← Ahmedabad
Founders in Ahmedabad.
Everyone who lives in Ahmedabad or has come to a gathering here, the blue ticks first.
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Harsha Bhurani
Hummingbird Talent
Building Hummingbird Talent ( An eChai Company )
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Jatin Chaudhary
eChai Ventures
eChai.Ventures
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Shalin (Shawn) Parikh
MYCPE One
<div>MYCPE ONE is a global ecosystem built for CPA and accounting firms, as well as businesses and enterprises. It brings talent, compliance, technology and growth solutions under one roof, spanning offshoring, CPE and learning & development, websites and digital marketing, M&A advisory, assessments, news & insights, and benchmarking.</div><div><br></div><div>With 40+ offices across 20+ cities in India and the Philippines and Mexico, MYCPE ONE serves 3,000+ CPA and accounting firms and 300+ businesses across the US, Canada, the UK and other markets, supported by a team of 3,000+ professionals.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Building MYCPE ONE</strong></div><div>Shalin (Shawn) Parikh co-founded MYCPE ONE with Valay Parikh. A Chartered Accountant by qualification and an entrepreneur by choice, he leads the company's strategy and growth, and has spent more than two decades building businesses that serve the accounting profession, from staffing and education to compliance, technology and advisory.</div><div><br></div><div>His interest in business started early. Shawn was reading company annual reports while still in school, which grew into a lasting passion for financial analysis and value investing. Today he actively backs public and private ventures, and he is particularly committed to helping India-based companies scale globally, driven by a belief that world-class innovation can emerge from anywhere.</div><div><br></div><div>What began in 2014 with a single client and a simple conviction, that global talent could give small and mid-size CPA firms the capacity they needed to grow, has become a platform trusted by 3,000+ firms. Under his leadership, MYCPE ONE has grown from a talent partner into a complete ecosystem for accounting firms, and is now steering towards becoming an AI-first enterprise, building tools that raise productivity across the tax and accounting industry.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Why Small and Mid-Sized Firms</strong></div><div>Shalin (Shawn) Parikh is a strong advocate of small businesses. In his words, <em>“Small businesses are the backbone of the global economy.”</em> That belief has always shaped his focus on small and mid-size accounting firms.</div><div><br></div><div>The idea behind MYCPE ONE came from a clear gap. Large firms and the Big 4 can set up their own offices in India, absorb local challenges and compete for the best talent. Small and mid-size firms cannot. What they need is a trusted partner who understands their requirements, hires the right people for them, and handles data security and confidentiality with the same care they would. MYCPE ONE was built to be that partner, giving smaller firms access to global talent so they can compete with much larger players.</div><div><br></div><div>Shawn also admires businesses that create or enable micro-entrepreneurs, such as Uber, Airbnb and Urban Company, and sees a similar opportunity in helping independent accounting firms grow on their own terms.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Creating Opportunities Beyond the Metros</strong></div><div>Shalin (Shawn) Parikh believes India's real talent lives well beyond its top few cities. Acting on that belief, he took MYCPE ONE into Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 cities so professionals can build global careers closer to home, creating 5,000+ job opportunities, including for semi-qualified Chartered Accountants and CA dropouts whose skills and experience often go overlooked.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2022, he signed Memoranda of Understanding with two state governments: with the Government of Gujarat under its IT/ITeS Policy 2022–27, committing to invest up to INR 150 crore and create 3,000 jobs in the state, and with the Government of Kerala and the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) Kerala, to provide employment to 500+ young professionals and build their skills for the BFSI and IT/ITeS sectors.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Recognition</strong></div><div>Shalin (Shawn) Parikh has been named a Top 20 Under 40 Accounting Influencer by CPA Practice Advisor four times: in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Voice of the Accounting Community</strong></div><div>Shawn has delivered 500+ sessions through keynotes, webinars and industry conferences, coached 200+ accounting firms, and mentored 100+ managing partners. Some of the subjects he speaks on:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Mergers & acquisitions and succession planning for accounting firms</li><li>Offshoring models and integrating offshore and onshore teams</li><li>AI and emerging technology in accounting</li><li>Digital and LinkedIn marketing for accountants</li><li>Subscription-based pricing and Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) for firms</li><li>Building a high-margin Client Accounting Services (CAS) and advisory practice</li><li>Building a niche and pricing strategy in