How startups are leveraging deep tech knowledge to power ahead

Geeta Manjunath turned entrepreneur in the backdrop of a tragedy. In 2017, a cousin she was really close to succumbed to breast cancer at a relatively young age. Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in women and the second most common worldwide. Gopinath, who has a PhD in computer science from the Indian Institute of Science, applied her scientific mind to the issue. Ubiquitous screening and early detection vastly reduces fatality from cancer. Gopinath had been part of the team that built India's first supercomputer, and most recently headed data analytics at Bengaluru's Xerox Research Centre and worked in various roles at Hewlett Packard Labs for 16 years.