Samsung's Senior Global VP Pranav Mistry named STAR Labs CEO

Gujarat-born Pranav Mistry, the Global Senior Vice President at South Korean firm Samsung Electronics, has been appointed as the CEO and President of Samsung Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Labs. Mistry is known for his work on 'SixthSense', a gesture-controlled wearable device, as a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student. Mistry had joined Samsung in 2012 as a VP.