the accounting space</li><li>Team management, culture and leadership</li><li>Why accountants need to think like entrepreneurs</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>About MYCPE ONE</strong></div><div>MYCPE ONE brings together everything a growing accounting firm needs on a single platform:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Offshoring and GCC setup, with dedicated teams built around each firm's requirements</li><li>CPE, exam prep, and learning & development for accounting, tax and finance professionals</li><li>Websites, digital marketing and branding for accounting firms</li><li>M&A advisory and recruitment</li><li>Assessments, benchmarking, and accounting news & insights</li></ul><div><br></div><div>With a strong focus on information security and data protection, MYCPE ONE is ISO 27001:2022 certified and SOC 2 Type II compliant, giving firms the confidence to scale with a trusted partner.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Social Impact</strong></div><div>MYCPE ONE believes that business growth and community impact go hand in hand. The company is a proud sponsor of the Social Eye Foundation, supporting its work in food security and children's education. The foundation has distributed 50,000+ food kits, supported the education of 2,300+ primary school students across 100+ schools, helped 100+ students pursue higher education, and set up 10+ computer labs to promote digital literacy.</div><div><br></div><div>Through MYCPE ONE Academy, Shalin (Shawn) Parikh is also extending access to global careers. The Academy offers EA, CMA (US) and CPA courses at affordable rates for aspiring accounting professionals in India, especially those from Tier 2 and Tier 3 towns.</div><div><br></div><div><strong><em>“The real measure of success is not just how much you build, but how many lives you uplift along the way.”</em> – Shalin (Shawn) Parikh</strong></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Favourite Books, Podcasts & Influences</strong></div><div><strong>Books</strong></div><ul><li>Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letters</li><li>The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham</li><li>Competitive Advantage – Michael Porter</li><li>Coffee Can Investing – Saurabh Mukherjea</li><li>Blue Ocean Shift – W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne</li><li>Putting Stories to Work – Shawn Callahan</li><li>The Wealthy Accountant</li><li>Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of Shree Krishna</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Podcasts & Talks</strong></div><ul><li>How to Implement Subscription-Based Pricing for Accounting Firms<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1jLX7zGUYo&t=25s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1jLX7zGUYo&t=25s</a></li><li>How to Run Your Accounting Firm Like a SaaS Business | Monthly Recurring Revenue<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gjC1H1VYI&t=100s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gjC1H1VYI&t=100s</a></li><li>Successfully Integrating Your Offshore and Onsite Teams<br><a href="https://youtu.be/ro75sUYWEc4">https://youtu.be/ro75sUYWEc4</a></li><li>How Offshore Staffing Solves 70% of Your Problems<br><a href="https://youtu.be/RU9Y3Ef-uus">https://youtu.be/RU9Y3Ef-uus</a></li><li>Is Bigger Actually Better?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/BTfJwHFDi7w">https://youtu.be/BTfJwHFDi7w</a></li><li>Is Your Firm Sustainable for the Future?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/4LIQmlgCMG0">https://youtu.be/4LIQmlgCMG0</a></li><li>How the Pandemic Changed the Stigma Around Offshore Hiring for Accounting Firms<br><a href="https://youtu.be/SJX1Jc3cPfc">https://youtu.be/SJX1Jc3cPfc</a></li></ul>
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Vishal Tiwari
Narayana Business School
Building India's Next Gen B-School for Talent Beyond Metros
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Bhavin S Bhagat
IBGrid
<div>I worked in the pharmaceutical sector in various roles with a focus on business development, account management in the first part of my career between 2000 to 2015 in India and Europe. Priya and I started indiabizforsale.com together in the year 2013 as a company and launched as a platform in early 2014. <br><br>We started indiabizforsale because we experienced and painfully learnt (at that time) that M&A for a small to medium size business is very, very challenging in India, and we decided to do something about that. <br><br>We launched indiabizforsale.com as a discovery platform (with confidentiality so no one knows which business is looking for an exit or partial exit) for businesses and investors. <br><br>Gradually we started building services on top as we realised that the end goal is a successful business transaction and secured discovery is only the part of the process (large though). <br><br>Now we provide discovery, on-demand services and also advisory services with help of trusted and experienced professionals across India. </div>
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Vishakha Shah
