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S.N O Name Designation Profile 1 Mr. Saurabh Srivastava Chairman, India Operations, CA Technologies Inc. and Co- Founder, Indian Angel Network Saurabh Srivastava is an Indian entrepreneur, investment professional, institution builder and a former chairman of NASSCOM, a non-profit trade organization for the promotion of Indian IT industry. A master's degree holder from Harvard University, he founded Infinity Venture, reportedly the first venture capital fund in India and is a recipient of Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award, the IT Industry Award from the Prime Minister of India and Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to trade and industry. 2 Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma Founder & CEO, Paytm Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur, founder of mobile payments company Paytm and India’s youngest billionaire. He was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He started college at Delhi College of Engineering at the age of 15. In 1997, while in college, started the website indiasite.net and sold it two years later for $1 million. In 2000 he started one97 Communications which offered mobile content like news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched in 2010. To contact any of the mentors kindly drop an email at [email protected] and the request will be forwarded to either the mentor or his Incubator. Please expect a response within 5-7 days barring any exceptional circumstances. STATE MENTORS

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S.NO Name Designation Profile

1 Mr. Saurabh Srivastava

Chairman, India Operations, CA Technologies Inc. and Co-Founder, Indian Angel Network

Saurabh Srivastava is an Indian entrepreneur, investment professional, institution builder and a former chairman of NASSCOM, a non-profit trade organization for the promotion of Indian IT industry.

A master's degree holder from Harvard University, he founded Infinity Venture, reportedly the first venture capital fund in India and is a recipient of Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award, the IT Industry Award from the Prime Minister of India and Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to trade and industry.

2Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Founder & CEO, Paytm

Vijay Shekhar Sharma is an Indian entrepreneur, founder of mobile payments company Paytm and India’s youngest billionaire.

He was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He started college at Delhi College of Engineering at the age of 15. In 1997, while in college, started the website indiasite.net and sold it two years later for $1 million.

In 2000 he started one97 Communications which offered mobile content like news, cricket scores, ringtones, jokes and exam results. One97 is the parent company of Paytm, which was launched in 2010.

To contact any of the mentors kindly drop an email at [email protected] and the request

will be forwarded to either the mentor or his Incubator. Please expect a response within 5-7 days barring any exceptional circumstances.

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3 Mr. Ritesh Agarwal Founder & CEO, OYO Rooms

Ritesh started his entrepreneurial journey when he was 17 years old. He dropped out of college and launched his first start‐up Oravel Stays Pvt. Ltd. in the year 2012. Oravel was designed as a platform to enable listing and booking of budget accommodation. Being an avid traveler, he soon realized that the budget hospitality sector lacked predictability. Therefore, he pivoted Oravel to OYO Rooms in 2013 with the key proposition of offering affordable and standardized accommodation.

According to a research carried out by CB Insights for The New York Times, OYO Rooms is among the companies that may be the next start-up unicorns.

Ritesh Agarwal was selected for the “20 under 20” Thiel Fellowship in 2013. The Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program wherein fellows receive $100,000 and mentorship from the foundation’s network of tech entrepreneurs, investors and scientists.

4 Mr. Ashish Hemrajani Founder & CEO, Bookmyshow

Hemrajani, the founder and chief executive officer of Bigtree Entertainment Pvt. Ltd that owns the website Bookmyshow.com, which offers ticketing for cinemas, plays, concerts and live events.

5 Mr. Harsh Kaul Former Chief General Manager & Country Head, SIDBI

Mr. Harsh Kaul, MA (Eco.), has been an Independent Director of S.S. Infrastructure Development Consultants Ltd since December 26, 2017. Mr. Kaul is Director of Sicom Investments & Finance Limited; Ckers Finance Private Limited; Empower Pragati Vocational And Staffingprivate Limited.

He has served as Chief Executive Officer of SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. (SVCL) until 2011 for about 35 years at SIDBI. Chief of Credit at SIDBI, CEO of SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. specialize in MSME credit delivery, Risk Capital and Startup assistance and cash flow based financing

He has served on the Boards, Advisory Boards and Investment Committees of GujaratState Financial Corporation, SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd (SVCL), Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd., Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund, Blume Ventures Fund, Agri Business Fund and a number of Investee Companies of SVCL.

He currently is working as Advisor to Centre for Innovation, Incubation and entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Serving as amember on the investment committee of GVFL’s start up fund

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6 Mr. Antony Thomas Group CIO, GE Global

Anthony Thomas is CIO (Chief Information Officer), Global IS/IT Nissan.

Thomas had joined GE Global in 2015 as the Group CIO, where he managed IT for GE outside the US-market with a primary objective to drive business growth. He is also assigned to drive the company’s IT & talent transformation and leadership pipeline in India.

7 Mr. Vikram Gupta

Founder and Managing Partnerof IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited

Mr. Vikram Gupta is the Founder, Managing Partner and Managing Director at IvyCap Ventures. Mr. Gupta served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer at India Venture Advisors.

He has managed all the aspects of the Private Equity business including Fund Raising, Investors Relationship Management, Deal Sourcing, Deal Evaluation, Deal Closure, Fund Portfolio Management, Value Creation, Risk Management and Exits.

8 Mr. Pankaj Jain Former Partner, 500 Startups

Pankaj Jain is a Partner at 500 Startups, a California based seed fund and accelerator program. Pankaj focuses on investing in early stage startups across New York City, India, South Asia and has led investments in over fifty companies at 500 Startups across 6 countries.

He has been investing in Indian startups for 4-5 years.

9 Mr. Vaibhav Agarwal Founder & CEO, Inc. 42

He is founder of Inc42 Media, India’s No.1 new age tech media platform fostering entrepreneurship and the source for digital culture & innovation for the connected generation.

It create and curate India specific stories and are dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products and breaking tech news.

10 Mr. Naveen Tiwari Founder & CEO, InMobi

Naveen Tewari is an Indian entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of InMobi, a global mobile advertising and technology platform. He is the Board member of Paytm. Tewari grew up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Naveen completed his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT) in 2000. There he met Amit Gupta and Abhay Singhal who would later go on to be co-founders of InMobi along with Mohit Saxena.

Recently in 2015, Naveen Tewari along with IDG Ventures invested $1.2M in Nestaway, which is considered as India's largest home rental network.

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11 Mr. Sanjay Vijay Kumar Chairman, Startup Village

He is the Founder & Chairman of Startup Village, India’s #1 Incubator. Startup Village India’s first Telecom Incubator in PPP mode promoted jointly by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Technopark and private sector

He is also the Co-Founder & CEO of MobME Wireless Limited, India's leading startups in the Used Network Services for Photos and Videos Space in India. MobMe has been rated as one of India's 100 Innovative Startups, Youngest of the Nasscom 100 IT Innovators and a Wall Street Journal - Live Mint - 10 exciting startups to watch for

He is an Advisor to the Rajasthan government's Startup Council. He is also the advisor tothe Kerala and Andhra Pradesh governments

12 Mr. Srijan Pal Singh

Founder & CEO, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre for Creating Livable Planet Earth

He is an Indian author, public speaker and social entrepreneur who has worked withworked with Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

He has co-authored a bestseller book with Dr. Kalam titled, Target 3 Billion which recommends innovative solutions towards sustainable development of the rural areas of the world.

