Director IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Debashis Chatterjee
Institution Builder, Internationally published author, Leadership Coach, Globalising Indian Thought
01 — Mentors & investors
Who you'll
Who you'll
be building with
MD & CEO at Xpressbees
Amitava Saha
Business Development Strategist, Startup Ecosystem Enabler, Strategic Partnerships Expert, Mentor to Emerging Entrepreneurs
Mission Governing Board Member- India AI Mission
Ramanan Ramanathan
Chairperson | Board Member | Advisor | Strategy, Innovation, Growth Consultant | Founder Mission Director Atal Innovation Mission, Fmr Addnl Secretary NITI Aayog | Fmr CEO CMC, SVP TCS | Distinguished Alumni IIT Bombay
Head, TTI / Scientist 'G'
Praveen Roy
Scientist ‘G’, Advisor Head, Technology Translation, and Innovation (TTI) Division, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Director of Innovation & Technology Strategy
Harish Balasubramanian
Walmart Global Tech India
Program Director- NITI Aayog
Himanshu Joshi
Innovation & Public Policy Leader, Startup Evangelist, Strategy & Management Consultant, NITI Aayog Mentor & Advisor
Engineering Leader, Microsoft
Arvind Saraf
Computer Scientist, Engineering Leader, Entrepreneur, Technology & Innovation Expert
Partner at Deloitte India
Raghu A
Business Analytics Leader, Data & AI Strategy Expert, Business Intelligence & Analytics Professional
TMT Practice Leader - PwC
Abhishek
PwC India, Strategy & M&A Expert, Digital & DeepTech Transformation Leader, Technology Investment & Value Creation Advisor
Senior Director, Engineering at Qualcomm
Mallikarjuna Rao Gonella
Technology & Engineering Leader, Qualcomm, Wireless Communications Expert, Semiconductor & Innovation Strategist
Partner at Speciale Invest
Vishnu Rajeev
Investment Partner, Speciale Invest, DeepTech & Climate Tech Investor, Venture Capital & Startup Ecosystem Leader
AI & DeepTech Researcher
Amritentu Mukherjee
Machine Learning Scientist, Innovation & Technology Strategist, Startup Mentor
Co-founder of IIMA Ventures
Kunal Upadhyay
Managing Partner, Bharat Innovation Fund, DeepTech & Venture Capital Investor, Startup Ecosystem Builder
Professor, IIT Madras
Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan
Professor, IIT Madras | Co-Founder, Neo Motion & Thryv Mobility
Co-founder & VP of Product at GalaxEye
Rakshit Bhatt
Co-founder & VP of Product at GalaxEye IIT Madras
Associate Dean, IIMK Kochi Campus
Prof. Venkataraman S
Faculty, Strategic Management & Sustainability, IIM Kozhikode
Investor, Indian Angel Network
P.K. Gopalakrishnan
Startup Growth Strategist, Fundraising & Business Mentor, Go-to-Market Expert, Enabling Entrepreneurial Success
Managing Partner, Pavestone VC
Srikanth Tanikella
Venture Capital Investor & Startup Mentor, Enterprise & Frontier Technology Investment Leader, Business Growth & Transformation Expert
Founder - Battery Flow
Md Nashim Akhtar
EV & BESS Ecosystem professional , EV & Battery Tecnology Strategist, Deep Tech & Innovation Leader , Building OS for democratising battery data across mobility & storage applications
GrowthCap Ventures
Pratekk Agarwal
Product & Growth Leader, AI & SaaS Strategist, Startup Mentor, Building Scalable Digital Products
Consultant at TechnoServe India
Rajesh Paleth
Independent Advisor - AI & Human Factors
Professor at IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Rajesh Upadhyayula
Professor of Strategic Management, IIM Kozhikode, Former Executive Director, IIMK LIVE, Strategy & Innovation Expert, Startup Ecosystem Leader
Executive Director IIMK LIVE
Prof. Ashutosh Sarkar
Professor, IIM Kozhikode, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Leader, Strategy & Startup Ecosystem Expert
Professor of Practice, IIM Kozhikode
Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma
Fellow of IIMA, Professor of Practice @IIMK, Educationist (Ex.VC/Dean/DG/Prof.), Corporate (CEO @MNC, SAIL, Startups), Public Service (Ex. Indian Civil Service-IRTS & NGO-Saksham)
Head - OLA Foundation
Devesh Varma
Building prosperity ecosystems | Public Health | Livelihoods | Culture & Heritage | Innovation | Chief Architect of AMRIT (Digital Public Health Platform)
Venture Builder
Ashutosh Vikram
Co-Founder, Qurio, Startup Growth Mentor, IIMK Alumni
VC -Managing Partner, Peachtree Capital
Vinod Keni
Technology & Product Leader, Startup Mentor, Digital Transformation Strategist, Driving Innovation & Business Growth
Head - Private Markets, Pratithi Investments
Sheeba D'Mello
Venture Capital Investor, Startup Ecosystem Champion, Board Member, IIMK LIVE
Co-Founder, Lithion Power Pvt Ltd
Chandrashekhar Bhide
CleanTech Entrepreneur, Energy Storage Innovator, Startup Mentor & Advisor, EV & Battery Technology Leader
Unicorn India Ventures
Anil Joshi
Venture Capital Investor, Startup Ecosystem Builder, Innovation & Policy Leader, Championing Entrepreneurship & Scale-up
Managing Director AI, State Street
Vijoy Basu
AI & Technology Leader, Fortune 200 Executive, Building AI Agent Operating System in BFSI
Founder, ProdZen
Kaustubh Patekar
DeepTech Mentor,Product Strategy Advisor, Technology & Innovation Leader MIT, IIT Bombay - Aerospace Engineer
Founder
Senthil Kumar S
Founder & CEO @ OpenNetrikkan, PWC/ Ex-Accenture
Technology Entrepreneur
Tushar Jadhav
AI & Product Innovation Leader, Startup Mentor, Building Scalable Technology Ventures
Head of AI Solutions, FusionAlx
Karthikeyan Raghuraman
AI Platform / GenAI Architect | LLMOps, RAG, Agents | Azure + Databricks | Enterprise Governance
Managing Director, Samara Capital
Nilay Pratik
Private Equity Investor, Growth & Value Creation Specialist
Partner at Small Ticket Funding
Sandro Stephen
Entrepreneur & Fundraising Advisor
Associate Vice President at Blume Ventures
Yash Jain
Investments at Blume Ventures
Entrepreneur
Gaurav Mittal
Customer Evangelist | Product Management Leader | Product Vision & Strategy | AI/ML & GenAI | Startup Mentor | Coach | Growth Strategist |
Head of Artificial Intelligence - Gradient Advisors
Anuj Gupta
Chief Business Officer, Skye Air Mobility
Eshaan Khullar
Drone Technology & Aerial Logistics Leader, Building Sustainable Delivery Networks
Chairperson Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, India
Dr Sreedevi Devireddy
Championing Startup ecosystems |Powering Entrepreneurs |Accelerating business growth| Empowering Women
VP-Innovations & Investments
Nitesh Aggarwal
Single-family office focused on startup and fund investments. MSPL (Baldota – Single Family Office)
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Salman Ali
Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Arqum Mateen
Quantitative Methods & Operations Management at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Abhinav Anand
Associate Professor Finance, Accounting & Control
Faculty at IIM Kozhikode