<div>Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation/trucking/railroad industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Customer Acquisition, Sales, and Invoice Processing. Strong business development professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Economics from University of Pune.<br><br>Venus Logistics is a full service logistics solutions company. We specialize in time sensitive, temperature controlled freight movement across the United States. We can develop the strategic solutions you need to succeed. We believe integrity is critical to any successful business and pride ourselves in working with our customers to help them reach their goals. Our company philosophy is to take care of our customers and treat them the way we would want to be treated. We put culture, process, and innovation ahead of cost in order to get the job done every time, without fail and without compromise. We have a “No Excuses” attitude. When we say we are going to do something, we do it. Period.<br><br>We offer quality service and excellent communication in the following:<br>1. LTL(Less than Truck Load)<br>2.Truck Load<br>3. Dry, Refrigerated,Frozen.<br>4. Warehousing<br>5. Scheduling and routing of customer orders<br>6. Diamond Brokerage Company 75k Bond.</div>
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Sohil Patel
Oizom
<div>Co-Founder & CTO at OIZOM Founder Jayso Foundation IOT | Web3 | VRtist Lifelong learner and tech evangelist with a passion for coding, building, and researching new technologies.<br><br>Oizom works in the IoT space of clean-tech products. Oizom Instruments sense and analyse the natural resources like air, water, soil energy etc. and provide environmental data in form of visualization, reports, notifications and predictions using cloud software and mobile app. Oizom is focused on air-quality primarily. Through dense network of Oizom Instruments, we are striving to become environmental big data company by 2020. <br><br></div>
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Aditya Shah
Because
<div>Founder & CEO at Because | Consultant to Education Department, Government of Gujarat | Vidya Samiksha Kendra | Mission Schools of Excellence<br><br>..<br><br>Aditya is a founder of Because – the brand and marketing consultancy and previously spent over 16 years in growing and transforming businesses by creating and executing highly effective marketing strategies at organisations like Sandesh, Educational Initiatives and HBK Group of Schools.<br><br>About me: <br>I am best known for my creatiwitty, wordplay, puns, talent identification and problem-solving abilities.<br><br>Specialties: <br>Business Strategy, marketing, branding, advertising, social media, content marketing, team development, business planning, design<br><br>About my company:<br><br>Because is a consultancy that helps our clients spot the elephant in the room. We question, we challenge and we provide business solutions. We do that by focusing on creating relevant brand and customer experiences and driving accelerated growth strategies. What makes us different is our ability to uncover the underlying needs and motivation of customers and translate those insights into better ideas. Our unique team of thinkers, makers and doers work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary way to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. <br><br>Industries we serve: education, e-commerce, data analytics, real estate, retail</div>
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Deenky Shah
Because
<div>Deenky Shah is co-founder of Because, a brand strategy consulting firm which acts as CMO for companies across the globe. She has spent a bulk of her time at the nexus of Innovation, Business, Technology and Communication. Throughout her career, she has focused on designing and delivering contemporary business solutions by engaging multiple stakeholders to enable client organizations to realize their full potential. Through these years, she has keenly observed the trends that shape or disrupt industries and analyzed how marketing can accelerate growth of organizations. </div><div><br></div><div>Prior to joining Because she was Director at Duke Corporate Education, a firm out of Duke University that delivered customized learning solutions for corporate leaders. </div><div><br></div><div>Beyond her experience and capabilities, she has been commended for her high level of interpersonal skills and her naturally engaging personality. Her motivations include learning new things, taking on the challenge of meeting the needs of an organization, and ensuring high-quality outcomes.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>About Because: </strong></div><div><br></div><div>Because it is a consultancy that helps our clients spot the elephant in the room. We question, we challenge and we provide business solutions. We do that by focusing on creating relevant brand and customer experiences and driving accelerated growth strategies. What makes us different is our ability to uncover the underlying needs and motivation of customers and translate those insights into better ideas. Our unique team of thinkers, makers and doers work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary way to bridge the gap between strategy and execution.</div><div><br></div>
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Amit Gupta
Airmed Pathology Labs
<div>Dr Amit Gupta is a Radiologist and an MBA from ISB hyderabad. <br><br>He owns a chain of imaging centers , usmanpura imaging , and a pathology chain,AIRMED PATHLABS .<br><br>Airmed Pathology Labs : lab at your doorstep<br><br>Airmed Tech : AI enabled, SAAS platform to manage the whole diagnostics echo system. We can now be called the “ZOho” of diagnostic labs and imaging centres.</div>
