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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
Jivass Technologies

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
QYON

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajbhat/

Raj Bhat
Ex - Wadhwani Foundation

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
Potential & Possibilities.

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 - Fantain

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
Paytm Ads

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
Development Logics

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
Zenatix Solutions

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
Bharat Innovation Fund

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
Alsisar Impact

Samir Shah

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samir-shah-09a76547/

Samir Shah
Peak Venture Partners

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
Compliance Support

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
PatentSKy

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/