Our Team


Shankar Ramaswamy, MD

Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO

Shankar Ramaswamy is the Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Kriya Therapeutics. Dr. Ramaswamy was part of the early foundational team at Roivant Sciences, where he was responsible for helping to identify and evaluate assets across therapeutic areas and launch its first public subsidiary company. He went on to be the Chief Business Officer of Axovant Gene Therapies. Dr. Ramaswamy received his MD from Brown University and his undergraduate degree in economics from Harvard University.