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Haripriya Bhagat
IBGrid
<div>As a Co-founder at IndiaBiz, she is committed to help SMEs and Startups to find their growth partners through quick deal-sourcing, matchmaking, and end-to-end deal management through technology platform and advisory services for transactions like M&A, Investments, Partnership, Franchising and more.<br><br>Her proficiency and experiences are invaluable in her role at IndiaBiz, where she focuses on Product, Finance and Hiring. Prior to assuming the company's leadership in 2013, she has spent more than 10 years in the UK and brings over 8 years of experience in the Finance domain from diverse industry segments in companies like Nestor Healthcare, Halcrow Group, SUEZ, BillDesk.<br><br>Priya has achieved her Masters degree in International Finance from Middlesex University (UK) and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).</div>
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Utpal Vaishnav
Upsquare
Transforming my legacy tech business, Upsquare Technologies, into a Lab that does experiments with Digital & Physical AI, Robotics, Reusable Systems, models & architectures.
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Anil Motwani
Atoa Technologies
Building technology platforms and growth systems for businesses across industries. Currently focused on helping founders create more predictable sales processes, streamline operations, and scale without everything depending on them.
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Kumar Manish
Urbanvoicesin
Urban Voices (urbanvoices.in) is an independent news and views platform dedicated to "cities for people." It covers urban issues across India — transport, environment, housing, planning, and civic innovation among other urban issues.
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Bhavesh Patel
Brands.live
Building India's Most favourite Branding and Business Growth tool Brands.live which help them to go digital first in just seconds. With 10M Downloads leading the MSME content space with power of Ai for Bharat. Raised Funds from Indian Quotient and DevX. Looking for partnership.
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Kush Prajapati
DI AI
AI that reads any health document and turns it into clinical intelligence.
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Rushabh Shah
STIR Advisors
Working on a lot of interesting tech projects, alongside the Investment Banking firm
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Nikita Lalwani
Crooze Fitness App
Fitness community of 37K users, making fitness fun through Rewards, Challenges, and National Fitness Leagues backed by DST, IT Ministry, IIMA Ventures, i-Hub & Mahindra Rise. Now pivoting to B2B2C Corporate Fitness Leagues and urgently looking for a CTO / Tech Co-founder.
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Hardik Manwani
HMMBiz
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Nadeem Jafri
Hearty Mart
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Jash Gor
RCSL
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Umesh Uttamchandani
DevX
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Sahil Shah
VP Marketing, Petpooja
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Siddharth Patel
Digipple
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Rushi Patel
Digipple
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Shrijay Sheth
LegalWiz.in
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Anuj Dalal
CheckMyWarranty
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Rahul Kumar
Retner
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Abhishek Jain
Naapbooks
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Koumal Kalantry
Bignano Ventures
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Jayesh Kadivar
Growthnest
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Manasvi Thapar
Candour Legal
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Amish Trivedi
Upsquare
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Viraj Rajani
Digipple
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Manoj Adwani
narad.io
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Malav Warke
Creatosaurus
Helping marketing teams 10x their storytelling in half the time | Co-Founder & CEO at Creatosaurus https://www.creatosaurus.io/ | Community Builder at eChai Ventures
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Rishit Shah
Kinetiq
Building Kinetiq.tv into a massive media intelligence platform for Brands, Advertisers and Publishers
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Vikas Mundhra
Magenta Insights
Building an operating system for businesses that integrates with ERPs and provide actionable insights on operations and workflows
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Kunal Chaudhari
eChai Ventures
eChai Ventues
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Khyati Brahmbhatt
Rocket
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Chintan Papaiya
KissanAI
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Mayank Patel
IBGrid
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Megha Verma
Growth Iris
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Ritwik Joshi
Ability Advocacy, Genie AI Canada
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Veeral Luvani
Wizcoder Ai Labs Pvt Ltd
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Ekta Shah
Biziverse Pvt. Ltd.
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Ishani Dave
Shaadi Vibe
Building First of a Kind AI for Indian Wedding!
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Yash Shah
Momentum91
Building the Infrastructure to Unlock Human Potential for Global Firms
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Marmik Bhatt
Monk9 Tech Private Limited
Marmik Bhatt is an Indian entrepreneur and semiconductor industry professional, best known as the Founder & CEO of Monk9 Tech Private Limited, a Rajkot-based startup focused on building India's legacy-node semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. monktechs.com
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Ayyan Karmakar
TAFCO
India's first integrated IAQ management company solving air quality challenges for residences, commercial buildings and industries.
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Chaitanya Badave
Grab Or Miss
Building Grab Or Miss, a community & platform that helps people save money on SaaS while helping founders get discovered.
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Veer Porwal
Neutals
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Archana Manjrekar
Diageo
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Apoorva Bhayani
House of Starts
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Aalap Sanghvi
Murphy
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Ashish Kunnath
Technoidic Productions
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Nandan Shukla
Dicot Innovations
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Balkrishna Agarwal
Teziapp
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Amar Yahiya
Vedhara
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Vishnu Chaitanya
3rd Strike
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Penchala Tharun
Wanderfly.in
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Shweta Patel
Fashion floor india
Building a D2C brand.
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Ashit Chandaria
Belgrey Waters
Building India's first and most elaborate Circular Bottled Water Infrastructure to enable HORECA to move away from Single-Use Plastic and Single-Use Glass bottles without any capital investment.
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Chinmay Shah
Startup Steroid - India
Building Startup Steroids India, an integrated startup ecosystem platform connecting founders, investors, and incubators through deal flow management, AI-powered ReadyScore, investor readiness, and Demo Days. Focused on helping startups become investment-ready and access.
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Sumit Kasardekar
The Harsmit Ventures
Building The Harsmit Ventures, a Finance, Tech & AI consulting venture helping Indian businesses simplify financial services, business technology and AI. Currently focused on building the right ecosystem, partnerships and scalable solutions for SMEs and growing businesses.
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Anil Salvi
Brandrobin.ai (ex CMO/CRO Saleshandy)
I spent 9+ years in SaaS, grew Saleshandy from 0 to $15M revenue (in total) Over the years, I worked across Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Product, helping build teams, strategies, and systems. Now, I’m building Brandrobin.ai (social listening platfrom for agentic era
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Vaibhav Shitole
IOTA Diagnostic
Building new age Healthcare
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Anay Mashruwala
Venus Engineering Works
Creation Process Flow Control Products, Services & Solutions for Heavy Chemicals, Mining Process, Power Sectors. Working with Driven Individuals to co-create Shared future
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Sumit Karanji
Dermatouch
CBO at Dermatouch (Acquired by Wipro Consumer) , I lead B2B, Cust Care, HR, SCM, Vendor Nego, AI Transformation, Strategy. Founder - Curlin ( Professional hair care range for textured hair - 100x.vc ), ex-founder - DSYH (Payment reco SaaS for Online sellers -Vcats + Acquired)
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Nirali Khoda
I train companies to use AI properly. 10+ years as an AI engineer building production ML and multi-agent systems, now running corporate AI training programs and consulting on AI strategy — real estate, automotive, hospitality, and university cohorts so far. Talking to founders an
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Sweety Patel
FactsScan
Building FactsScan, India's Food Intelligence Platform, to help people understand food—not just scan it. Recognized by NITI Aayog. We're now expanding from a consumer app to data, research, food literacy and public health. Exploring how to build a category-defining company from I
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Chirag Panchal
Climyn
We’re building a new class of adaptive sleep infrastructure with a small founding group who treat health as a lifelong system. Building AI-Hardware that adapts the indoor climate to the body’s changing physiological needs throughout the night, because sleep is dynamic.
