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Indian American Entrepreneur Dr. Mohit Aron is the founder and chief executive officer of San Jose. This year he has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
FREMONT, CA: The California-based Cohesity, San Jose has announced that Dr. Mohit Aron, founder, and chief executive officer of the company, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi for the year.
Dr. Mohit Aron, the Indian-American entrepreneur, says that he is honored to be recognized by IIT Delhi for such a distinguished award. His experience at IIT Delhi has shaped him. He continues his relationship with the IIT community as a way of giving back and hoping to inspire students to take on the significant challenges that can help change the world. IIT Delhi is an asset to India and the world as a foundation for innovators and entrepreneurs, he added
Aron pursued his bachelor of science in computer science from IIT Delhi in 1995. He continued his studies at Rice University, where he received a doctorate in computer science with a focus on distributed systems. Aron went on to serve as one of the lead developers on the Google File System. He is the co-founder of Nutanix in 2009 and started Cohesity in 2013.
Cohesity is disrupting the data management market under Aron’s leadership. It employs more than 1,300 people globally, and is recognized as a leader by independent research firms and organizations globally, and was recognized as a “technology pioneer” by the World Economic Forum.
V. Ramgopal Rao, director of IIT Delhi, says Dr. Aron was selected because of his remarkable accomplishments as an innovator and entrepreneur. He found two successful companies, Nutanix and Cohesity.
Dean of alumni affairs and international programs at IIT Delhi, Sanjeev Sanghi, said that “This year’s recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award continue to represent the rich tradition of entrepreneurship that exists among IIT Delhi alumni.” He also mentioned that over 50 percent of the Indian or Indian-origin unicorn founders are graduates of IIT Delhi.
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