He is the Founder, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre for Creating Livable Planet Earth at AKTU.He has also worked in the corporate world as a Management Consultant with the BostonConsulting Group

13 Ms. Shradha Sharma

Founder & Chief Editor, Yourstory Media Pvt. Ltd

Shradha Sharma (born 6 July 1980) is the founder, CEO and chief editor of YourStory, a media technology platform for entrepreneurs. Before starting YourStory in 2008, Sharma served as an assistant vice president at CNBC TV18 and also a brand adviser at The Times of Indi

YourStory has received investments from Ratan Tata, Vani Kola, Karthee Madasamy and T V Mohandas Pai. Sharma earned a bachelor's and master's degree in history from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and an MBA from MICA, Ahmedabad.

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14 Mr. Pranay Gupta Co-Founder, 91Springboard

He is the Co-Founder, Startup Enthusiast, Acceleration, Advisors, and Evangelist at91SpringBoard, a startup co-working space and incubator, that provides space tostartups and a number of service providers to work towards together to build theirbusinesses. And, under their incubation program, they also provide funding andhands-on support. Mr. Gupta served as the Joint CEO at Centre for Innovation Incubation andEntrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM-Ahmedabad. He had been leading the IIM Ahmedabad'sincubator to become the foremost organisation in early stage incubation in India. He hasbeen instrumental in setting up and scaling various programs at CIIE, includingiAccelerator, Power of Ideas, and MentorEdgeHe is a Board Observer to more than ten startups, where he helps them with setting upinternal processes, deciding their business strategy, networking, and reaching out to theright kind of people. Mr. Gupta has been involved with over 80 startups, led over 40investments in startups across many domains, and helped 15 startups raise follow-onrounds.Previously, he worked at Lehman Brothers and Nomura and helped them set up their Indiaequity practice Mr Gupta has also worked on shorter stints with

15 Professor Bharat Bhasker

Professor, Information Technology and Systems, IIM-Lucknow

Prof. Bhasker is the Professor & Chairman, I.T. & Systems Management at IIM-Lucknow.Previously, he has been the Director and Dean at the Institute.Prior to joining IIM Lucknow, he was working as an adjunct Faculty at University ofMaryland.

He has been the Visiting Professor at SSEC Business School, Paris, France; Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea; University of California, Riverside, USA; University of Texas, Dallas, USA etc

He has had previous industrial experiences in Tata Steel, McMillan’s Molecular DesignLimited and Sybase Inc.

He is the recipient of ASIA’s Best Professor of Information Technology 2010 CMO Council,Singapore and Wall Street Journal, Business School Awards in Singapore, Best Professor ofInformation Technology 2008 Dewang Mehta Business School Awards at Asia BrandSummit;

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16 Professor P.K. Mishra

Chief Coordinator, Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (MCIIE), IIT-BHU

Prof. P. K. Mishra has B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT-Roorkee in 1986; M. Tech from IIT Bombay in 1988 and PhD from IIT BHU in 1996.

Prof. Mishra joined Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT (BHU) in January 1997 as Lecturer and currently working as Professor. His area of teaching and research include: Membrane Separation Processes, Extraction, Bioremediation, Bioenergy and Nano-materials.

In addition to his teaching and administrative contribution, he initiated and convened number of activities for the students. Some of those are Opulence (2004-2009) the entrepreneurship festival for the Institute, E Cell (2005), addition of recording facility to CET (Centre for Education Technology) (2001), TED Talks (2012-14) etc. He also initiated various training programs with EDI (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India) Ahmedabad, MSME (Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises), Deshpande Foundation, IIM Ahmadabad etc.

17 Professor B.V. Phani

Coordinator: SIDBI Innovation Incubation Center (SIIC), IIT-Kanpur

He is the Professor, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (DIME); Dean Resources & Alumni (DoRA): Office of Resources and Alumni (R&A) Coordinator: Syndicate Bank Entrepreneurship Research and TrainingCenter (SBERTC) Faculty in-charge: Motwani Incubator & Accelerator (MIA) Chairman:Investment Committee (IC) Faculty Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Cell (E Cell) at IIT-K

He has received several awards like National Stock Exchange Research Initiative award forResearch, Copenhagen Business School’s Aage & Yelva Nimb Foundation award fordoctoral research, PD Agarwal-TCI award of doctoral research, London Business School’sA.V. Birla award for doctoral research, and Government of India’s National MeritScholarship

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18Professor Raghunandan Rajamani

Executive Director, ISBA - Indian Science And Technology Entrepreneurs Parks And Business Incubator Association

Dr. Raghunandan Rajamani is currently serving as the Executive Director of Indian STEPs and Business Incubators Association (ISBA) and has been associated with the JSS group since 1989. He is Mechanical Engineer by profession with a Doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

He has served as both faculty in Engineering and in the Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Parks at both Mysore and Noida. He has more than a decade of experience in Technology Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship & Competency development. He has been instrumental in establishing the IT Business Incuabtor, the first incubator to be setup under the umbrella of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India (DST). He is Director and the lead player in the setting up of a Global Incubation Services, another incubator at Bangalore.

Dr. Rajamani was also responsible to conceptualise and implement the Product Lifecycle Management Competency Centre (PLMCC) in collaboration with Govt. of France and Dassault systemes and the and the establishment of a Centre of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies with support from ICICI Bank- Technology Institutions programme. He has been active in the skilling of youth for employment and implementing several programmes in vocational training including a project titled “SKILLS” with the support from UNDP and DST, GOI.

19 Mr. Kiran Hedge

Founder, DOC&U Healthcare and Iris Interactive Communications

Co-Founder of start-up, DOC&U Healthcare, involved in connecting care, which includescapturing health records. He is working alongside Government of Health Dept in RuralIndia.

Co-Founder of start-up, Iris Interactive Communications, which provides strategic marketing directions. Currently, ITC Infotech and Allergan Healthcare are some of the long standing clients He was the Director & Marketing Head, Growthbox Consulting, Bangalore. Providedconsultancy Services for clients like Astra Zeneca, Crestor & Seloram and ManipalEducation.

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20 Dr Apoorv Ranjan Sharma Co-Founder, Venture Catalysts

Dr. Apoorv R. Sharma is co-founder & president of Venture Catalysts - Asia' first integrated incubator. He is a PhD in Incubation from Amity University, Noida and is an engineering graduate from HBTI, Kanpur. He also holds a diploma in Mentor Studies from Berkley Institute of Management, University of California, USA

Dr. Apoorv has been associated with the startup ecosystem in India since early 2000 after his return from Europe. Since then, he has been instrumental in establishing over a dozen incubators I accelerators in India. Before founding Venture Catalysts, he has played vital role in establishing and nurturing incubators / accelerators / incubation funds and family office funds like VentureNursery , Amity Innovation Incubator, Somaiya Incubator (RIDDLE), Mata Vaishno Devi University Incubator, Indian Angel Network Incubator, JSS Incubator. He has been awarded the prestigious Best Incubator Award by President oflndia for outstanding performance of JSS Incubator.

