Maybe or maybe not Deshmukh is still  a strategic advisor for POET Technologies, but for sure with this new job he is not driving special projects for POET. So I wonder, whether anyone found out more in the last month about Deshmukh's/POET's connection to Vietnam:

Dr. Subhash Desmukh – The representative of POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada paid a working visit to Hue University of Sciences

In the afternoon of Dec 14th, Hue University of Sciences (HUSC) had a meeting and worked with Dr. Subhash Desmukh - The representative of POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada. [...]

At the meeting, Dr. Subhash Desmukh introduced about company and projects which will be implemented in Viet Nam including the foundation of company in Hi–Tech Electronic Manufacturing.  [...]

http://www.husc.edu.vn/en/news.php?readmore=78