Kumar Garg

Vice President of Partnerships, Schmidt Futures

Shaping the Field of Learning Engineering

2022 Simon Initiative Distinguished Lecture
November 7, 2022

Kumar Garg is the Vice President of Partnerships at Schmidt Futures. In this role, Kumar works to help all major Schmidt Futures programs find successful leverage, as well as helping to run the Technology and Society portfolio. He previously helped shape science and technology policy for the Obama Administration for nearly eight years, serving in a variety of roles in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

During his 2022 Simon Initiative Distinguished Lecture, "Shaping the Field of Learning Engineering," Kumar discussed the need for learning engineering and the importance of growing it as a discipline.