Dr. Apoorv has wide experience in curating, incubating and mentoring more than 100 startups in varied sectors. He is also known for generating good returns and generating exit opportunities for investors by raising next round of investments for the incubated startups. Some very successful startups like OYO Rooms, Beardo, PeeSafe, Coutloot, Innov8, SUPR, Fynd etc have been curated, mentored and seed sourced by Dr. Apoorv.

Dr Apoorv has been rated as one of the top 10 angel investors in India by VCCircle in 2016 Recently Venture Catalysts has been

21 Mr. Vinayak Nath Co-Founder, Venture Catalysts

Shri Vinayak Nath is MBA, NLP Master Practitioner, Balanced Scorecard Expert, Extended Disc Physcometric Assessor, Behavioural and Leadership Skill Development Expert. He has more than 15 years of experience as a Strategist, Turnaround Expert, Educationist, Angel Investor & Business Mentor and Philanthropist who has worked on the betterment and upliftment of education and society.

Currently he is

1. Managing Partner Venture Catalysts - India’s Biggest Early Stage Investor2. Co-Founder - Venture Catalysts Uttar Pradesh3. Managing Director - Unicorn Group4. Advisor and Mentor Venture Nursery, India’s biggest Venture fund for media5. Charter Member - TIE6. Founding Member BNI7. Permanent Member Trustee K.P. Trust, Allahabad, Asia’s Biggest Education Trust

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22 Dr. Abha Rishi

Chairperson Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development, BIMTECH, Greater Noida

Chairperson for the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development (CIED) at BIMTECH& an Associate Professor in International Business. She has 23 years of experience in the field of international trade- in industry and academics. She is an EEC Honors, STVP, Stanford University, PhD, M. Phil, PGDIBO, MFT and MIB. She is a CRISP 2014 (Chevening Rolls Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Programme) scholar at Said Business School, University of Oxford. She is also a Fulbright Research Fellow from India at Rutgers University, Newark, USA for 2009-10. She has also been selected for the 10 K Women Global Programme under the aegis of Goldman Sachs- London Business School, held in India with NEN. She was the Programme Director from BIMTECH for UP and Orissa for the BIMTECH ISB Goldman Sachs 10000 Women global project.

She has published and presented papers in various domestic and international forums. She hasbeen selected as one of the semi- finalists in the GDN Japanese Award for Outstanding Research in development work. She has traveled extensively in Zambia, Russia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Colombia, Dubai and USA as part of her work and also for research. Her areas of interest are International Retailing and Entrepreneurship. Her hobbies include reading and quizzing. She has also won the Championship Winners Trophy in 2008 in the All India Women’s Quiz conducted by AIMA.

She has been conferred the the Entrepreneurship Education Champion’s Award from the Ministry of Skill Development and

23 Ajay BatraDirector, Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), Bennet University

Ajay has worked extensively on issues of educational quality and advocacy with the Azim Premji Foundation, co-founded three companies and has trained over a thousand corporate executives. He has had engineering, computer science and management education in India and USA.

He has co-founded QAI Global, International Educational Exchange and Lutyens Startups. He has been a consultant / trainer to stellar corporations like Accenture, IBM, Sony, Wipro and TCS; and has worked with the highly-respected Azim Premji Foundation on issues of systemic changes in education. His professional experience spans diversework and social cultures across geographies – India, USA, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, the UK and Sweden, to name a few countries.

With a strong background in technology, entrepreneurship and education, Ajay brings unique skills to the fore. Through Lutyens Startups, he has been on a mission to develop and support young entrepreneurs in India. He is an evangelist in the use of Capability Maturity Models (CMM) for building great organizations. He has published a highly acclaimed book titled “Startups and Beyond: Building Enduring Organizations”.

Having studied and worked in the United States, Ajay brings with him a rich exposure to global culture, ecosystems and practices.

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S. No. Name Designation Incubator Profile

24 Mr. Chittransh Verma AVP, AIC BIMTECH BIMTECH

He is the AVP of an incubator with support of NITI AAYOG, BIMTECH.A one of a kind academic , industry and government collaboration to create impact by creating companies. Experience Atal Incubation Centre BIMTECH

25Mr. Mohammad Sirajuddin

founder, Creator's Gurkul BIMTECH

He is co-creator of Gurukul, Inspired, open, farm style chain of Co Working Spaces. The first centre is 500+ seater being launched in Gurgaon. He also serves as Director in Company Name Catapooolt.comCatapooolt is Asia's leading crowdfunding platform to support early stage startups and products. Given below are some unique features of Catapooolt • Catapooolt is the Pioneer of Crowdfunding in India • Organised India’s some of the unique and biggest start-up events• Have partnerships with over 100 prominent organizations• World's only crowdfunding platform bringing together benefits of over $30 Million Dollars via our global partners.

26 Mr. Nandan Mishra Founder Stockbay Partners BIMTECH

He is Founder of Sockbay Partners which focuses on creating Centre of Excellence for supporting startups for AI, Data Analytics and Disruptive technologies.

He is an alumni of Iit- Kanpur

27 Ms. Ulla Koivukoski Head, Avanto Venturs India BIMTECH

He is head of Avanto Ventures India

Avanto Ventures Oy has built a proven method for corporate venture building helping corporates explore new territories by working like and with startups and connecting startups with new customers and markets.

For India, the first industry cluster is e-mobility. Transformation of the mobility from owning to sharing and from petrol- and diesel- to electric vehicles, as of India's plan, requires a complete system thinking. We have taken the role in building the ecosystem of relevant players. Education is part of of all initiatives to ensure the competence building is always part of any new initiatives.

28 Mr. Subhodeep Dutta Founder, Capitall partners BIMTECH

Subhodeep has over 20 years of experience across diversified sectors such as assessing business risk, strategic placements, evaluating business scenario and designing the fund deployment structure. He is actively involved in providing strategic inputs on industry sectors, priority clients, Brand and thought leadership for organisations at startups, mid corporate & evolving large corporates.

He was involved earlier in setting up India operations for large MNCs from UK, US and Europe over a decade. His clients include a number of companies in Consumer services, manufacturing, E-commerce, Analytics, Infrastructure, Health, Pharma, Auto, Medical devices, Financial Services, Chemicals, Electronics, FMCG and Logistic industries. Strong network with fund houses and strategic investors (Domestic & International).

29 Mr. Utkarsh Amitabh Founder, Network capital BIMTECH He is founder of Network Capital and has forte in strategic initiatives such as national plan, government engagement

strategy, avenues for new business development and sync with industry bodies

30 Mr. Shivam Ahuja Founder, Delhi Startup BIMTECH He is founder of DelhiAngels, and invested $100,000 in one of tech startup through our group of investors.

He is an active member in nurturing startups in Delhi/NCR Region

GLANCE AT MENTORS AT SOME OF OUR RECOGNISED INCUBATORS

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31 Mr. Tarun Singhal

Founder,Director Business Development, Marketing & Comm., Sopra Steria

BIMTECHTarun demonstrates strong entrepreneurial spirit as he established multiple European Product vendors in the Indian / SAARC market, achieving over 80% market share within first 18 months of operations. These were executed as Joint Ventures with major Indian IT players or 100% subsidiary establishment(s).

