Balaji Chakravarthi
Founder - ScoVelo Consulting
Raj Bhat
Practice Head – Entrepreneurship Education, Wadhwani Global University at Wadhwani Foundation
Raj manages the entire knowledge management initiative at Empower, involved in mentoring promoters in building up the organization and strategy for growth. He is an Engineer and has done his MBA from We’ school. Raj is a technopreneur for 20 years and served as chief mentor at NEN Global, a Wadhwani Foundation initiative for entrepreneurship development
Raj Bhat
Practice Head, Entrepreneurship Education Wadhwani Global University
Deepika Dutta Kapoor
Associate Vice President at CX Design
Deepika is a design evangelist with extensive experience in innovative conceptual design for the digital world covering web applications, multi-mobile platforms, emerging devices and wearable products. She is leading and mentoring Interaction Designers and Visual Designers across design teams.
Deepika Dutta Kapoor
Associate Vice President at CX Design
Vivek Kapoor
General Manager – Technology at WNS
Vivek is a seasoned technology professional and problem solver focused on productivity, optimization and sharing of the knowledge. He is versed with diverse sectors including Pharma, Health, Education, Finance and Design (UX & UI). It has empowered him to act as a conduit between the technology and other Industries, speak their language, and lead ideation and creation of software products both as an entrepreneur as well as in an organizational capacity
https://www.linkedin.com/in/technotablet/ Vivek Kapoor
General Manager - Technology at WNS
Saurabh Mittal
Head, Fractal Analytics, Senior Advisor, IIT Mandi Catalyst
Head, Fractal Analytics, Senior Advisor, IIT Mandi Catalyst Saurabh Mittal is Senior Advisor at IIT Mandi Catalyst. He has extensive global experience over two decades of working with senior executives in defining strategy, providing thought leadership, creating new business solutions and leading large multicultural, cross-functional teams to implement improved business processes in global businesses. He is also the Head of Leadership Development & Coaching at Fractal Analytics. Mr. Saurabh Mittal is an IIT Delhi alumni and has completed his MBA from the University of Oxford- Said Business School. https://in.linkedin.com/in/saurabhmittal Saurabh Mittal
Head, Fractal Analytics, Senior Advisor, IIT Mandi Catalyst
Vishwanathan S
Co-founder and Vice President, FORGE Innovation Accelerator
Vishwanathan S has been serving India based startups as a Startup coach and consultant offering business advisory, strategic planning and execution support in the areas of Business, Product, Marketing and Investments. He received his PGDM majoring in strategy, entrepreneurship and marketing from IIM-Bangalore in 2011, and his BE degree specializing in electronics and communications from CEG-Chennai in 2000. He is the co-founder at Coimbatore Innovation and Business Incubator (CIBI) and presently leads strategy, program planning and ecosystem operations. https://in.linkedin.com/in/vishforge Vishwanathan S
Co-founder, Forge Innovation Accelerator
Prof. Bringi Dev
Professor of Practice, IIM-Bangalore
Prof. Bringi Dev has over 35 years of experience working as a professional manager, educator, advisor, consultant and mentor. Currently rendering his services in IIM Bangalore as Professor and Chairperson of Center for Management Communication, he also worked for big and well-established names like Wipro, Tata and Compaq. He has extensive experience in different domains and sectors including Computing Products & Services, Print & Online Publishing, Corporate & Management Communication, Sales & Marketing, General Management and Entrepreneurship. Prof. Bringi Dev is IIT Madras and IIM Banglore alumnus. https://in.linkedin.com/in/bringidev Prof. Bringi Dev
Professor of Practice, IIM-Bangalore
Saloni Malhotra
Vice President, Paytm Ads
Saloni Malhotra is the Co-founder of Reboot-Wellness, an ecosystem for mental health in India. She has founded DesiCrew, India’s first rural KPO and is currently in its Board of Directors. She incubated DesiCrew right out of college and took it to a 5 year old company employing 350 people. Later she joined Paytm as Vice-President where she built a USD 45 million Greenfield education business, for India’s largest mobile payments company. She is on Board of IIT Mandi Catalyst, Goonj and advisor to various incubators in India. She is an Industrial Electronics engineer from Bharati Vidyapeeth and Lund University, Sweden alumnus. https://in.linkedin.com/in/salonimalhotra Saloni Malhotra
Vice President, Paytm Ads
Apoorv Bamba
Co-Founder and CEO Ingenious Faces
Apoorv is a curriculum architect and a serial Entrepreneur. He is also a Community Council Member at Silicon Cape and Co-founder at Mashauri. He has previously founded Startup Safari (Acquired by WeeTracker) & Human Circle. He is also a public speaker and guest lecturer with previous talks at platforms such as PechaKucha, Graduate Women International Global Conference, Ashoka University, University of Cape Town, Ghent University, Bertha Centre of Social Innovation among others. https://www.linkedin.com/in/apoorv-bamba-19b53214/ Apoorv Bamba
Co-Founder and CEO Ingenious Faces
Hemendra Mathur
Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund
