Dhairya Dand

Dhairya Dand is an award-winning inventor and artist who runs ODD Industries, a futurist factory and lab in NYC. After completing a Master of Science degree in Media, Arts, and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, Dhairya Dand quickly established himself as a prominent inventor and artist operating at the intersection of humanity and technology. His early career saw him serving as an HCI researcher at MIT, where he investigated the human body as a medium for computation, explored new materials for embodying interactions, and championed design for mindfulness. Dand later joined the founding team for Amazon’s moonshot C-Lab, contributing to the development of Alexa devices, and also served engineering at Google, further solidifying his expertise in cutting-edge technological innovation.

Most recently, his distinguished career and profound influence were further recognized when he was awarded Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2023, cementing his status as a leading innovator and thought leader in his field.