Anand Mallaya - Engineer turned Entrepreneur. Just started up my eLearning product.

Anand Mallaya

Engineer turned Entrepreneur. Just started up my eLearning product.

I am a startup enthusiast and engineer turned entrepreneur with 13+ years of industry experience. I have worked with many startups and tried a couple of times starting up. Currently I am building a startup in e-learning space. I rely heavily on Lean Startup principles and data driven approaches.

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Upcoming events in Pune
Jul
12
Sat
eChai Developers Meetup in Pune
Pune
COEP's Bhau Institute
11:00am — 01:00pm
2 slots booked
Ritesh Agrawal - Founder & CEO, Ritzity Mainak Sethi - Software Engineer, Singulr AI
Jul
12
Sat
Pune Startup Meetup
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
1 slot booked
Manoj Kumar Gupta - Manager, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Jul
26
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: July Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
13 slots booked
Vaibhav Nalawade - Founder - Gesture Flex, Secretary E-Cell GHRCEM Abhimanyu Gargesh - Startup Mentor Jagdish Acharya - Design Engineer,FinTech Shreeyash Salpe - Founder at Protoplast Studio Nikhil Jain - Co-founder at SpaceX CoWork Mohanish Patel - Software Engineer, Phonepe Bipali Gade - Software engineer IBM Harsh  Khasbage - SDE-TruckX Praful Kamble - Founder, Wiriya Technology  - AI-Driven Software Development Company Kaamini Padode - Chief Operating Officer, DSIJ Pvt Ltd. Manoj Kumar Gupta - Manager, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
Aug
02
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Pune: August Edition
Pune
Mauji Time Cafe & Spaces
11:00am — 01:00pm
2 slots booked
Kaamini Padode - Chief Operating Officer, DSIJ Pvt Ltd.
Aug
30
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: August Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
1 slot booked
Abhimanyu Gargesh - Startup Mentor
Sep
06
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Pune: September Edition
Pune
Mauji Time Cafe & Spaces
11:00am — 01:00pm
Sep
27
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: September Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
Oct
04
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Pune: October Edition
Pune
Mauji Time Cafe & Spaces
11:00am — 01:00pm
Oct
25
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: October Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
Nov
01
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Pune: November Edition
Pune
Mauji Time Cafe & Spaces
11:00am — 01:00pm
Nov
29
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: November Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
Dec
06
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Pune: December Edition
Pune
Mauji Time Cafe & Spaces
11:00am — 01:00pm
Dec
27
Sat
eChai Startup Demo Day in Pune: December Edition
Pune
Ideas to Impacts Baner
4:00pm — 06:00pm
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"eChai has played a truly pivotal role in HummingBird’s journey — even before Day Zero. From ideation to establishment and into growth, it’s been a constant source of support. It connected me with incredible people who’ve become more than just friends. One of the biggest reasons I chose to stay in Ahmedabad is because of the eChai community. It has shaped my growth — both personally and professionally — in ways that are hard to articulate. Honestly, words fall short when I try to express what eChai means to me. I’m deeply thankful and forever grateful to eChai for being such an integral part of my journey."
Harsha Bhurani - Founder, HummingBird Consulting Group
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"The eChai platform has been super valuable for me - it has helped me gain a deeper understanding of domains in the startup and tech ecosystem. What stands out most is the celebration of knowledge, professional growth, and entrepreneurship - it’s one of the best for the Indian ecosystem. Along the way, I’ve also been fortunate to make some great friendships and connections too."
Shalin (Shawn) Parikh - Founder, MyCPE One
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Founder, MyCPE One
"For me, eChai is a second home. I've been associated with it since the early days, when it was already setting a different tone for how startup communities could work. As a traditional business owner entering the new-age D2C space, eChai supported me in every direction. Over the years, it became my window to the startup world — and also gave me lifelong friends who continue to show up, for business and beyond."
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Pankaj Bhimani
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