Swarup Pandya
Swarup has been an active Startup ecosystem member for more than seven years. His interest is to network with various community/industry experts. Currently, He's a senior program manager at Wadhwani Foundation (managing Western India & MENA region). Prior to the current assignment, he has served to business incubators like CIIE.CO at IIM Ahmedabad and iCreate for planning and executing various accelerator programs & campaigns for Startups and to bridge between startup needs and mentors/industry experts to execute support. He understands the need of the entrepreneurs and tries to build solutions through various events and one-on-one support. During seven years of his journey, he has conducted various community events, various national and international conferences.
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