Dr. Shyam holds a doctorate in Real Time High Performance computing Systems, specializing in Parallel Computer Architecture from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (Gold medal) and has worked with CG Smith, Ericsson, Tata Consultancy Services and Philips. During his stint at Ericsson, Dr. Shyam, as the Center Head and General Manager, was responsible for building a technical team of more than 100 engineers, who were involved in new product development activities at Bangalore. At Ericsson, he was on special assignment at their head office in Stockholm, as a Strategic Product Manager for over 3 years.

At Tata Consulting Services as Sr. Product Manager, Dr. Shyam spearheaded their new Product Development initiatives, including the development programs on wireless communications and medical electronics. Working as a Director of technology in Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore, he established the innovation framework for consumer electronics and medical systems division. He was Founder & CTO of Forus Health Pvt Ltd, a medical device company based out of Bangalore. Currently, he is Founder & Director at Renalyx Health Systems Pvt Ltd, Bangalore.

Dr. Shyam is on the governing council for leading institutions like PES Inst of Technology, SJCE Mysore, T John Institute, Nandhi, ATMA, Aditya Institute and visiting faculty at BMS Engineering, SJCE and MIT Manipal. He serves as a Technical Director for Maastricht University Medical Center, Netherlands since 2010 and has groomed more than 50 research programs in healthcare and life sciences. He has filed more than 20 international patents and more than 40 publications in leading conferences and journals.