Vilas Dhar

Vilas Dhar is the President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.[1][2][3] The Foundation focuses on Artificial Intelligence and data solutions.[4] The Foundation was created upon the death of IDG's founder Patrick J. McGovern when the ownership of IDG was transferred to the Foundation.

Vilas Dhar
Vilas Dhar at the 2023 World Economic Forum
NationalityAmerican
EducationHarvard Kennedy School of Government (Masters in Public Administration), NYU School of Law (JD), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science)
Occupation(s)President and Trustee of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
SpouseJulia Dhar

Education & Career

Dhar holds bachelor's degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[5] He has a J.D. from the New York University's School of Law as well as a Master's in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.[6] He was a Gleitsman Fellow on Social Change at Harvard University.

Dhar began his career as an artificial intelligence researcher.[7]

Vilas Dhar at the 2023 World Economic Forum
Vilas Dhar at the 2023 World Economic Forum (52692509532)

He was the Managing Partner at Dhar Law LLP and a founder of the Next Mile Project prior to joining the McGovern Foundation.[8] Dhar is an advisor to MIT Solve.[9] He serves as a Trustee of the Christensen Fund.[10] He is an expert contributor to OECD.AI.[11] Dhar is co-chair of the Global AI Action Alliance at the World Economic Forum along with Arvind Krishna, the chairman and CEO of IBM.[12] He is a Senior Fellow of the Berggruen Institute. He has also served as a Practitioner Resident on Artificial Intelligence at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Lake Como, Italy[13] Dhar is a Director of the New England International Donors.[14]

Dhar serves on the Advisory Council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.[15] He is on the Board of Directors at Access Lex Institute.[16]

Work

Dhar and Julia Fetherston wrote about 'impact investing' for the Harvard Business Review. They write that millennial investors will be the ones who "make or break" impact investing. The authors note that millennials "represent a sizeable, well-capitalized cohort of investors with a generational commitment to furthering the social good and a desire to engage their peers — and parents — in doing likewise."

Personal life

He is married to Julia Dhar.[17]

References
  1. Dervishi, Kay (11 August 2023). "Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. Ingram, David (31 December 2022). "Biden signs TikTok ban for government devices, setting up a chaotic 2023 for the app". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. S. Mitra Kalita (21 March 2023). "The Humane Response to the Robots Taking Over Our World". time.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. "About President Vilas S. Dhar". mcgovern.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. "Vilas Dhar". illinois.edu. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  6. "Vilas Dhar MC/MPA 2016 wants to use technology as a democratizing force". hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  7. "Vilas Dhar". xprize.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  8. "Impact Investing Needs Millennials". hbr.org. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  9. "Vilas Dhar". hbr.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  10. "Board of Trustees". christensenfund.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  11. "Vilas Dhar". Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  12. Tedeneke, Alem (28 June 2021). "World Economic Forum Launches New Global Initiative to Advance the Promise of Responsible Artificial Intelligence". weforum.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  13. "Vilas Dhar". berggruen.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  14. "Our Team". neidonors.org. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  15. "Advisory Council". stanford.edu. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  16. "Board of Directors". accesslex.org. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  17. Freeland, Grant (27 August 2018). "Why Millennials Make Great Employees". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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