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Krunal Shah
Qarmatek
Building a future where electronics last longer | Partnering with top brands & retailers for sustainable lifecycle solutions | Founder & CEO @ Qarmatek, Mobex Everyone wants to upgrade their device. But what if I told you that downgrading is the new 'cool'? That’s the idea beh
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Nikhil Suthar
India Accelerator
Venture Capital & Private Equity | Venture Acceleration | Corporate Innovation
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Veena Parikh
<div>We are in manufacturing of high pressure lubrication system for plunger pumps and compressore ,OEM of all indian manufacturer,Hydraulic Cylinder,Hydraulic Power Packs ,Force Lubrication Systems</div>
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Sanjay Desai
<div>Specialties: Managing multiple manufacturing units specialized in production of Gray Iron Automotive, Farm and Stationary Engine Clutch Pressure Plates and Covers.</div>
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Sriram Chidambaram
<div>Founder - SRF Capital Studio | Strategy . Capital . Execution | Fractional CFO | Venture Partner | Mentor & Advisor | Strategic Finance Leader<br><br>From global boardrooms to startup trenches—my 15+ years across manufacturing and PE-backed tech enterprises taught me one truth: strategy, capital, and finance must work together to scale.<br><br>That belief is why I built SRF Capital Studio—to partner with founders in creating clarity, ambition, and resilience in their businesses.<br>____ <br><br>I’ve always believed that finance is not just about numbers—it is about shaping the future of businesses. My journey spans 15+ years with two large multinationals before founding SRF Capital Studio 10 years ago. <br> - I spent 7 years with a global manufacturing conglomerate, learning first-hand how strategy, financial discipline, and operational excellence drive scale across industries.<br>- I then spent 8 years with a PE-funded technology services enterprise, gaining exposure to BPO, RCM, tech support, and gaming businesses. These organisations had operations in over 7 countries, giving me deep global exposure.<br><br>Those experiences shaped my conviction that startups and growth companies need more than just compliance or fundraising help—they need a multidisciplinary partner who can integrate strategy, capital, and finance operations into a single growth engine.<br><br>That conviction led to the creation of SRF Capital Studio, a platform designed to help founders build resilient and future-ready organisations. Each pillar of the Studio reflects a part of my journey:<br><br> • Strategy → Many founders have big visions but struggle with clarity on direction. Here, we design growth playbooks, business models, and execution roadmaps that give confidence and structure to scale.<br><br> • Capital → Fundraising isn’t about chasing money, it’s about building investor confidence. Our Capital Advisory practice helps founders become capital-ready, structure deals, and connect with the right investors and lenders.<br><br> • Finance Office → Finance is often treated as back-office, but in reality, it is the foundation of resilience. Through Fractional CFO, FP&A, MIS, and controllership, we make finance a strategic driver of decisions and growth.<br><br>Over the years, I’ve also:<br><br> • Taken masterclasses for 4,000+ entrepreneurs,<br> • Worked closely with 200+ founders,<br> • Engaged with 12+ business models and 40+ industry segments.<br><br>Alongside my role as Founder of SRF Capital Studio, I continue to work as a Fractional CFO, Venture Partner, Mentor, and Board Advisor. <br><br>At the core, my firm belief—and the reason I started Capital Studio—is this:<br><br>Strategy provides clarity. Capital fuels ambition. Finance builds resilience. Together, they transform organisations.</div>
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Udayakumar Karthik