32 Mr. Abhinay Tiwari Founder, Capitall Partners BIMTECH He is founder of Capitall Partners.

( Capitall Partners- an Associate of JPIN Ltd, UK) Debt, Private Equity, M&A, Structured and stress asset, Project Finance & Real Estate Funding of International Standard uder SPV & JV

33 Mr. Avelo Roy Founder, Kolkata Ventures BIMTECH

He is founder of Kolkata Venture and has speciality in managing Idea-to-market life cycles, Venture Capital, digital marketing and Entrepreneurship education. Experience Kolkata Ventures provides investment, mentors from around the world, carefully crafted startup courses, networking events and business plan competitions for our entrepreneurs to learn, lead and succeed.

34 Mr. Kinnar Khokhani VP - Strategy, HSBC BIMTECH

A seasoned professional with 12 years of experience in leading and managing transformational projects to deliver target operating model and achieve strategic objectives, with expertise in global projects, cross-functional processes and multicultural teams.

35 Mr. Vineet Arya Founder, Outsourced CMO BIMTECH

Vineet Arya has over 23+ years of experience in communications, brand building and 360 degrees marketing.

He has worked with some of the most-sought-after MNCs, including AMD, SanDisk , Tata Power Solar at senior marketing positions. During his career span of 2 decades he has managed entire marketing bouquet right from brand building and PR to ATL, BTL and Digital marketing.

After almost 19 years of stint in the corporate world and helping MNCs grow, Vineet decided to quit his full-time job to help budding start-ups in managing their marketing functions. He has utilized his vast experience in marketing to help start-ups scale faster with limited resources; and grow with the right set of Go-To Market strategies.

He is an entrepreneur himself and is currently heading a marketing venture – ‘Outsourced CMO,’ which helps start-ups to work with a low-cost virtual CMO and offer plug n play marketing planning, support & implementation services to start-ups and SMEs. He himself takes charge as a virtual CMO for multiple start-ups at a time and helps whole start-up ecosystem by optimizing the marketing budgets in the shortest span of time and scale up faster. With ‘Outsourced CMO,’ he has successfully helped various start-ups in the manufacturing, e-commerce, edtech, and service industries.

36 Mr. Nishish Jha

Managing Partner at Unigrowth Canada Inc. BIMTECH

A proven business leader with extensive experience in international business development, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, P&L, turnaround strategies of underperforming assets, startups, seed funding and mentoring. Currently on several technology & social boards, transforming startups from concept to leadership stage through seed funding and mentoring.

Played a pivotal role in building's India's information technology leader HCL, now a $6bn group to its number one position and an undisputed leader of Govt business.

37 Mr. Ravi Teja D COO, iBHubs iB Hubs He is COO of iBHubs which has a strong foothold in 40+ countries covering major business regions across the world like

USA, UK, Singapore, Australia, Dubai and China, iB Hubs enables Indian startups to access foreign markets and foreign startups to enter into Indian markets.

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38 Mr. Abhinav Pandey VP, Startup Strategy, iBHubs iB Hubs

Abhinav Pandey, VP — Startup Strategy, UP, iB Hubs.

He helps the budding entrepreneurs were unique and outstanding and the insights from Abhinav Pandey added fuel to their journey on how to take their ideas to next level.

39 Manideep M Resource Manager, iB Hubs iB Hubs

Over 4+ yrs of progressive IT recruiting experience in the Human Resource Field. • Possess extensive experience in recruiting, maintaining customer relationships, understanding the client's business needs and delivering timely results. • Good understanding of IT technologies, IT skill sets & ability to screen candidates. • Good knowledge of the IT requirements as per skill set, salary trends etc. • Have good experience in sourcing consultants for contract, contract to hire and permanent positions• Strong knowledge of using various job boards effectively to source profiles. • Have ability to work with deadline and timeline pressures. • Decent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills. • Successfully identified & presented candidates for a wide range of IT positions including Software Architects, Team Leaders, Lead Developers, Project Managers, Program Managers and Project Planner etc. • Worked extensively on skills like .Net, Java, Sharepoint, Data Warehouse, SAP, Siebel, Web Methods, Web sphere, Java, Oracle and Oracle Applications etc. • Responsible for screening the applicants through general Screening and Technical screening in interviews and shortlist the right applicant for the right job. • Validating the candidates short-listed after initial mapping and responsible for screening the applicants through arrangement of interviews. • Ensuring feedbacks from the clients and the candidates and providing the best service. • Highly self-motivated, independent, resourceful & good team player. • Involved in End to End Recruitment Process in Contract Staffing,Permanent Staffing,contract to hire staffing.

40 Ankit Bhatia Manager, iB Hubs iB Hubs He is Manager at Ib Hubs and specialises in organizing startup events across the States to create awareness about startup ecosystem.

41 Abdul Qabiz iB Hubs

42 Narayan Singh Rao

Co-Founder & CEO - The Indian Iris iB Hubs

He is Co-Founder & CEO - The Indian Iris and is Designing & Building the products & service at The Indian Iris. Managing day to day operations, building the product and offerings, marketing and sales.He is an alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

43 Deepak SinghCorporate & Retail Branch Banking , Wealth Management ,Insurance and IT E Commerce.

iB Hubs

He is talented, motivated and experienced software engineer with vast knowledge of Java/J2EE technology and having expertise in building massively large scale distributed Internet systems across E-commerce, investment banking and telecom projects

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44 Jatin Srivastava Partner - Seth & Associates iB Hubs

Jatin is a seasoned professional possessing ~15 years of rich and diverse experience of providing consultancy and growth solution to MSME, Government Departments, Social Sector entities and Startups across India. A serial entrepreneur himself, Jatin has successfully run and exited ventures in his early career. Jatin is currently serving as Partner with Seth & Associates, a renowned Chartered Accountancy firm in Central India.

He shares strong passion for start-up ecosystem and has been actively involved in its evolution in North and Central India Region. As a startup expert, he has also been associated with numerous early stage and growth stage startups in various capacities as Mentor, Advisor, Board Member and CFO. Some of these entities have been incubated, accelerator or funded. He is also consultant to various incubators across North and Central India such as Biotech Park, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Jaipuria Lucknow, E-Café Ventures, Indore, Startup Glocal, Delhi etc. He also advises several Research Institutes of National repute for research commercialization of their IPRs.

His expertise in the area of Finance and Entrepreneurship has made him a sought after speaker at reputed B-Schools/Universities/Colleges of the country.

He also supports various causes such as education, healthcare, financial inclusion and livelihood for socially underprivileged. CA. Jatin’s Activity

45 Komal Prajapathi

Founder & CEO - FABULYSTAlumnus of IIT Madras. iB Hubs

Komal Prajapati is an IIT Madras Alumni is CEO at Fabulyst. He is also a director at a healthcare startup called Doctl. Raj Parakh is a CSE Alumni from Jaypee University was a Business Analyst at Accenture and cognizant. He is currently the CMO of Fabulyst.

To create a personalized experience to women in the shopping, Fabulyst with its AI-based platform helps the customer to discover the best shopping experience in clothing by providing a premium service where your shopping is curated based on your profile.

46 Sanjeev Kosaraju CEO - Vaave Networks iB Hubs Mr. Sanjeev Kosaraju, CEO of Vaave (Coherendz India Private Limited), an entreneur engages the students by sharing their

startup experiences and the best practices they follow. Their insights ranged from how to startup, designing revenue models to facing crises and enjoying success.

47Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar

President - Aeris Communications iB Hubs

Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar is an established Thought Leader in the Internet of Things and Digital Space. He brings over two decades of industry experience, working for Information Technology companies.Currently, as President, Aeris India Dr Bhatnagar is leading the Aeris business in the Indian subcontinent, MEA and the APAC region. Aeris in APAC and MEA is enabling telecom operators and enterprises jumpstart IoT services through an integrated end-to-end IoT platform and solution.

He has co-authored the best seller “Enterprise IoT” along with a team from Bosch and Machina Research, which covers IoT project management frameworks, and the methodology. In addition, Dr. Bhatnagar is also the Chairperson of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) - IoT Panel in India, a 146 years old UK based institution. It is a neutral collaboration platform for IoT thought leaders. Dr. Rishi is a member of NASSCOM Smart Cities Task Force and the Startup Core Committee as also the Confederation of Indian Industry for National Committee on Technology and the IoT Core Panel.

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48 Chandrashekar Kupperi

Founder Director - ANOVA Corporate Services Private Limited iB Hubs

Shekar has almost two decades of experience in renowned multinationals across diversified sectors – FMCG (Lornamead Group), Life Insurance (AMP), Audit & Assurance (KPMG) and Oil & Gas (ExxonMobil) sectors. He is an active Angel Investor and serves as non-executive director in mid-size companies, both in India and abroad.

Shekar has rich experience in the FMCG - M&A space, having lead / been part of over 11 Acquisitions and 4 Divestments, including 100% divestment of UK headquartered Lornamead Group to Hong Kong-based consumer goods group Li & Fung. He has handled many acquisitions as well as divestments, besides re-structuring and re-financing transactions in North America and Europe. In India, he was involved with divestment of Yardley brand to Wipro Consumer Care, and Tura Brand to Godrej Consumer Care.

His deep knowledge and expertise in M&A lead him to establish his own Investment Banking and Advisory Firm – ANOVA Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd. As an advisor having an optimum mix of professionalism and rich experience, he also closely works with Start-ups, bringing in a fresh perspective to the business with his in-depth process knowledge and a focused, methodical approach. ANOVA’s recent M&A deals include OYO Rooms’ acquisition of Novascotia Boutique Homes (now OYO SilverKey), and Megadyne Group acquiring majority stake in Helicord.

49 Satish Kataria Co-founder - Catapoolt iB Hubs

Abhay Tandon, Program Manager at Target Accelerator, took an interesting session on ‘Fundraising’. In addition to sharing his personal knowhow of the topic, he conducts demo pitches with the young founders and helped them understand what makes most investors tick.Satish Kataria, Founder of Catapooolt, one of the largest fundraising platforms in India, took a session on crowdfunding for startups.

50 E. Rahul Reddy Co-founder - Centaur Automotive iB Hubs He is co-founder of CENTAUR AUTOMOTIVE into development of Electric vehicle technology and are working to

change transport from fossil fuel based to Electric not only by our products but by creating an electric vehicle ecosystem .

51 Jagdish Chaturvedi

Director - Clinical Innovation and Partnerships InnAccel

iB Hubs

He is Director - Clinical Innovation and Partnerships InnAccel

Since 2010, he has co-invented and developed 18 affordable medical devices addressing the unmet needs in the Indian healthcare system, many of which have been taken over by indigenous companies, while some have formed startup companies for further development and commercialization. Dr. Jagdish Chaturvedi is currently Director, Clinical Innovations and Partnerships at Innaccel Technologies Private Limited. He continues his clinical career as a Sinus Specialist by running his private evening ENT clinic and carries out surgical procedures at Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore as Visiting Consultant in Ear nose and throat surgery.

He is recognized as one of the 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT technology review 2016. He is also a stand-up comedian, popularized by his YouTube channel “Jagdish Chaturvedi” and is the author of the best selling book on medical device innovations called “Inventing Medical Devices – A perspective from India”, ” The benefits of failing successfully” and “One year of Stand up comedy”.

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52Vikrant Sankhe Executive General Manager -

Siemens iB Hubs

Vikrant Sankhe, General Manager – Key Accounts, Siemens Limited, is a multifaceted leader with over 20 years of Industry experience in Automation, M2M / IoT, and Analytics. He has had diverse roles across the value chain including Engineering, Consulting, Project Management, Sales, Business Development and Business Management. At Siemens, he advises strategic customers on their journey from Automation towards Digitalization. In his previous stints, he was associated with Tata Power, ABB and IBM.

Vikrant is a Post Graduate in Business Management from Mumbai and successfully completed Executive Management from Singapore Management University. He has completed Under Graduation and Graduation in Electronics Engineering from V.J.T.I., Mumbai and Pune University, respectively. He is also a qualified Chartered Engineer from Engineering Council of UK, becoming one of the youngest Chartered Engineers from India. He has achieved Fellowship of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, (one of 100 globally and only from India to achieve Fellowship at the age below 40 Years) and is a member of the IoT India Panel.

53 Aparna MishraFounder & CEO - Club CafebizFounder & Director, Radiance Corporate Solutions

iB Hubs

As the representative of the Indian Chamber of Commerce & Culture of Slovak Republic in India, the objective is to create a link between business & startup communities to collaborate with European Union for Economic growth.

A Corporate professional for 18 years and now a passionate Entrepreneur for the last 9 years and a Goldman Sach’s ISB

54 Prof M Akbar Managing Director, L Incubator IIM Lucknow (Noida)

Professor Mohammad Akbar Ansari has done his M.Sc. & M. Phil. (Statistics) from AMU Aligarh and M. Phil. and Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship) from JNU, New Delhi. He is a scholar, consultant and teacher/trainer in the strategic management & Entrepreneurship area of IIM Lucknow for last 26 years with 31 years’ experience of teaching/ training in Indian and foreign Institutions. Currently he a professor and chair of IIM Lucknow incubator. He has conducted/participated and consulted with top 100 company management programmes in India. About 12 students have completed / or are in the process of completing their thesis work. He teaches Strategy at Doctoral and Postgraduate levels.

He has authored two books on entrepreneurship and strategy. He has written over 60 articles, research papers and 40 case studies published in refereed national & many top-tier international journals and conferences. He is an editor of 4 academic journals and is a reviewer in top-tier national/ international journals/ conferences like SMS, AIB, AOM. The key areas of interest are the strategy, entrepreneurship, new ventures, family business, emerging markets, diversification and internationalization.

55 Prof. Rounaque Mustafa Vice President L- Incubator IIM Lucknow (Noida)

56 Mr. Dhianu Das Product Development IIM Lucknow (Noida) Product Development

57 Mr. Arvind Sehgal Product Development IIM Lucknow (Noida) Product Development

58 Mr. Arun Aggarwal Product Development IIM Lucknow (Noida) Product Development

59 Mr. Ashish Banerjee Product Development IIM Lucknow (Noida)

The mentor Mr. Ashish Banerjee has more than 25 years of experience in software development. He is an Open Source Evangelist and has guided more than 18 Master of Technology thesis projects for I.E.T.E and IIT Delhi. At Sun(now Oracle), he is a Principal innovator for making Java faster on Multi-core Processor Architecture and has also contributed in the first rewrite of FUSE kernel module to OpenSolaris.org. Microsoft has recognized him as a .NET community Star.

