Rajiv Uttamchandani
PRESIDENT, H.E.R. ACADEMY
Rajiv Uttamchandani is a theoretical physicist, human rights activist, professor, and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Chairman of the International STEM Society for Human Rights, an organization which uses modern science and technology to address gender-based violence. Some of Rajiv’s humanitarian initiatives include the H.E.R. Academy virtual school for refugees which recently commenced its classes for Rohingya adolescent youth, and the H.E.R. Rescue technology platform used by law enforcement agencies in tackling modern day slavery. As a physicist, Rajiv’s research interests lie in exploring connections between superstring theory, quantum field theory, and cosmology. He seeks to formulate new mathematical structures and tools whereby quantum field theories and string theory may be extended and transformed into a single mathematical framework.