Hemendra is Venture Partner at Bharat Innovation Fund, a company that encourages and supports entrepreneurs. He has over 20 years of experience in private equity, management consulting and investment banking across the planet. He has worked on top positions for various renowned names like SEAF, Yes Bank and Rabobank. He did his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from IIM Ahmedabad. https://in.linkedin.com/in/hemendra333 Hemendra Mathur
Venture Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund
Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Co-Founder and CTO, Zenatix Solutions
Dr. Amarjeet is Co-founder and CTO in Zenatix Solutions, a data-driven energy efficiency company. He has a keen interest in exploring technological innovations for addressing sustainability challenges at scale. He is currently on teaching leave from IIIT Delhi, where he is working as Asst. Professor in the CS Department.He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a B.Tech from IIT Delhi. https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenatix-solutions/ Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Co-Founder and CTO, Zenatix Solutions
Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
Founding Partner, Jivass Technologies
Lakshmi is a Founding Partner of Jivass Technologies which focuses on commercializing university/lab technologies and innovations and supporting small/medium enterprises in automation, she has extensive experience in technology-led startups and incubation ecosystems. She helped in setting up PayPal’s Star Tank Chennai Incubator as Consultant Manager and prior to that she was Director of IITM’s Rural Technology and Business Incubator for almost 6 years in Chennai. Worked for brands like Wipro for roughly 13 years as Program Manager, she is B.Sc. in Physics from Anna Adarsh college and IISc pass out. https://in.linkedin.com/in/lakshmi-vaidyanathan-34913b7 Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
Founding Partner, Jivass Technologies
Varun Rattan Singh
CEO, Development Logics
Varun is the CEO of Development Logics, which works with a mandate to use IT and management skills to solve developmental challenges faced by masses. It works with a mission to build one of the largest WIFI networks in Himachal Pradesh offering Internet service in remote rural areas. He is also founding curator-Dharamshala Hub for Global Shapers community – a network of city-based Hubs developed and led by young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who want to develop their leadership potential towards serving society. https://in.linkedin.com/in/maverickvarun Varun Rattan Singh
CEO, Development Logics
Vikrant Potnis
Director at Fortemagna Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Vikrant is the Managing Director at Fortemagna Advisors Pvt. Ltd – a company focused on corporate finance advisory, venture capital training and Incubation & Innovation management. The latest funding by Fortemagna includes WorkIndia – India’s largest blue and grey collar platform. WorkIndia raised US$ 6 million from Xiaomi. Vikrant is also the founder of the Indian Academy of Venture Capital (IAVC) which is an initiative to plug in the gaps in understanding the capital raising process for startups and angel investors. So far IAVC is present across 10 cities in India and has trained more than 1,500 entrepreneurs in Fund Raising. Vikrant has experience across Venture Capital and Investment banking and has worked on transactions upwards of INR 200 Cr. He was closely involved in equity fundraising execution across sectors such as consumer, pharma, technology, healthcare etc. Earlier, Vikrant has worked with organizations such as Springboard Ventures, JP Morgan, Ourea Capital Advisors etc. He is a visiting faculty of Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital at CIIE IIM Ahmedabad, XSEED XLRI, SPJIMR, The Bombay Stock Exchange Training Institute, ICT, V.J.T.I, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, PDPU IIC etc. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikrant-potnis-70870158/ Vikrant Potnis
Director at Fortemagna Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Vivek Venugopalan
Ex-Co-founder and CTO, Fantain Sports Private Limited
Vivek is a technology advisor and decision-maker for various clients around the globe in the Retail, CPG and transportation industry, bring in over 20 years of experience in the IT industry helping clients determine the best technology solutions to drive their business efficiently. Retail Technologies, E-Commerce, Multi-Channel Retailing, Large scale distributed systems, Cloud and Grid computing are his areas of expertise. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekv/ Vivek Venugopalan
Ex-Co-founder and CTO, Fantain Sports Private Limited
Dr. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
Founder, Potential & Possibilities
Dr. Kaustubh is a Design Thinking Trainer/Coach and an ‘Innovation & Strategy’ Consultant. He is a serial entrepreneur since 1990. Founded four companies and working on two more ventures. In 2006, he sold his commercial interests in the first 3 companies and plunged into academics and research. Dr. Dhargalkar relishes the challenge of ‘Enhancing the Innovation Quotient’ of an organization, by helping create new offerings to tap existing as well as new markets. Visualizing unique & sustainable Business Models is his forte. His few associations include big names such as Mercedes Benz, Citibank, HP, Mahindra Group, YES Bank, Amazon, L&T and many more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaustubhdesignthinking/ Dr. Kaustubh Dhargalkar
Founder, Potential & Possibilities.
