# Kshitij Marwah

> Kshitij Marwah is an Indian deep-tech entrepreneur who founded Tesseract, an MIT Media Lab spin-off building extended reality hardware and software in India. Acquired by Reliance in 2019, Tesseract became Jio Tesseract and shipped consumer XR products including JioDive, JioGlass and JioFrames. A former head of the MIT Media Lab India Initiative, he is an MIT Technology Review TR35 honoree (2017), a Forbes 30 Under 30 (2018) awardee and a TED speaker working at the intersection of AI, optics and immersive design.

- **Role:** CEO and Founder at Jio Tesseract (Tesseract Imaging)
- **Organizations:** Jio Tesseract, Tesseract Imaging, MIT Media Lab, Reliance Jio Platforms, MIT Media Lab India Initiative
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** MS (Camera Culture; light field cameras and displays), MIT Media Lab, PhD (deep learning over 4D light field tensors, did not complete), MIT Media Lab, Research Scientist (AI and deep learning in biomedical data), Stanford University / Harvard Medical School, Visiting Research Scientist, Harvard-MIT HST / MIT CSAIL
- **Known for:** MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35), 2017, Forbes 30 Under 30, 2018, TED India speaker

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Visiting research scientist at Harvard-MIT HST and MIT CSAIL.
- **2010** — Research scientist at Stanford and Harvard Medical School.
- **2011** — Begins MS at MIT Media Lab in the Camera Culture group.
- **2012** — Takes over the MIT Media Lab India Initiative.
- **2015** — Spins off Tesseract Imaging out of his MIT research.
- **2016** — Steps down from leading MIT Media Lab India Initiative after growing it from ~50 to 500+ members.
- **2017** — Named to MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35.
- **2018** — Named to Forbes India 30 Under 30.
- **2019** — Tesseract acquired by Reliance Jio Platforms.
- **2020** — JioGlass unveiled at Reliance AGM.
- **2022** — JioDive launched as an affordable VR headset for the Indian market.
- **2025** — Tesseract fully merged into Jio as Jio Tesseract.

## Achievements

- MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35), 2017
- Forbes 30 Under 30, 2018
- TED India speaker
- TechCrunch Asia Hardware Battle gold winner
- NASSCOM Design4India winner (immersive category)
- NASSCOM Emerge 50 League of 10
- Built the world's first full-resolution 4D light field camera at MIT
- Created Quark 360, billed as the world's smallest 360 VR camera
- Shipped JioDive, JioGlass and JioFrames to the Indian consumer market
- Grew the MIT Media Lab India Initiative 10x

## Latest updates

- **2025** — Tesseract fully merged into Reliance Jio as Jio Tesseract; Marwah continues to lead the XR + AI organization.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kshitij.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshitij-marwah-3a854a4b/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/horizon_ksm
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TesseractInc/

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Last updated: 2026-06-30