Varsh Anilkumar is an engineer and entrepreneur passionate about solving problems using technology. He has worked in leading Al and data engineering projects for a wide range of use cases ranging from e-commerce to health tech.
Varsh Anilkumar is also the Founder and director of a health tech startup BlockMMP. BlockMMP is based in the US and offers technological solutions to help out in the ongoing Opioid crisis rampant in North America and a few other parts of the world. BlockMMP offers a secure prescription dosage tracking software platform that enables streamlined dosage tracking and administration of medications used to treat patients with Opioid use disorders. Initially funded by an NIH grant for research and development, the startup has scaled out the platform to function end to end to provide better care and trust for patients suffering from Opioid use disorders.
Varsh is also working on a computational platform that utilizes Al for cancer research in collaboration with a few researchers in the field.
He is passionate about democratizing technical education specifically in the field of Al and Data Science engineering and is actively involved in mentoring engineering students at Boston University and professionals trying to make a transition into tech through other organizations such as the Global Al hub.
Varsh actively advocates for a rational collaboration between technology developers and policymakers to enable fair, governed, and unbiased technology service offerings. He is currently writing a book that emphasizes the importance of a clear understanding of Al to its end users which empowers them to be more actively involved in the design and policy aspects of Al by having the ability to ask informed questions to the tech and policy architects of Al.