Dilnawaz (Ahmed) Khan
Founder Codesign Labs
Dilnawaz is the Founder and Chief Evangelist at Codesign Labs. He is also a Consultant & Mentor to a lot of technology start-ups wherein he enables them to go from zero to critical mass by helping them with technology, branding and marketing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilnawazkhan/ Dilnawaz (Ahmed) Khan
Founder Codesign Labs
Sneha Kanitkar
Founder PatentSKy| Patent Attorney| Intellectual Property Manager
Sneha is a patent attorney and IP management professional with more than five years of experience with premier research institutes and Technology-driven businesses across life-science domains. She is specialized in IP Management, Technology Transfer, Business Laws, Agreements and Contracts, Patent Analytics, Prosecution and Patent Portfolio planning. She is a Government of India registered IP Facilitator for start-ups. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sneha-kanitkar-68521341/ Sneha Kanitkar
Founder PatentSKy| Patent Attorney| Intellectual Property Manager
Shantanu Srivastava
Founder, Compliance Support
Shantanu is an experienced consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the Legal Secretarial Industry. Skilled in Company Secretarial Work, Secretarial Audit, Legal Document Preparation, Negotiation. Strong administrative professional focused on Corporate Law from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shantanu30/ Shantanu Srivastava
Founder, Compliance Support
Anuj Sharma
Founder, Anuj S Sharma & Co (ASCo)
Anuj has extensive experience of more than a decade of multi-country experience (15 countries) in Strategy, International Structuring, Impact Investing, Regulatory Advisory, Due Diligence, Legal Transaction Advisory, CFO advisory, Investment Banking advisory, SDG, ESG and related fields. Prolific public speaker on varied issues relating to Impact Investing, social enterprises, Gender Lens Investment, investment readiness in emerging economies. Experience working with clients ranging from Leading multinational corporations to startups/ SMEs to non-profit entities, Foundations, Impact Funds. Significant experience working with entities such as in India (23 states in India), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Mongolia, Singapore, Netherlands, USA, UK, UAE etc. Based on the experience in South East Asia in particular, he can share valuable insights with FIIs, DFI, Foundations, PE/VC funds, Development agencies & MNCs aspiring to Invest in the region. From being the founder of a market-leading transaction advisory firm in impact investing, he brings a unique unparalleled proposition to global investment funds who are looking to invest in South Asia. Have done trendsetting India’s first Masala bond privately placed for a US-based foundation for a social enterprise. Also, it facilitated varied debt, equity and blended finance structures for entities based in US and Europe while investing in India. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anujgsharma/ Anuj Sharma
Founder, Anuj S Sharma & Co (ASCo)
Rajeev Roy
Professor, XLRI
Rajeev Roy is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at XLRI and is the CEO of its incubator XCEED. After completing his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, he was an entrepreneur for about 9 years and he spent the next 14 years as an entrepreneurship educator and startup mentor. Over 1000 startups have attended his workshops and he has been involved in entrepreneurship development in 14 countries across the world. He has also helped set up 6 incubators in 4 different countries. He believes in open innovation and has worked with several large companies in their open innovation programs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajvr/ Rajeev Roy
Professor, XLRI
Anay Mushroowala
Partner, Head Marketing & Quality Control, M/s. Venus Engineering Works
Mr. Anay has been in the business of design, development, manufacturing and marketing of industrial valves for extremely corrosive, extreme erosive, extreme Pressure, obnoxious gas services for last about 12 years which is his family business. For the last 4 generations, he has experience teaching entrepreneurship and innovation at various institutions including IIM Ahmedabad, NIT’s, IIT mandi, S. P. Jain Institute of Management, Nirma University, CEPT university; Ahmedabad university to name a few in India. His international academic exposure includes teaching students Hiroshima University, Keio University Japan, and working closely with faculties of the center for design. He has been invited by the Ministry of Education and Technology Government of Japan for consulting them on how to develop SMEs in their country. He has been awarded the “best entrepreneurship faculty” by the National Entrepreneurship network in 2016. He is currently involved as a coach at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Innovation and incubation center where he spends 1-day week coaching startups. His education includes a degree in mechanical engineering; MBA in entrepreneurship, Degree in law; Asnt level II in rt, ut, mt, pt & iso 9001 2015 lead auditor apart from various other international certifications. https://www.linkedin.com/in/anay-mashruwala-43b5038/ Anay Mushroowala
Partner, Head Marketing & Quality Control, M/s. Venus Engineering Works
Vainateya Gavai
Co-Founder, Siriti
A trained software engineer by qualification, he has always been more fascinated in combining technology with creativity. He quit his IT job and started whyIT Solutions – a one-stop-shop for all things digital and soon was working with corporates in India and internationally as well. He is now a founding partner at Siriti, an agency championing richer living through ideas and innovation. Over the last 10 years in the industry, he has worked with brands like Complan, Horlicks, Omron, Coca Cola, Nestle, Hiranandani Group, Mahindra, Jet Airways and ACUVUE to name a few and seen success at international award shows like the Effies, Clios and the Globals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vainateya/ Vainateya Gavai
Co-Founder, Siriti
Kumaar Bagrodia
Founder, CEO, NeuroLeap
Kumar is the founder of NeuroLeap and his areas of interest include brain-computer interface and applied neuroscience. NeuroLeap, India’s leading applied Neuroscience company leveraging technology for better mental health and brain Enhancement. He is a member of the national startup council of CII and is a member of the Apex Council of the India Innovation Initiative by the Government of India. He is a speaker at leading podiums including the Bombay Stock Exchange and has chaired international leader sessions. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbagrodia/