C Mohan is chief scientist for IBM India

IBM today announced the appointment of IBM fellow, C Mohan as the chief scientist for IBM India. He will be responsible for development and leadership of IBM's technical community in India. He will also be a key representative of IBM India's technical community with the government, academia, customers and business partners.

Mohan is an IBM veteran and holds 34 patents to his credit. Till recently, he was at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California where he worked on database and related topics.