Ankit Dave - Interim Chief Executive Officer at GUSEC

Ankit Dave

Interim Chief Executive Officer at GUSEC

Presently, Mr. Ankit Dave holds a position at Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC) where he serves as the Interim CEO. He played a pivotal role in the establishment of GUSEC, a venture that originated within the university premises in 2017 with the aim of nurturing student entrepreneurs. Mr. Dave brings a wealth of expertise in Operations, with a notable track record encompassing government administration, academic spheres, and the entrepreneurship ecosystem. His professional journey has encompassed significant stints at prestigious institutions and governmental bodies including IIMA and GAD Planning, Government of Gujarat. Notably, Mr. Dave's proficiency extends to adeptly navigating the landscape of Nonprofit Organizations, underpinned by a profound dedication to the realm of primary education.

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Upcoming events in Ahmedabad
Jul
30
Wed
eChai Startup Cricket Night in Ahmedabad: Box Cricket
Ahmedabad
Venue will be shared with confirmed guests.
10:00pm — 01:00am
13 slots booked
Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Rishit Shah - Chief Product and Technology Officer, Kinetiq PARTH DEVARIYA - Founder & CEO, GFuture Tech Pvt Ltd yash shah - Chairman, ES Group of Companies Anuj Dalal - Founder & CEO, Zestard Technologies Viraj Rajani - Co-Founder, Digipple Krunal Vanjara - AGM- Marketing Umang Rajyaguru - Founder c³ Kunal Gosrani - Founder, Yo Books | Senior Software Enginner, Nomo Bank (UK) Roshan Bhansali - Funnel Strategist & Copywriter Ayyan Karmakar - Building TAFCO Nisarg Shah - Co-Founder , Queryfinders Solution Guru Prasad Mohapatra - CEO, Smartters
Jul
31
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: July Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
111 slots booked
Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures MAHARSH SHAH - Co-Founder, MealPe Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Aalap Pandya - Co-Founder, Dropon Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Manav Saxena - Founder, Unravel Minds Akshat Suryvanshi - Founder, DineVibe Dave Rajan - Founder, The Vector Box Design Studio Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Komal Bhojani - Founder, DigitoSpark Dev Bhutiya - Android Developer imam Husain - "Founder, Softlooms.in" Kadam Vyas - AI Art Seller, Krutitva
Aug
02
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: August Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
6:00pm — 08:00pm
43 slots booked
Pooja Mathur - Co-founder at The Greenstraw Bhavini Kamdar - Founder and CEO, Infinity Business Solutions Harsha Bhurani - Founder, HummingBird Consulting Group Preksha Shah - Senior Full Stack Engineer/ Tech Lead - Enspirit Technologies Amisha patel - Content creator Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UX/UI Designer open to work, ready to start immediately." Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Nachiketa Soni - Co-Founder, Deep Digi Ecommerce Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Ankita Dobariya - Startup Founder Riya Adhikari - Growth Associate, MYBYK Mahavirsinh Gohil - Founder, AdySmart Kashyap Divyansh - Community Lead Virengiri Goswami - Software Engineer Ayushi Haria - Data Engineer Jayesh Hardasani - Software engineer at peerbits
Aug
07
Thu
Meet the Founders Behind Ahmedabad’s Breakout Startups
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
11 slots booked
Sneha Singh Lulla - Asst. Product manager Jayesh Anandani - Co-founder, Webelight Solutions Private Limited Arjav Shah - Founder, Impixal Media Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Ajaykumar Vannal - VP of Sales, Dinjan Infotech Kavan Patel - Founder, TerraBloom By KVN Dhruv Dattani - Business Efficiency Consultant Darshit Parmar - Co-Founder, TRIIIYE Janak Thakkar - CEO
Aug
14
Thu
Climate Startups Meetup : Ahmedabad Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
Aug
28
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: August Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
20 slots booked
Jeet  Patel - Backend Engineer Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Sujal Raval - Software Developer, Freelancer Krupesh Mistry - Founder & Creative Director Akanksh Joshi - Founder: 2op.gg | Gamer at heart & Entrepreneur by Profession | Strategy Maestro, Digital & Paper Marketer | Creator: JOYNNJOY - Gam'O'Verse | Dream, Hard work, Sacrifice, Struggle, Faith, Patience & Passion Jayesh Anandani - Co-founder, Webelight Solutions Private Limited Kritesh Kaushal - Strategy Associate Arun Varghese - Product Manager, KAINest Sikunj Savaliya - Founder, Oprim Inc. Aditya Goel - Founder Ajaykumar Vannal - VP of Sales, Dinjan Infotech
Aug
30
Sat
Ahmedabad Startup Day — Where the City’s Entrepreneurial Spirit Comes Alive : August Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
5:00pm — 09:00pm
11 slots booked
Jatin Chaudhary - Co-Founder, eChai Ventures Shihab Sheikh - Co-founder & Chief Brand Officer - Salad Time Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Raj Vekariya -   Strategic Partnerships Dheeraj Kumar Pandey - CEO, DatAInfa Solution Private Limited Aditya sain - Founder Ad on Head & Student Viraj Chapani - Founder and CEO of kathiyawadi Design PARTH DEVARIYA - Founder & CEO, GFuture Tech Pvt Ltd Dhrumil Thakkar  - Founder, Alphatron Electric Mobility. A last mile Mobility and Logistics company. Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UX/UI Designer open to work, ready to start immediately." Nirali Khoda - Senior Data Scientist, Gen AI developer
Sep
06
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: September Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
6:00pm — 08:00pm
8 slots booked
Kunjan Thakkar (Atara) - UX/UI Designer open to work, ready to start immediately." Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology
Sep
25
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: September Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
9 slots booked
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology Yash - Senior Software Engineer Ajaykumar Vannal - VP of Sales, Dinjan Infotech
Oct
04
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: October Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
6:00pm — 08:00pm
5 slots booked
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology
Oct
30
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: October Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
7 slots booked
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Romil Monpara - Student, Co-owner of Yamuna Industries
Nov
01
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: November Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
6:00pm — 08:00pm
5 slots booked
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Harsh Vasoya - Agriculture import Advisor - Agriculture Import Adviser At Golokam Group
Nov
27
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: November Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
7 slots booked
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology Romil Monpara - Student, Co-owner of Yamuna Industries
Dec
06
Sat
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Ahmedabad: December Edition
Ahmedabad
iHub Gujarat
6:00pm — 08:00pm
5 slots booked
Preksha Shah - Chief Technology Officer(CTO) - Enspirit Technologies Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Shyam sudani - Cord4 technologies Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology
Dec
25
Thu
eChai Startup Demo Day in Ahmedabad: December Edition
Ahmedabad
GVFL Ahmedabad
6:30pm — 08:30pm
8 slots booked
Jignesh Thakkar - Cofounder at LoudRevel Jay Bhavsar - Founder Er. Pranav Veerani - FSIDM.in and Unity Sangam, Founder KARNATAKAM SREENIVAS - Assistant Manager Sumit Kasardekar - Business Manager - SAP Sales at SAR Digital India Jinal Soni - Founder,Webcrux Technology Romil Monpara - Student, Co-owner of Yamuna Industries
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