<div>Director, Asian Spices, Leaders in Whole and Ground Spices.<br><br>Karthik Udayakumar is the second generation entrepreneur of Asian Spices. He completed B.Tech Chemical engineering in Coimbatore Institute of Technology in the year 2002 and joined the Family Spice business in the same year. Asian Spices is one of the leading Manufacturer and Exporter of Whole and Ground spices. As a Director of the Asian Spices, He is responsible for the overall Operations and Growth of the Company in terms of Developing Business Strategy, Procurement, Finance and Sales. <br><br>He has 19 years of experience in Seed spices industry and has travelled many countries for the promotion of exports in spices. He studied Family Businesses: Organization, Strategies, Internationalization and Succession at IIM, Ahmedabad in 2015.<br><br>Since last 5 years, Karthik is actively involved in Sustainable Sourcing of Spices, Identifying farmer clusters, Conducting workshops and training to the farmers for the procurement of IPM spices (Pesticide Residue Compliant) and promotion of Organic Farming. He is the Hon’ Secretary of Federation of Indian Spice Stakeholders (FISS), A Pan Indian Federation for the Spice fraternity and member of Product Advisory Committee for Cumin seed in NCDEX. <br><br>He is also the member of Seed Spices Task Force Committee formed by Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India for the promotion of Indian Spices.</div>
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Urvish Shah
<div>We're one of the leading eScooters manufacturers in India. We offer a range of high-quality, eco-friendly electric scooters amazing for you & nature.</div>
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Shailesh Patel
<div>Topline Switchgear Pvt Ltd is an electrical/electronic manufacturing company based out of Survey No. 797, Opp. Riddhi Plastics,Vadsar-Kalol Vadsar, Ta. Kalol, Kalol, Gujarat, India.</div>
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Dr Aradhana Gupta
<div>Co-Founder at Airmed Pathology Private Limited<br><br>Airmed Pathology Labs...Lab At Your Doorstep!!!<br><br>With the focus on providing quality care to our patients, best in class diagnostic support to our doctors, we are a team of dedicated pathologists support by highly professional team of business, technology, and clinical experts.</div>
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Meera Ambasana Shah
<div>Co-founder - Idea Bag Events & Entertainment LLP | Weekend Window | The Bazaar Project | Weekend Swag | The Weekend Man | Santa's Village | Paancham Na Garba | NavRaas | Fer Fudardi Conceptual events & experiences<br><br>Passionate creative soul by heart, love meeting new people and learning new things.<br>Conceptualized Weekend Window - Gujarat's biggest shopping experience!<br>Associated and affiliated with brands like:<br> - BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, Nissan<br> - Harley Davidson, Royal Enfield, Triumph, Indian Motorcycles<br> - Vadilal Ice Cream, Creambell Ice Cream<br> - Uber<br> - Rann Utsav<br> - Samvedana, Laddoo Foundation, Yuva Unstoppable<br> - The Grand Bhagwati Hotels, Eastin Easy Hotel, Qwiches<br> - The Comedy Factory & Foodaholics In Ahmedabad</div>
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Gauri Kunjeer
<div>Partner @Nagar Chasmaghar, Speciality Contact lens Consultant (Scleral lenses)</div>
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Dr Shital Punjabi
<div>MD(Gold Medalist),DGO(Gold Medalist),FICOG, Senior Gynecologist and IVF Specialist (USA)with 28 years experience in Assisted Reproduction, Laparoscopic Surgery, Gynecology.<br><br>-Dr. Shital Punjabi is Senior Gynecologist and Senior IVF specialist.<br>-MD(Gold Medalist) , DGO(Gold Medalist), FICOG.<br>-FOGSI certified Sonologist.<br>-Trained for IVF and embryology from Cleveland clinic Ohio, USA. <br>-Private Practice in Gynecology, Obstetrics, Infertility and Gynec Laparoscopy since 1997<br>-Founding Director of Shashwat IVF Centre Pvt. Ltd since 2009.<br>-Founding Director of IVF DEPARTMENT of Motherhood Women’s Hospital since 2012.<br>- Cosmetic Gynecology consultant at Midas Touch Cosmetic Centre since 2015.<br>FOGSI CERTIFIED TRAINER for IVF.<br>-Consultant Gynecologist at Lilavati Clinic,Ahmedabad (Unit of Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai)<br>-MBA(ICFAI University)<br>-Goldman Sachs Scholar -IIM-B, cohort 21<br><br><br>Social Responsibility-<br>-Founding Trustee of, NGO - Shashwat Foundation since 2014, for Preventive Health Care and Education, and has served 10000+ girls in schools and colleges, and women for Menstrual Hygiene, Menopausal Changes, Preventive Health Care for Breast Cancer .<br><br><br>-Academic interests-<br> A visiting faculty for National and International conferences in Bangladesh, <br>Nepal ,Srilanka and almost all the cities of India.