Pranav Mistry The Young Innovator

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Pranav Mistry  is an Indian computer scientist and Inventor. At present, he is the head of Think Tank Team and Vice President of Research at Samsung. He is best known for his work on SixthSense and Samsung Galaxy Gear. His research interests include Wearable Computing, Augmented reality, Ubiquitous computing, Gestural interaction, AI, Machine vision, Collective intelligence and Robotics. World Economic Forum honored Mistry as one of the Young Global Leader 2013.

He is from Palanpur, which is situated in northern Gujarat in India. He has completed Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Nirma Institute of Technology in Gujarat. Pranav holds a Master's degree in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from Industrial Design Center, IIT Mumbai. Later he was a research assistant and a PhD candidate at MIT Media Lab.
He joined Samsung electronics as the Director of Research in 2012, and now serves as the Vice President of Research and leads the Think Tank Team. He introduced Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch in September 2013.
Before joining MIT, Pranav worked as a UX Researcher with Microsoft.
Mistry is best known for his work on SixthSense.Among some of his other work, Pranav has invented Mouseless – an invisible computer mouse; SPARSH – a novel way to copy-paste data between digital devices; Quickies – intelligent sticky notes that can be searched, located and can send reminders and messages; Blinkbot - a gaze and blink controlled robot; a pen that can draw in 3D; and a public map that can act as Google of physical world.
Pranav's research on SixthSense was awarded the 2009 Invention Award by Popular Science. He was also named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.In 2010, he was named to Creativity Magazine's Creativity 50.Mistry has been called "one of ten, best inventors in the world right now" by Chris Anderson. Mistry has been listed as one of the 15 Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine on 15 May 2011.GQ India listed Pranav as one of the most powerful Digital Indians.He was listed as one of the 37 Indians of Tomorrow by India Today.Recently, Pranav Mistry was honored as Young Global Leader 2013 by World Economic Forum.
Awards and achievements

  • Young Global Leader 2013 Award, World Economic Forum 
  • Young Alumnus Award 2012, IIT Bombay
  • 50 Most Creative People of the Year 2010, CREATIVITY 50
  • Netexplorateurs of the Year 2010 award, Netexplorateurs Grand Prix 2010, France
  • TR35 2009 award, Technology Review
  • Invention of the Year 2009 award, Popular Science
  • Young Indian Innovator 2009 award, Digit Magazine
  • Nominee for Forbes India’s Person of the Year 2009


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