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60 Mr. Haps Dhillon Sales, Marketing & Strategy IIM Lucknow (Noida)

The mentor Mr. HAPS Dhillon is a Global Practice Head - EcoEnergy (A United Technologies BU). A globally recognized thought leader, HAPS is responsible for developing energy management and sustainability solutions for the Hospitality & Commercial Building sectors and drives the P&L for these segments globally for Wipro EcoEnergy. HAPS carries an extensive experience in architecting and delivering IoT & Big Data Analytics enabled Managed Energy Services programs tailored to the business dynamics of these sectors. He has been credited with multiple patents and has published research articles in this domain.

61 Mrs. Ami Shah Sales, Marketing & Strategy IIM Lucknow (Noida) Sales, Marketing & Strategy

62 Mr. Krishnaraj Raising Fund IIM Lucknow (Noida) Raising Fund

63 Dr. PK Mishra Chief Coordinator, MCIIE IIT BHU

64 Dr. Pradeep Shrivastava Coordinator, MCIIE IIT BHU

Professor, School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU Convener, DUGC, School of BiochemEngg,IIT(BHU)’ Member, Coordination Committee, Ganga River Regeneration Centre, BHU,Varanasi Member, Monitoring Committee Stem Cell Research Centre, BHU Advisor, Start UP India, GOI Chief Coordinator, TePP Out Reach Centre, Varanasi, Min. of Sc. & Tech., GOI Coordinator Technology Business Incubator, IT, BHU, Varanasi. Member, Entrepreneurship Cell, King George Medical University, Lucknow Consultant Advisor, Entrepreneurship Cell, IICT, Bhadohi ExVisiting Scholar at Dept of Chemical engineering, University of Sydney, Australia(2006-2007) Nodal Officer, TIFAC for Preparation of Technology Vision 2035, GOI Scientific Expert member at Indian Patent Office, Govt of India. Coordinator, 8th SME Cluster (Carpet Cluster at Bhadohi), Min. of Sc. & Tech.,GOI Coordinator Technology Commercialization and Facilitation Agency(TCFA) ,TIFAC, Min of Science & Technology, GOI MemberIntellectual Property Right Cell,BHU

66 Mr. Sameer Rastogi Raising Fund IIT BHU

Mr. Sameer Rastogi has been Partner of Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP since May, 2005. Mr. Rastogi serves as Counsel of Adsouth Partners Inc. He specializes in securities, business and general commercial litigation. His practice involves representing broker-dealers, associated persons, customers, corporations, individuals and shareholders in a wide array of matters including securities transactions, business contracts and arbitrations. Mr. Rastogi practices in the ...

67 Mr. Raja Venkateswar President IIT BHU

68 Mr. Gaurav Kedia Chairman IIT BHU

Mr. Gaurav Keida has graduated from IIT-BHU, Varanasi in Chemical Engineering in the year of 2003. Then he moved to Germany and worked in various industries in and held different positions. Then he came back to India and started his entrepreneurial journey. He has revived a century old solution for the most burning problem of present days, and helped hundred of villagers to have a better life. At present he is the Chairman of Indian Biogas Association also a visiting professor of IIM Ahmadabad. During a shoot of a documentary, we had chance to talk with this brilliant serial entrepreneur.

69 Mr. Utsav Sharma Founder & Creative Director IIT BHU Marketing and design

70 Mr. Sirin Tuteja Analyst-Venture Capital IIT BHU Evaluation and funding

71 Ms. Neha Singh IIT BHU

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72 Mr. Aishwarya Bhadoria RA IIT BHU Research

73 Mr. Sushil Kumar Tiwari DDM IIT BHU

74 Mr. Prayag Mohanty Vice President IIT BHU

75 Mr. P.N. Srivastava Associate Faculty IIT BHU

76Dr. Desh Deepak Sharma

Head of Department, Electrical Engineering, MJP MJP Rohailkhand, Barielly Control System ,Digital and Nonlinear Control System, Network Analysis and synthesis, Basic Electrical, Instrumentation

,Signal & System ,Neural Network & Fuzzy Logic

77 Dr. Bharat Lohani

Professor, IIT Kanpur and Chairman, Geokno India Private Limited

MJP Rohailkhand, Barielly

My research involves use of high resolution remotely sensed data, especially LiDAR data, for 3D modelling, visualization and various other applications.I am also using GIS for innovative applications.

I am working in the following specific areas: 3D Laser imaging and LCS measurement, Methodology development for motion correction and error analysis in laser scanning, Propagation modelling using high resolution LiDAR data (flood, sound, GPS signal), Mapping of buildings, specifically urban and those of historical significance, using terrestrial laser, Laser scanning of complex structures, Development of LiDAR simulator-airborne and spaceborne, GIS for optimized land consolidation in agriculture, Landmark based advanced navigation under GIS environment

78 Dr. S.P.Singh Independent Director (B.L.Agro Oils Ltd., Bareilly) MJP Rohailkhand, Barielly

79 Mr. Ranu Pratap Singh

Engineering Manager, Architect , Process HackerPayU Payments Private Limited

MJP Rohailkhand, Barielly

80 Mr. Akash Gupta

Principal Architect (consultant), Eli India Ltd, India,Director, Amber System Private Limited

MJP Rohailkhand, Barielly

Enterprise Architect having hands-on experience by proving and implementing large architecture & design for world class level applications or solutions.

Most time responsible for providing architecture & design of complete solution or modules with scope for technical analysis, R&D, coordination between technologies and business, development, implementation and deployment. Up to some extent also involve in requirements analysis, risk analysis and technical team management

Specialties: Multiple Architectural styles & methods, software designs, Zachman,TogafE-Commerce, Retailing, Market Research, Education, Telematics, Air-Transport, NMS, CTI. SOA, ESB, Java, J2EE, .Net(C#,WCF, MVC5), Android, iOS, Open source platforms - PHP, AngularJS, NodeJS, Big Data related technologies, C++, OO & structural Languages, Skills & EndorsementsEnterprise Architecture

See 7 endorsements for Enterprise Architecture7Jaspreet Singh and 6 connections have given endorsements for this skill

Big Data Analytics

See 1 endorsement for Big Data Analytics1Yogendra Chauhan has given an endorsement for this skill

Elastic Load Balancing

See 1 endorsement for Elastic Load Balancing1Yogendra Chauhan has given an endorsement for this skill

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81 Prof. Vinay Kumar Pthak

Vice Chancello, Dr. A.P.J. Technical University, Lucknow Ambedkar Institute, Kanpur

Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. Professor Vinay Kumar Pathak, Professional/Academic/Administrative Member of various public/ private institution’s’ committees and Chairman of Expert Committee for accreditation of a few Colleges /Universities of Engineering and Technology in private sector. Member of Board of Management of IGNOU, Chairman, Technical Committee of MP Bhoj Open University, Member of Advisory Committee, Rajiv Gandhi Tribal University, Udaipur, Board Member, Rajasthan Knowledge Corporation Limited (RKCL). Member, RUSA Committee, Uttarakhand.

