Kripa Varanasi

Kripa K. Varanasi is an Inventor, Entrepreneur, and Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The focus of his work is on physico-chemical phenomena particularly at interfaces and developing novel materials and interfaces, devices, and products that can dramatically enhance performance in energy, biomedical, water, agriculture, transportation, and consumer devices.

He has co-founded multiple companies including LiquiGlide,  Dropwise, Infinite Cooling,   Alsym Energy,  AgZen  and Coflo Medical. Time and Forbes Magazines have named LiquiGlide to their "Best Inventions of the Year". His Infinite Cooling project has won first prize at DOE's National Cleantech University Prize, First prize Rice Business Plan Competition, first prize Harvard Business School Energy & Environment Start-up, First prize at MIT-100K, First prize at MassChallenge. His recent work on Electrochemical removal of CO2 from oceans has been listed in the IUPAC's 2023 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry.

Early life
Kripa Varanasi received his B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India and his SM (ME and EECS) and Ph.D from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Recognition
Kripa Varanasi has received numerous awards for his work including NSF Career Award, DARPA Young Faculty Award, SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Heat Transfer Award, Boston Business Journal's 40 under 40, ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award for outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering, APS Milton van Dyke award, and MIT Graduate Student Council's Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising.