Ashish Agrawal

Overview

Ashish Agrawal holds the position of Vice President - AI Applications at FlexTrade, a role Agrawal has occupied since July 2025[1][2]. Prior to this appointment, Agrawal served as Co-Founder and CEO of NPBridge from March 2018 to June 2025[3]. Agrawal's earlier career included roles as a Member Technical at D. E. Shaw India Private Limited[7], a Senior Research Assistant on the OPAALS Project under the European Union[8], and teaching positions with MOOC on MOOC and Mobiles for Development[4][5]. Agrawal also completed a visiting researcher position at the Geneva School of Business Administration[6]. Agrawal holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science and a B.Tech. - M.Tech. Dual Degree in Computer Science & Engineering, both from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur[10][11].

Career history

1. Vice President - AI ApplicationsJul 2025 to presentFlexTrade
2. NCo-Founder and CEOMar 2018 to Jun 2025NPBridge
3. InstructorAug 2014 to Nov 2014MOOC on MOOC (http://www.mooconmooc.org)
4. InstructorSep 2013 to Dec 2013Mobiles for Development (http://m4d.colfinder.org/)
5. Visiting ResearcherJan 2013 to Feb 2013Geneva School of Business Administration
6. Member TechnicalAug 2009 to Dec 2009D. E. SHAW INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
7. OPSenior Research AssistantMay 2008 to Jul 2009OPAALS Project (European Union)
8. DMSummer InternMay 2007 to Jul 2007Decision Mapper

Education

1. Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer ScienceIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
2. B.Tech. - M.Tech. Dual Degree, Computer Science & Engineering2004 - 2009Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur