Travel tech · Founder-led · Kochi

Technology Architect & Founder

I’m Amjad Naushad, Founder & CEO ofElkanIO Research Labs. Building the unified nervous system for travel — infrastructure so companies can scale without the patchwork of disconnected tools.

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Amjad Naushad

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I started as a hands-on engineer with a deep interest in AI during postgraduate study, later leading data teams to ship real-world solutions. In 2017 I founded ElkanIO as a research-led lab to tackle complex, high‑concurrency problems with advanced analytics and intelligent systems.

Working closely with travel leaders, I saw an industry constrained by a patchwork mentality. We’re now focused on the architecture: a unified nervous system that connects fragmented legacy systems into coherent, AI‑driven workflows — infrastructure that lets companies scale with clarity.

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Now building from
Kochi, Kerala, India

Projects

ElkanIO Research Labs — Chief Executive Officer

Full-time · Nov 2017 – Present · Kochi, Kerala, India
2022 – Present

The Travel Ecosystem Era — architecting a product ecosystem to solve the “Patchwork Mentality” in the global travel industry. Led the development of Elkanio Synapse, the central nervous system connecting fragmented legacy systems into a unified, AI‑driven workflow.

2017 – 2022

The AI & Analytics Foundation — founded ElkanIO as a Research Lab focused on leveraging technology and advanced data analytics to solve high‑concurrency problems. This period served as the R&D foundation for the current travel infrastructure, perfecting the AI agents and data models that now power the Elkanio Travel Hub.

Founded in 2017 to tackle real‑world problems with emerging digital technologies; AI & Advanced Analytics solutions. Skills: Travel Technology, Artificial Intelligence.

elkanio.com

Travancore Analytics — Head Of Data Analytics and Cognitive Solutions

Dec 2015 – Jul 2017 · Thiruvananthapuram, India
  • Created a team for Data Analytics and AI solutions
  • Led them single-handedly on various projects including data analytics and NLP solutions
  • Spearheaded business initiatives to support sales and marketing — POC development, MVP design and development
  • Responsible for Industry and Market Research

College of Engineering Munnar — Lecturer

Sep 2011 – Mar 2012
  • Taught: Electrical system design estimation and costing; Electrical machine design; Industrial power electronics
  • Labs: Advanced electrical machines Laboratory; Electrical Machines I Laboratory; Electrical Machine drawing

Education

College of Engineering Trivandrum

2013 – 2015

Master of Technology (MTech), Control Systems — Grade: A

Mar Athanasius College of Engineering

2007 – 2011

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical and Electronics Engineering — Grade: 71.3%

The Core (Synapse)

Unified API and schema that powers the platform — the heartbeat of the ecosystem.

The Nodes (Nucleus / Nova)

Specialized modules replacing patchwork third-party tools with a coherent architecture.

Yield Engineering

Analytics-driven margin discovery across routing and operations that legacy systems miss.

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