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
Country Head, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vijay Rajagopal
AWS | Amazon Pay | PayPal | Zeta; Executive Business Leader | Speaker; IIM-A and BITS-Pilani Alumnus
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
Dean School of Design Innovation
Prof. B. K. Chakravarthy
Mahindra University, Co-Founder, Anveza.ai, Design Thinking & Innovation Leader
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
Chandu Nair
Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor, Executive Committee Member, The Chennai Angels, Investor & Business Mentor, Enabling Startup Growth & Innovation
Investor, Malabar Angels
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
Chief Product Officer & Managing Partner, 2nd Careers
Juby Jose
Chief Product Officer, Managing Partner, Product Management Leader, NASSCOM DTC Mentor
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
Head of Engineering & Innovation Labs Chubb
Siddharth M. Pandya
Investor- 100Unicorns
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
Vice President, Samara Capital
Nilay Pratik
Vice President, Samara Capital, Private Equity Investor, Growth & Value Creation Specialist
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, Investment & Growth Strategist, Consumer & Business Services 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 |