82 Prof. R.P. Singh

Professor, Ex-Director HBTI, Kanpur Ambedkar Institute, Kanpur http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ramesh/personal.html

83 Mr. Avinash Mishra

General Manager (HR), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. Ambedkar Institute, Kanpur

Education Model School, Rewa, MPModel School, Rewa, MPDegree NameBachelor of Arts (BA),Masters in Economics, PGDPMIR, LLB. Volunteer Experience Quality Circle Forum Of IndiaDirectorCompany NameQuality Circle Forum Of India. Chairman,Regional Advisory BoardCompany NameCentral Board of Worker Education. PatronCompany NameIndian National Suggetion Scheme Association

84 Mr. Neeraj Tripathi

General Manager (HR), Jubilant Llife Sciences, Mumbai Ambedkar Institute, Kanpur

A HR Generalist with over 23 years of thriving and qualitative experience in the field of human resource and people management. Proven track record of adopting and adapting quickly to the Organization culture and impacting the Business goals through strengthening the Business HR strategy. Carries excellent people management skills, an in-depth and sound understanding of the varied aspects and dynamics of Human Resources Management, a deep passion for this field and a lot of energy, ambition and drive.

Worked with Manufacturing, Service , Banking , ITES industry at diffrent locations. Experience Jubilant Life Sciences LtdDy General ManagerCompany NameJubilant Life Sciences Ltd

85 Mr. Sudhir Mishra

Global Lead - Talant, Acquisition, Infosys Ltd. Ambedkar Institute, Kanpur

Sudhir is a Human Resources professional with over 18 years of industry experience. During this he has handled leadership roles for some of the most visible organizations and brands including The Times of India and Infosys Limited. He has handled multiple challenging assignments in both fast growth environments as well as during a downturn. These have involved bringing in innovation and driving change management for significant business benefits.

In his current role, Sudhir leads high volume Campus Hiring/ lateral hiring and manages large programs across multiple Geos, which have involved fast paced ramp ups spanning various talent profiles. He has been actively involved in partnering with academia and select groups to enhance capability of the talent pipeline.

He spent close to 7 years in his earlier stint with the Times Group and played a pivotal role in enhancing brand visibility of the Times Group brands.

He is a TEDX Speaker and his thoughts on You-tube about recruitment data, introspection of data and implementation has huge viewership. Sudhir was recently invited by the Jharkhand state during Global Investors Summit ‘Momentum Jharkhand’ to speak on Higher education and skill development. He has been invited as a distinguished speaker by several management and engineering institutions (including the IIMs and the IITs), ICTACT, NASSCOM to talk on subjects of Talent Landscape, hiring methodologies, associated challenges and best practices adopted by different organizations. He is a career mentor to senior industry professionals and young graduates in helping define career paths.

On a personal front, Sudhir is a philanthropist. His unflinching desire to Celebrate Life makes him a sought after person of all age group. He counsels people on different aspects of life one on one, on a regular basis. Sudhir is passionate about public speaking, reading books and loves traveling to new places. His desire to impact lives in a positive way keeps him going.

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86 Mr. Pranith Kondila

Operations Manager, iBHubs Lucknow Amity University (Lucknow-M)

An enthusiastic learner. Love to bounce ideas off each other in a team and always open to suggestions. I am always at the ready to do the necessary, to get a job done, making me a strong team player. Well versed in 5 languages. A natural ability to learn new languages and a keen interest in knowing various cultures helped me in many situations. This also helps to meet and converse with new people with ease. My 3 year experience of working in professional environments with people from versatile backgrounds has taught me an analytical approach to all situations. My determination and my will to never let myself down has always been my strong forte.

87 Dr. Meera Singh

Professor & Head, Amity Entrepreneurship Cell, Lucknow Amity University (Lucknow-M) She has years of experience in management consulting in USA.

88 Ms. Zohra Chatterji President of Amar Ujala Amity University (Lucknow-M)

She is from the 1979 Batch of the Indian Administrative Service, UP Cadre. She has served with the State Govt. from July 1979 to May 2007 in areas including Rural Development, Agriculture, Panchayati Raj and Management of Command areas for the first ten years of service. Subsequently after serving as District Magistrate Kanpur Dehat and Unnao she has served in positions related to Industrial Development, Textiles, Education and Tourism including Commissioner and Director Industries, UP, Secy Industries, Secy and DG Tourism, Labour Commissioner, MD UP Handloom Corporation and MD UP Small Industries Corporation.

89 Ms. Sabaa Shyamlee

Client Acquisition & Communication Lead Amity University (Lucknow-M)

I am a proactive learner and an enthusiastic team player. I believe in a win win situation for all and want to grow along with the organization and my coworkers.I believe in adapting to my company’s environment so that I can deliver to the best of my capabilities and blend to the culture to maximize my learning.Specialties: Public relations, Social media, Integrated Marketing Communication, Digital Marketing and Advertising, Branding, Events and Communication.

90 Mr. Ojasvi Babber General Manager, AII, Noida Amity University (Lucknow-M)

With prior experience into Investment Banking and Startup Consulting, Ojasvi has been instrumental in facilitating multi-million dollar investments for a few technology startups. Ojasvi has been Mentoring startups for the past 8 years and has extensive experience in developing strong business and revenue models and executive roadmaps for startups. Specialties: Startup Consulting, Social Media Marketing, Mentoring, Strategic Internet Marketing, Business & Marketing Consulting, Resource Planning, Executive Search.

91 Mr. Rohit Pateria CEO, Placio.in Amity University (Lucknow-M)

Entrepreneurial leader and Finance professional with 16 years of experience in handling portfolio and wealth management, expanding markets, and overseeing brokerages and depositary services. Track record of strategizing to establish new units, manage P&L, and mitigate risk, with skills in driving growth by formulating business continuity plans, introducing trading products aligned to market dynamics, and sustaining productive alliances with clients and business partners. Expertise in widening professional networks and providing guidance and leadership to large teams, with experience in maintaining rapport with regulatory authorities, professional and industry associations, and market participants. Well versed in diverse regulatory requirements in various markets.

GLANCE AT MENTORS AT OUR NEWLY RECOGNISED INCUBATORS

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92 Mr. Saurabh Mahapatra Co-Founder, MereExams Amity University (Lucknow-M)

A Government of India recognized Start-Up under the Start-Up India Scheme, currently being incubated by the Amity Innovation Incubator. We at MereExams.com are trying to fight the age old problem of providing students the right educational advice. The idea is to provide students with admission information through educational consultancy and removing price as a constraint.

93 Mr. Sanjay Kapoor Founder, BuySellRun.com Amity University (Lucknow-M)

He helps Entrepreneurs as well as students from leading Colleges and Universities of India to start their own enterprises. Supporting these Start-ups through education and training, Mentoring, partnerships, networking resources like Start-up Rajasthan, National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), Incubators, Accelerators, Private Investors like Angels, VCs & building an entrepreneurial community.

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94 Mr. Kumar Ranjan

Managing Director at Lucknow Entrepreneurship And Development Society (LEADS) and Mentor of Change at Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

Amity University (Lucknow-M)

1. Design the Autonomous Architecture for their High Performance electric car M-Zero which is expected to roll out by 2019 end.2. Establishing a team of deep learning enthusiasts.3. Driving the connected car ecosystem by integrating economical social and political factors.4. Driving the product development of infotainment and DAQ systems for entering the vendor space and deriving better revenue channels.5. Building partnerships with companies and help nurture the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Uttar Pradesh through L.E.A.D.S.

