
Dr. I. M. Loya
CEO and Head of Innovation & Technology, Indiadotcom Digital Pvt Ltd
Dr. I. M. Loya, Ph.D. in Innovation Adoption / Technology Management, is passionate about creating business and social value through innovation by identifying and developing use cases, accelerating the “lab to market” process and strategizing commercialization of frontier technology, including AI, AR/VR, IoT and IIoT.
He has been actively engaged in the area of Innovation Adoption and Technology Commercialization for about 3 decades in the capacities of a researcher, faculty, consultant, mentor, strategist, and corporate practitioner, with a rich blend of academics and applied experience in the field.
He is CEO and Head of Innovation & Technology at Indiadotcom Digital Pvt Ltd.
Prior to this, he was associated with Essel Group (Group Chief Technology Innovation Officer), Navtech Pte. Ltd., Jwlrai Pte. Ltd., Sony Singapore, Samsung Semiconductor, NIT Raipur, and other educational institutes of repute in India. Dr. Loya has contributed to the State Planning Commission of Chhattisgarh in the capacity of a special invitee to Industrial Task Force on skill and MSME. He has contributed to both SMEs and MNCs as a consultant and is also a co-founder of a few technology business ventures.
Dr. Loya’s academic achievements include a Ph.D., MBA, BE; he is also a Six Sigma Black Belt professional. He has published 11 research papers and participated in various conferences. His experience comprises adoption and commercialization of various innovations and technologies including Artificial Intelligence (video analytics for event identification, image analytics for Diamond Jewellery, Pearl classification and Bovine Identification, NLP, Conversation system), IoT & IIoT (Draught management system, Loom machine monitoring and control), semiconductor and electro-mechanical devices for consumer electronics (Audio CD player, Video CD Player DVD, CCTV, TV), industrial electronics (Finger print device, GPS module, NFC), medical devices (ECG Electrode, Infusion Pump, Diffusion Pump, Elastomeric pump, incentive spirometer), engineering (Fly Ash Technologies, Lithium-Ion Battery for Mobile Phone), telecommunications (Feature Phone, Smart Phone & Smart Feature Phone).