Basant Gupta

Chief Executive Officer

Basant Gupta is one of the founders of Zeus Numerix. As CEO, he inspires and leads the team with great passion towards company goals and vision. He is excited about simulation methods for unconventional engineering problems. Basant was a member of Niti Aayog’s Champion of Change initiative. He also participated in formulating new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP 2020) as a member of the group on entrepreneurship.

Basant is a graduate in mechanical engineering from IIT Bombay. He also obtained his master’s degree from IIT Bombay with a specialization in thermal and fluids engineering.

Irshad Khan

Chief Operating Officer

Irshad Khan is one of the founders and COO of Zeus Numerix. He has over 2 decades of experience and drives the company’s consistent growth in revenue, margin and stakeholder satisfaction. Irshad focuses his energy on creating and growing an industry-leading team of subject matter experts. Under his leadership, the company remains updated with the latest in-house infrastructure for large scale computing and with equipment for new product development.

Irshad holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University. His work as Research Associate at IIT Bombay led to the development of India’s only structured mesh generator, GridZTM.

Abhishek Jain

Chief Business Officer

Abhishek Jain is Chief Business Officer (CBO) at Zeus Numerix. He is responsible for forging long term relationship with potential customers and collaborators. He is active with industry associations and high-ranking policymakers in recommending action items towards self-reliance in defence technologies. Abhishek is a recipient of the India Innovation Growth medal and the first Technology Development Fund project. He is an invited speaker and mentor to start-ups.

Abhishek holds a master’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay with a specialization in Aerodynamics. He is associated with Zeus Numerix since the inception of the company.

Prasanna Shevare

Chief Product Officer

Prasanna Shevare is Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Zeus Numerix. He is responsible for systems engineering of the product, meeting its performance standards and enhancing reliability. As an expert in rugged and miniaturized electronics, he does design of autopilots/onboard computers. Prasanna is a recipient of award in International Competition for micro air vehicle, Toulouse, France, International competition for underwater gliders, Madrid, Spain, MICAV, A DRDO competition etc.

Prasanna holds a bachelor's degree in technology from the Vellore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore and was a research at IIT Bombay that lead him to entrepreneurship. He is a serial entrepreneur and a technical backbone of the team.