Rajesh Kasturirangan is a mathematician and cognitive scientist. He brings an interdisciplinary approach to his work, combining mathematical theory, philosophy, and experimentation. He has worked on theoretical questions in consciousness and cognition as well as cross-species research on animal minds. Writing for a popular audience, he has applied these ideas to analyse a wide range of phenomena in Indian society. He has a PhD in Cognitive Science from MIT. He is the co-founder and CEO of Socratus, which seeks to be the midwife of collective wisdom.