# Ramendra Shukla

> Ramendra Shukla is the co-founder and CEO of Exponentia.ai, established with Rohit Mathur in 2014. An alumnus of BITS Pilani and the Indian School of Business, he previously worked at i2 Technologies, Infosys and UEM Group. His public talks, essays and practitioner conversations focus on applying data and AI to enterprise decisions and everyday operations. He is also identified as a co-founder of Engagely.ai.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Exponentia.ai
- **Organizations:** Exponentia.ai, Engagely.ai, UEM Group, Infosys, i2 Technologies
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** BE, Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Post Graduate Programme in Management, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad
- **Known for:** Co-founded Exponentia.ai in 2014 and leads it as CEO., Exponentia.ai announced investment from Amit Midha and Technog Solutions in February 2022., Identified as a co-founder of conversational AI business Engagely.ai.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2006** — Worked in enterprise technology consulting at i2 Technologies and Infosys.
- **2006-2007** — Attended the Indian School of Business.
- **Before 2014** — Held consulting and management positions, including leadership of the Indian office of a Malaysian enterprise; UEM Group is named in his official biography.
- **2014** — Co-founded Exponentia.ai with Rohit Mathur.
- **2020** — Spoke as co-founder and COO at the BFSI Technology Conclave in Pune on 24-25 January.
- **2021** — Crunchbase dates the start of his Exponentia.ai CEO role to April 2021.
- **2022** — Announced Exponentia.ai investment from Amit Midha and Technog Solutions on 23 February.
- **2023** — Delivered a generative AI and entrepreneurship session at SCET in Surat on 9 October.
- **2026** — Participated in Applied AI Outcomes practitioner conversations and published essays on enterprise AI deployment.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Exponentia.ai in 2014 and leads it as CEO.
- Exponentia.ai announced investment from Amit Midha and Technog Solutions in February 2022.
- Identified as a co-founder of conversational AI business Engagely.ai.
- Published enterprise AI essays in Techstrong.ai and Machine Edge Global in 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published How Enterprises Can Move from AI Experiments to Enterprise-Wide Impact in Techstrong.ai on 14 July.
- **2026-07** — Discussed data, business decisions and human judgment in a Founders Daily interview published 22 July.
- **2026-04** — Published a Machine Edge Global essay about manufacturing decisions and AI agents on 2 April.
- **2026-03** — Exponentia.ai announced the Applied AI Outcomes: From Pilot to Production podcast, featuring Shukla with Ashish Srivastava of Daikin Applied Americas.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramendrashukla/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25