Nishith Rastogi on hiring PhDs and building IPs at Locus

About Nishith Rastogi

Nishith Rastogi, Founder and CEO at Locus, is responsible for business expansion across geographies and heads product globally. Prior to founding Locus, he worked for Amazon, where he built algorithms to counter credit card fraud. Nishith also co-founded RideSafe, a real-time route deviation detection application for women’s safety. He is a published author in the field of experimental physics and holds patents in Machine Learning. Nishith has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and a Master's in Economics from BITS Pilani and was profiled by Fortune India for 2022 ‘40 under 40’ list and by Forbes Asia in the 2018 ’30 Under 30’ list.