A young engineer from Kerala is making waves in the deep-technology world with an AI-driven platform that diagnoses various cardiovascular diseases. Nandakishor M, from Kasaragod in Kerala, is one such young innovator who is actively developing AI platforms dedicated to addressing challenges in healthcare and agriculture.
Nandakishor’s journey began in a humble lower middleclass home in Kerala, where his parents worked as daily wage labourers for decades. Despite their limited formal education, they remained unwavering in their determination to create a stable future for their three children. Their resilience and sacrifice laid the foundation for the ambition and grit that shaped Nandakishor’s entrepreneurial path.
While pursuing his B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Government Engineering College in Kannur, he initially explored nanotechnology and graphene research. But everything changed when he began collaborating with his seniors on AI vision models, an experience that shifted his entire trajectory toward artificial intelligence.
In 2018, he won first place at the Cooperative Hackathon hosted by IIM Calicut, a defining moment that drew him fully into the world of machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision. It marked the beginning of a path that would lead him to build two major deep-tech ventures before turning 25.
In 2019, while still in his second year of B.Tech, Nandakishor co-founded Deepflow Technologies with his seniors. The startup began with robotics but soon pivoted toward AI for agriculture. Deepflow built 3D printed pesticide spraying robots, blending robotics and AI to automate hazardous farm processes. Their innovation quickly earned recognition, including winning the OpenCV AI Competition 2021 (Regional Winner) and securing visibility as one of India’s most promising young deep tech teams.
After two impactful years at Deepflow, he exited the company in 2021 to pursue his long-term vision in healthcare AI.
Inspired by his siblings both healthcare professionals, Nandakishor witnessed the gaps and challenges in India’s cardiac care ecosystem. With cardiovascular diseases on the rise, delayed diagnosis remains one of the biggest contributors to cardiac related deaths. This insight became the foundation for Convai Innovations, a healthcare AI startup focused on building next generation diagnostic tools.
Convai is currently accelerating under the INEST Incubator at Dr. Moopan’s Medical College, giving the team access to clinical networks, medical expertise, and healthcare focused research infrastructure.
Convai’s flagship product, AI for Cardio, uses artificial intelligence to interpret ECG graphs in real time, helping doctors make faster and more accurate clinical decisions. The platform provides instant ECG interpretation, assists physicians during emergency cardiac assessments, reduces delays caused by manual ECG reading, and significantly improves the accuracy and speed of early diagnosis. Many general practitioners and even experienced clinicians struggle to interpret ECGs quickly in critical situations. Convai’s technology addresses this gap by making cardiac diagnosis faster, more reliable, and more accessible.
Nandakishor continues to be at the forefront of AI research and product development in India. Beyond building startups, he shares his expertise as an AI tutor and frequently represents Kerala at leading AI, robotics, and business summits.
