Nagendra Nagaraja

Nagendra Nagaraja is an Indian quantum physicist and technologist. He is the founder and CEO of the Indian startup company QpiAI specialised in the field of quantum computer. He is known for the construction of the QpiAI-Indus quantum computer in India. His main interests are in the field of quantum computing, artificial and algorithmic intelligence, etc. He is also an author of several papers and books in these fields. He holds Ph.D. degree in Wireless, ML, and AI from Coventry University, United Kingdom.

The inspiration for success of the technologist Nagendra Nagaraja lies in the philosophy of the ancient Indian strategist Acharya Chanakya. In an interview with media, he said that his ideal person is Chanakya. He is inspired by the philosophy of focusing on achieving goals as earlier practiced by the Indian philosopher Acharya Chanakya. In 2019, he founded his startup company QpiAI, which is specialised in integrating artificial intelligence (AI) with quantum computing for various enterprise applications. The startup company is providing real-world quantum solutions to the critical sectors of materials science and drug discovery to several global enterprises. On 8 April in the year 2021, he founded his major company Qpi Technology. In the same year, he founded subsidiary company Qpivolta to manufacture solid state batteries and Quantum batteries in future.

Scientific career Nagendra Nagaraja has filed 30 patents in the fields of wireless, security, multimedia and artificial intelligence. Among these 30 filed patents, 27 patents were granted.

He is one of the prominent technocrats in the field of quantum computing in India. In 2025, he raised funds of $32 millions with help of National Quantum Mission of India and Avataar Ventures for the development of the quantum computer QpiAI-Indus at his flagship startup company QpiAI in Bangalore.