Dr. Siva Teja Kakileti has over a decade of experience pioneering AI-driven affordable healthcare technologies to enhance early disease detection, particularly in resource-constrained regions. He is one of the founding members and Principal Research Scientist at Niramai. His expertise spans women’s health, COVID-19, Onchocerciasis, diabetic foot, and eye diseases. His clinically validated and regulatory-cleared innovations are actively assisting doctors in diagnosing diseases early across multiple countries, with deployments in hospitals, government healthcare programs, and telemedicine platforms. His groundbreaking research has led to 30+ international publications, multiple book chapters and 30+ granted patents worldwide (13 US, 13 India, 2 Japan, 2 Singapore, 2 Europe).
He was listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 India, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, and BW HealthcareWorld 30 Under 30, and is a recipient of the IIT Guwahati Young Alumni Achiever Award. He is also the lead organizer/Editor for AIIIMA, a MICCAI workshop and a forum with an aim to encourage research using AI over Infrared images for medical applications.
He was awarded PhD degree by the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University, The Netherlands and Bachelors of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. Prior to Niramai, he worked in health care analytics group at Xerox Research Centre India as a Budding Scientist for 1.5 years.