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Upon joining KSTC in February 2001, Mahendra brought 30 years of teaching, research and management experience to the creation and management of KSEF and making R&D investments in novel ideas for innovation and commercialization. He is helping to forge partnerships between academic, industrial and state institutions in building and expanding Kentucky's scientific and engineering capacity to attract external research funds from all sources. In addition, Mahendra has proactively pursued the growth of the Federal SBIR and STTR Programs in the state through outreach and state-funded assistance programs. He currently provides direction to the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, Kentucky Commercialization Fund and the CED/DCI Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds Program. Before joining KSTC, Mahendra worked at several universities in the U.S., Europe and India and at MBI International, a biotechnology R&D organization in Lansing, Michigan. He has been a consultant to United Nations Deve
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