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Ajay Jain
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Clean Tech Renewable Energy Water & Sanitation
Brief Profile: Over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur and as a Business Head in the corporate world. Currently guiding new startups throug mentorship, consultancy and advisory services. Mr. Jain is recog ... more
Srikant Sastri
TiE Delhi-NCR
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Health Tech
Brief Profile: Srikant works with CEOs and owners of fast-growing organizations to help them navigate through the challenges and opportunities in an uncertain world. As a mentor and advisor, Srikant guides them in i ... more
Hari Balasubramanian
Indian Angel Network
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Big Data Data Analytics IT & ITES SaaS
Brief Profile: An active angel investor focussed on innovative startup teams. He practices lean startup principles and encourages founders to think global , act local and build a organisation culture suitable for in ... more
Pradeep Gupta
Cyber Media (India) Limited
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Media and Entertainment
Brief Profile: Pradeep Gupta is the Chairman of the CyberMedia Group, South Asia's first and largest specialty media house, with brands like Dataquest, PCQuest, Voice&Data, DARE, CIOL, Global Services, etc. CyberMed ... more
Dr. Ringo Rajagopal
uMobi Solutions Corp
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: IT Marketing SaaS
Brief Profile: Dr. Ringo Rajagopal is the Chief Executive Officer of uMobi Solutions Corp and a seasoned global technology and innovation leader. With extensive experience in digital transformation, product engineer ... more
Hari TN
STEER World
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Clean Tech Manufacturing
Brief Profile: Participated in the growth journeys of 5 startups, in 5 different sectors, as an executive team member and played a key role in their scaling journeys and subsequent exits. 4 of the startups went on t ... more
Sandip Bhatia
Development Catalysts
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Art Clean Tech Manufacturing
Brief Profile: Over three decades Corporate experience in manufacturing cos and handled all key portfolios. Sectors in which worked: Chemicals, Metals-Ferrous and Non-Ferrous, IT, Bonded Abrasives, RAC, Color coati ... more
Supratik Bhowmik
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Internet of Things IT IT & ITES SaaS Telecom Industry
Brief Profile: A senior management professional with experience in setting up new businesses as well as running large $1B+ businesses across Asia Pacific and Japan. He has mentored a large number of startups in Sin ... more
Pratap T P
Qwikcilver Solutions
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Digital Media E-Commerce FinTech SaaS
Brief Profile: Hands-on Experience as a Co-Founder at Qwikcilver, that pioneered and established strong market presence and thought leadership of the SaaS Fintech - Prepaid &Gifting ecosystem commanding 90% market s ... more
Prabir Chatterjee
Aarohan Holdings and Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Finance Financial Inclusion FinTech
Brief Profile: Wealth & Portfolio Manager, Angel Investor & Mentor Current serving as a Founding Director of Aarohan Holdings and Advisors Pvt. Ltd. which is a new generation non banking financial company (NBFC) ... more
Tarun Malkani
Rio Tinto Diamonds
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: FMCG Health Tech Product Management Technology
Brief Profile: Tarun Malkani has almost four decades of experience spearheading & leading businesses. He has held several senior management positions in a variety of functional areas with global companies like Rio T ... more
Bikas Chandra Mandal
Institute of Engineering and Management
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: CRM Customer Electronics E-Commerce Education Energy Manufacturing Marketing Marketplace Mobile Online Business Portal Product Management Services
Brief Profile: After B.Tech. from IIT Bombay in Mechanical Engineering started my career as Commissioning Engineer in BHEL in 1981( 2 yrs 8 months). After PGDM ,IIM Calcutta (84-86, 21st batch) worked in consumer d ... more
Anil Bajaj
StrateGYde Consultica LLP
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: FMCG Product Management
Brief Profile: CEO StrateGYde Consultica LLP. An innovative Customer focused Business Leader & a Strategy Planner with a strong record of contribution in FMCG Sector, spearheading Sales & Marketing; driving Brand, P ... more
Bibhash Mondal
Startup Consultant and Mentor
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Marketing Product Management Technology
Brief Profile: Bibhas Mondal is an experienced consultant and mentor, specializing in supporting early-stage startups and social enterprises across diverse sectors. With a career in management consulting dating back ... more
Amit Kumar
Cummins India
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Corporate Social Responsibility Education & Skill Development Energy
Brief Profile: Amit Kumar heads the Corporate Responsibility and Communications functions for Cummins in India. In his additional capacity, he is the Chief of Staff to the Managing Director of Cummins India Limited. ... more
Devasis Gupta
Binary Fusion International Pvt Ltd
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Advertising B2B Communication CRM Digital Media Education F&B Financial Inclusion Marketing Media and Entertainment Services Social Media Transportation Travel and Tourism
Brief Profile: I have successfully launched two companies - one in the Consultancy field and the other in the Software and Education field. Have had over 43 years experience consulting with large and medium organisa ... more
Sashi Sairaman
CEO, MTAB Technology Center P Ltd
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Business Strategy Digital Transformation Product Management Talent Development
Brief Profile: Serial enterpreneur & passionate executive with 20 years of experience, specializing in business strategy, digital transformation, product management & talent development. Successfully managed piv ... more
Sriram Srinivasan
Advisor, Reliance Retail
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: Business Strategy Fashion Marketing Marketplace
Brief Profile: Mainly in Fashion, garments and Retail in India. Spearheaded the growth of several brands such as M&S, Trends and other mid-market brands. Worked in garment industry since 1988, currently Adviser to ... more
Prateek Madhav
Accenture/ Samarthanam Trust for the Disabled
Type: Investor and Mentor
Preferred Industries: Big Data Crowdfunding Data Analytics Design Education Financial Inclusion Internet of Things IT Sports Technology
Brief Profile: Prateek is currently working with a Global Consulting & Outsourcing Company, driving key Strategic Initiatives and Differentiation through Digital Innovation & new service offerings. He’s the former ... more
Sanjiv Mital
Founder at Saarathi Enterprise
Type: Mentor
Preferred Industries: IT IT & ITES
Brief Profile: After spending 20 years in IT corporate sector, in companies like Wipro, IBM, got into entrepreneurship by doing a Management Buy-out of Bharti Telesoft, which later became Mahindra Comviva. Worked ... more