Ajit Prabhu


Ajit Prabhu is an Indian entrepreneur who is the Chairman and CEO of QuEST Global which he co-founded with Aravind Melligeri in 1997 at Schenectady, New York. He hails from Hubballi city in the Indian state of Karnataka.

Early education

He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology in Hubli and a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. Did his second master's degree in Bio-Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. During his earlier days, he worked at General Electric’s Corporate Research and Development Center located in Schenectady, New York while working on power generation, aircraft engines, appliances and locomotive related engineering problems.

Positions held