95 Prof. Ajit Prasad

Director, Indian Institute of Management (IIM, Lucknow) Amity University (Lucknow-M)

Ajit Prasad is Director at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L). An alumnus of St. Stephens College, the Delhi School of Economics and International Management Institute, he has had rich experience in the Government, Industry and Academia. His past industry experience relates to organizations including the State Bank of India, Planning Commission (Government of India), Steel Authority of India, and the UN/ESCAP at Bangkok.

96 Prof. Akhil Swami

Professor, Amity Business School, Noida Amity University (Lucknow-M)

QualificationsGraduation: B.Sc-1973,Kashi Hindu UniversityPost Graduation: MBA-1973,University of Allahabad Doctorate: Ph.D. (pursuing),Amity University Experience:01 ep 2008 - Present Professor, Amity Business School

Current Courses TaughtCorporate Crisis and Strategic Restructuring Financing New Ventures and Businesses Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

97Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIM-K)

Amity University (Lucknow-M)Dr. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay conducted his doctoral research in the laboratory of Prof. Umadas Maitra at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Upon receiving his PhD in 2002 he joined the laboratory of Prof. Clifford Tabin at Harvard Medical School for his post-doctoral research. Dr. Bandyopadhyay joined the faculty of BSBE in December 2006.

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98Ms. Jyotsna Kaur Habibullah

Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Cheshire Home India Amity University (Lucknow-M)

Restored their 250 year old family home and renovated part of it into Lucknow's first luxury boutique retail space showcasing the best Indian Designers have to offer with exclusive Ritu Kumar, Anokhi and Satya Paul stores with Geetanjali Salon and The Cherry Tree Cafe offering Choicest Bakery Delicacies, Coffee, Italian Gelati, Sorbetto and more

In 2016 Uttar Pradesh Mango Festival was put on the Calendar for Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Awadh Mango Growers Association and the founder Jyotsna Kaur Habibullah are a member of the organizing committee. This festival has been organised in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Government with the Tourism and Horticultural Departments and spearheaded by Jyotsna Kaur Habibullah from Habibullah Estate Orchards and Madhvendra Deo Singh, Mall Orchard, the convenor of the festival with a dynamic volunteer team

99 Prof. Manoj Joshi

Cheshire Amity University, Lucknow Campus Amity University (Lucknow-M)

STRATEGY, FAMILY BUSINESS, INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 07 Feb 2008 - Present Director & Professor,Amity Business School, Lucknow

Director Centre for VUCA Studies, Amity University, A BE (Mechanical), MBA, Chartered Engineer and Fellow Institution of Engineers with Ph.D in Strategy-Innovation. He is the Co-Author of book titled "THE VUCA COMPANY". Represents Editorial Board of JFBM, APJM, JSBM, JEEE, WREMSD, IJGSB, IJSBA, IJTTC, Reveue Gestion 2000 (Geneva), BSEVEM, Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship (till Dec 2013), ABJ etc that are leading International Peer Reviewed Journals. Case writing is his keen interest, besides, mentoring Entrepreneurs, especially as a member mentor edge programme by IIMA; consulting on Innovation and Family Business Strategy. Prior to academics, he had been Head, Business Development and Engineering Design, with leading International Screw Pump/Heat Exchanger Manufacturers. With nearly 26 years of work experience, he has more than 30 research papers to his credit. He has addressed as key note in Conferences, seminars etc and as lead instructor in case writing

100 Dr. Vinod Shastri Head (Academics & Research) Bennet University

Experience2016Head Academics (CIE), Bennett University Corporate Experience 1999-1991Trainer-Motivator, Maharashtra Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (MCED)1991-1994Manager (Administration), Shilpa Paints Industries 1994-1995Trainer-Motivator, National Institute of Motivational & Institutional Development (NIMID)1997-2004 Key

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101 Mr. Manish Mathur Senior Manager Bennet University

Helps entrepreneur understand the business basics and different aspect of business they should also focus on to make a scalable system. This further helps in making them investor ready and raise initial capital.

With over 9 years of experience, have contributed his services to startups in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore in domains ranging from IT, Education, Sports, food etc, to name a few. Part of CIE (Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship), The Bennett Hatchery is the nucleus of entrepreneurship action at the Bennett University. Focusing on all students, faculty and staff, it provides new entrepreneurs the physical space, funding, training, mentoring, and resources needed to start their first (or next) big thing.

Working with core team building different processes around the support system at hatchery, creating strong network of other startups, esteemed mentors, service providers and VCs. He has previously worked at Viridian.

102 Dr Abhijit Sathe

Head, Invent Social Incubation Program, SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur

Bennet University

He is the Founder and Director at JalSevak Solutions LLP. Mechanical Engineer by profession, he has worked across several industry sectors such as turbo machinery, HVAC, electronics cooling and renewable energy handling engineering, technology, product development and R&D functions. Holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and have 3 patents to my name.

CEO, INVENT Incubator, SIIC, IIT Kanpur

Innovative Ventures and Technologies for Development (INVENT) is a joint collaboration of the Technology Development Board (TDB), Government of India and the Department for International Development (DFID), Government of the United Kingdom. INVENT aims to make a positive social impact by providing incubation support to technology-oriented start-ups. Through INVENT program, SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC) at IIT Kanpur aims to incubate 40 start-ups working in social enterprise.

103 Mr Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay CEO - TBI, JSSATE Noida Bennet University

A senior management professional having a consolidated experience of more than 24 years, encompassing entrepreneurship, incubation , mentoring and technology. COO at Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology, IIT Kanpur. Previosuly he has been the Chief Executive at Technology Business Incubator, JSS-STEP

Specializes in MPEG Video/Audio - Video Streaming - Internet Streaming(MPEG DASH.HLS) - AWS Cloud - Web 2.0 technologies - SVG - PHP

104 Mr. Venugopal Gupta Founder, Venture Works Bennet University

Spark took 25 students for a visit to Venture Works, a Noida based Accelerator. Students were given a presentation on Value Creation by Mr. Venugopal Gupta, Founder Venture Works, followed by getting an opportunity to hear pitches by different budding startups and a chance to interact with founders of these startups, Venu is a start-up specialist and runs a venture acceleration programme that helps early-stage start-ups build their ideas into sustainable businesses.

With more than sixteen years of experience as an entrepreneur and as a part of senior management at multinational corporations, he has keen insight into strategic initiatives and how they shape organisational goals and outcomes. As Country Manager for an emerging market real estate investment firm and Head of Corporate Development for a global industrial real estate investment leader, his roles have spanned corporate development, joint ventures and building execution teams.

Venu holds an MBA from INSEAD and his articles on business strategy have been featured by prominent global knowledge platforms. He is the author of “The Business Parables” and curates a large collection of stories from mythology, history and folklore that bear critical business lessons.

Read more at https://knowledge.insead.edu/users/venugupta#RZfrv9BBDUkswZue.99

105 Mr. Vinod Kumar Painuly Advisor, ONGC AKTU, Lucknow Oil and Gas expert

106 Mr. Aeshwarya Raj Singh IT Specialist AKTU, Lucknow