently advising and mentoring various technology companies in the area of his influence including the application of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Geo-Spatial Technology, Computer Vision, Mobile Technology, Drones, and the Internet of Things. He has been an active voice in the agriculture and food space with demonstrated evangelism in areas of Food Safety & Security, Protected & Regenerative Farming, and Digital & Smart Agriculture. He is well networked across more than 50 countries with a strong footprint in Europe, Africa, and Asia.  Before joining Suumaya, Deepak was CEO of high profile companies in agriculture domain including AgriWatch, MyCrop, HnyB Tech-Incubations, DigiAgri. He sits on the board of advisors of various AgTech Incubators, Accelerators and VCs including Indigram Labs Foundation a Government of India supported Technology Business Incubator, the most successful AgTech Incubator in India.  Deepak has 24 years of diverse experience working across 34 countries on various projects. He also advised various private, public, and multilateral organizations in the agriculture and technology domain. He also advised various private, public, and multilateral organizations in the agriculture and technology domain. Deepak is a regular speaker of global repute with the honor of speaking at events including the Global Agriculture Summit – Greece, African Innovation Week - Ethiopia, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting – Davos/Tianjin, WEF ASEAN - Hanoi, WEF AFRICA – South Africa, Global Forum on Innovations for Marginal Environments – UAE, NASDAQ Technology Pioneer Meeting – New York, African Union Private Sector Conference – Madagascar, GROW ASIA – Singapore, Better Rice Initiative Asia – Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand.  Deepak is a regular contributor to various research in Agriculture Technology and Innovation domain, conducted by organizations and think tanks like NASSCOM, Nikkei Asia, Alpha Beta, All India Management Association (AMA), CII, Frost & Sullivan, PwC, BCG, World Economic Forum (WEF) to name a few. 

Other awards and recognitions include CEO of top 10 startups by Cultivate Program of UNDP, top 100 Social Entrepreneur listed by the National University of S ingapore and DBS Foundation, NASSCOM award for using AI for Good, top 10 Start Indonesia by AliPay, top CEO of Start-- Ups CEO impacting Up in AgTech by Indian Council for Food and Agriculture, and ABSA Award for Leader with Strategic Vision. He is a wellpu blished author with various published books (John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press) on technology and business. He has been profiled by reputed publications/media including Forbes, Nikkei, Channel News Asia, YourStory, Nasscom Research, Inc42, and Business Insider to name a few.