Suresh K. Lodha is Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is co-author of The Atlas of Global Inequalities and The Atlas of California, and has published and presented over a hundred articles and papers in journals and at conferences. Lodha’s research interests include visualisation, vision and social entrepreneurship.

Lodha is currently exploring the ways in which computer technology can make a difference to society. He received an Excellence in Teaching award from the University of California. He has an MSc from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD from Rice University.