Anu Acharya is a serial entrepreneur, columnist, poet, and a prolific speaker at various forums around the wold. As the Founder & CEO of Mapmygenome, she introduced the concept of personal genomics in India with the launch of Genomepatri in 2013. She co-founded and pioneered her first venture Ocimum Biosolutions from 2000 to 2013 through a platform called RaaS that included innovative bioinformatics, LIMS, databases and genomics services, global acquisitions, awards, and fundraises. She is a distinguished alumna from IIT Kharagpur and also has two Masters degrees from the University of Illinois.