Dr. Mohit Aron
Award Year: 2019 | Degree Year: 1995
Dr. Mohit Aron received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1995 and Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from Rice University in 2000.
Founder and CEO of Cohesity, Dr. Mohit Aron is an entrepreneur and businessman. He is commonly referred as the “Father of Hyper-Converged Infrastructure”. He has more than 15 years of experience in building scalable, high-performance distribution systems. He built his career with various start-ups, Zambeel Inc., Google and Aster Data Systems. He co-founded Nutanix in 2009 and founded Cohesity Inc. in 2013. Both of the companies are unicorn startup companies. Nutanix had a market value of US$ 2 billion in September 2016 before it went for the IPO. While, Cohesity has reached a valuation of over US$ 1 Billion in 2018, achieving the Unicorn feet in just 5 years.
Since 2017, Dr. Aron is also a board member and advisor at Memsql Inc. He has received Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award – 2018 for “outstanding professional achievement and service to society” by Rice University. He has also been listed as The Top 25 Innovators of 2012 and The Top 25 Disrupters of 2016 by CRN magazine.
In honoring Dr. Mohit Aron, IIT Delhi recognizes the outstanding contributions made by him in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Business Development. Through his achievements, Dr. Mohit Aron has brought glory to the name of the Institute.
