Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan on why he chose to focus his philanthropic giving on brain research despite the chance that it may not yield the desired solutions, and the virtues of slow, patient capital
Senapathy “Kris” Gopalakrishnan is spending hundreds of crores to study the human brain. He has earmarked Rs750 crore towards research over the next decade, through the Centre for Brain Research at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Centre for Computational Brain Research at IIT-Madras. The latter is undertaking cellular-level image mapping of the brain, which is the first of its kind in the world.
(This story appears in the 09 February, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)