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.

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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