About Us | ZAS Robotics.AI

Our Founders

Industry leaders, researchers, and educators committed to building the next generation of innovators.

Dr. Roohi Banu

Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Chartered Engineer (CEng) with a PhD from the UK and an alumna of IIT Chennai and the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. With 15+ years of international experience at MBDA, Airbus, and Motorola, she has presented research at NASA JPL, ESA, IEEE, and IET. She leads the development of structured robotics and AI learning systems that cultivate research-driven thinking and innovation.

Mr. Fakruddin Mohammed

Co-Founder & Chief Visionary (AI & Robotics)

An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur with further studies in Financial Mathematics (University of Reading, UK) and Artificial Intelligence (Harvard Extension School, USA). With senior experience at JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, UBS, HSBC, LGIM and Schroders, he bridges finance, technology, and education. He leads strategy and mentorship, guiding students toward global competitions, research, and industry readiness.

Senior Advisory Board

Strategic guidance across robotics, education delivery, and industry alignment.

Prof N Subba Reddy

Gyeongsang National University

Senior Advisor — Education & Partnerships

Guides curriculum structure, institutional partnerships, and assessment frameworks for scalable adoption.

Amit Kumar Agarwal

Founder & CEO at NoBroker.com

Senior Advisor — Industry & Partnerships

Supports go-to-market strategy, ecosystem partnerships, and aligning ZAS Robotics to industry needs.

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Senior Advisor — Industry & Scale

Supports go-to-market strategy, ecosystem partnerships, and aligning ZAS Robotics to industry needs.

Regional Leadership

Local ownership, partnerships, and delivery — aligned to ZAS Robotics’ global standards.

Dr. Sameer Ahamed

Country Head — India

Leads growth and execution across India — building school/college partnerships, running deployments, and ensuring consistent learning outcomes for students.

Institution partnerships & programs
Workshops, pilots, and curriculum delivery
Local ops, training, and community building

Mr Mohammed Sadiq

Regional Head — Middle East & MENA

A technology leader with a strong academic foundation in financial engineering (Alcalá University, Spain), computer science (PSG College of Technology, India), and electronics. He brings extensive experience across AI integration, LLM-driven solutions, enterprise data platforms, and embedded systems, with hands-on leadership in large-scale industrial environments at organisations including Emirates Global Aluminium, Samsung, and Bharat Electronics (Defense R&D).

Drives regional partnerships and strategic adoption across MENA — aligning ZAS Robotics programs to local education priorities and scaling multi-country initiatives.

Regional partnerships & strategic alliances
Multi-country delivery & stakeholder alignment
Growth planning, localisation, and scaling

Engineering Team

Built for reliability — from hardware design to real-world autonomy systems.

Raahila Parveen

Senior Design Engineer

Leads mechanical/electrical design decisions — ensuring ZAS robots are cleanly integrated, robust, and manufacturable for students and institutions.

CAD, CAM, Robot Kinematics architecture & integration
Mechanical layout & enclosure decisions
Test plans, BOM, and manufacturing readiness
Performance validation & reliability
Mentoring engineers & engineering standards

Nishu

Senior Design Engineer

Leads end-to-end system engineering — motion control, sensor fusion, ROS2 pipelines, validation, and release quality across the product line.

System architecture & autonomy roadmap
Performance validation & reliability
Mentoring engineers & engineering standards
Mechanical layout & enclosure decisions
Test plans, BOM, and manufacturing readiness

Samad

Senior Kinematics Engineer

Leads robotic kinematics system engineering — motion control, sensor fusion, ROS2 pipelines, validation, and release quality across the product line.

System architecture & autonomy roadmap
Performance validation & reliability
Mentoring engineers & engineering standards
Mechanical layout & enclosure decisions
Test plans, BOM, and manufacturing readiness