Manish Kothari was previously a director of commercial ventures and licensing at the corporate venturing unit, after initially joining SRI in 2013.

US-based non-profit research institute SRI International has promoted Manish Kothari to president of its corporate venturing unit, SRI Ventures.

Kothari previously served as a director of commercial ventures and licensing at SRI Ventures, where he specialised in healthcare, engineering and physical sciences. In addition to his SRI Ventures role, he will also take up a position as vice president of SRI International.

Kothari originally joined SRI in 2013 as a business development consultant and entrepreneur-in-residence before being named as a…