Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Founded Organizations 1

Vivek Wadhwa is a Distinguished Fellow of Policy & Research for Singularity University; Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University; Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and distinguished visiting

scholar, Halle Institute of Global Learning, Emory University.

Prior to his current role at SU, Vivek served as our VP of Innovation & Research. In this role, Vivek oversaw the academic programs at Singularity University, which educates a select group of leaders about the exponentially growing technologies that are soon going to change our world. These advances—in fields such as robotics, A.I., computing, synthetic biology, 3D printing, medicine and nanomaterials—are making it possible for small teams to do what was once possible only for governments and large corporations to do: solve the grand challenges in education, water, food, shelter, health and security.

In his roles at Stanford, Duke and Emory universities, Vivek lectures in class on subjects such as entrepreneurship and public policy, helps prepare students for the real world, and leads groundbreaking research projects.

Vivek is an advisor to several governments; mentors entrepreneurs; and is a regular columnist for The Washington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism magazine.

Prior to joining academia in 2005, Vivek founded two software companies.

Number of Current Jobs 1
Number of Past Jobs 6
Vivek Wadhwa is the Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School. Additionally, Vivek Wadhwa has had 6 past jobs including Syndicated columnist at The Washington Post.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
The Washington Post
Syndicated columnistMay 2011Jun 2018
Duke University
Director of Research, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School Eng.Jan 2009Dec 2016
Stanford University
Fellow - Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate GovernanceJan 2012Jul 2016
Singularity University
Vice President of Academics, Research, InnovationNov 2011Dec 2015
Emory University
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Halle Institute for Global LearningJan 2011Dec 2014
University of California Berkeley
Visiting Scholar20092012
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Vivek Wadhwa holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member at The Family and Advisor at SV Latam Capital.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Singularity University
Faculty and AdvisorApr 2011Nov 2011
Start-Up Chile
Advisory Board Member