<br>-Has been in the team of TOG(TIMES Of GYNECOLOGY), by FOGSI and ISAR for creating GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES for different Gynec Health Issues.<br><br>Membership-<br>-Treasurer - ISAR GUJARAT CHAPTER(Indian Society For Assisted Reproduction)(2022-2024)<br>-Gujarat Chapter ISAR- Scientific committee- Co-Chair<br>-She is Gujarat President, Medical Cell Women at International Human Rights Protection Bureau.<br>-Treasurer at Jain Doctor Federation, Ahmedabad Branch.(2023-2026)<br>-President of India-Eastern USA Bilateral Business Council at Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (WICCI) 2021.<br><br>-Active member of FOGSI, IMA, NMC, ASPIRE, IMS, ISAR, IFS, ACE, AOGS<br><br><br>Clinical-<br>-Served more than 10,000 childless couples in their struggle for being a parent. <br>-Conducted 10,000+ Deliveries.<br> Conducted 8000+ Major Gynec Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy Surgeries.</div>
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Seema Mandora
<div>CEO & Director - ECS Group | Cyber Security | Digital Forensic | Secure Cloud Solutions Provider<br><br>As a director of ECS Group, With over 20 years in IT, cloud, and cyber solutions. I lead marketing and sales efforts, evaluating and developing strategies, coordinating efforts, and building brand awareness of company. I try to solve every issue with enthusiasm and faith, ensuring smooth functioning. I mentor the marketing, branding, sales, and e-waste management teams.<br><br>Through my involvement in various women's entrepreneurship activities, I have gained substantial experience in the field and have received recognition for my efforts. Some of the notable awards I have received include the Women Leadership IGSP Award, the World Women Leadership Achievement Award, the Women Of Excellence Award - Panchtavta Award by EX Mayor Of Ahmedabad Meenakshi Patel, and the Top Most Green Leaders (Global) Award by the World CSR Congress in Mumbai.</div>
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Chirag Patel
<div>Catalyzing Innovation | Strategy | SaaS Thought Leader | Angel Investor | Fueling IT Brilliance | TEDx Speaker | Powered Multiple Fortune 500 Companies<br><br>Seasoned Entrepreneur, Advisor and Mentor - with a go-getter approach. <br><br>Consistent track record of product / solution innovations in the digital economy.<br><br>Chirag is one of the few entrepreneurs who has complete experience of the venture capital cycle - from raising funds to scaling the company to giving his investors an exit. Forged customer bonds worldwide, spanning India, S.E, Asia, Europe, and the US. <br><br>Chirag is an M.B.A. from Loyola University Chicago, with a specialisation in Finance and International Business. He also has a B.Com degree specialising in Accounting & Computer Programming. <br><br>Professional Summary:<br>- Entrepreneur with rounded experience - team building, fund raising, P&L responsibility, exit<br>- Founded, Built, Managed, Scaled a cutting-edge technology company - Net4Nuts<br>- Mentor, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur - for IT, Internet & Wireless ventures<br>- Extensive contacts in Internet, Wireless/Mobile, and VC space (India, Asia, USA)<br>- Advisor / Mentor at leading tech incubators<br><br>....<br><br>Rysun Labs is an AI, Data, Digital innovation partner of choice for enterprises, globally. Rysun guides and accelerates the Data & AI strategy and Digital Transformation programs for Fortune 2000 enterprises and product startups to shape remarkable customer experiences and intelligent operations. The team delivers innovative, specialized solutions that help High-tech, Retail & Ecommerce, and Energy companies to outperform competition and lead the change in their industry.<br><br>Rysun partners with Microsoft, Google and AWS to bring the best of enterprise technology to its customers. Rysun believes in quality-first and is CMMI Level 5, ISO 9001 & 27001 certified. The team has a growth mindset fueled by a strong culture of collaboration that unifies its global teams across India, USA, South Africa (a proud Level 2 B-BBEE Contributor), and UK.</div>
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Niki Shah
<div>Co-Founder @ Ultrapopfoods | LLM, LLB<br><br>As a co-founder of Ultrapopfoods, I apply my skills and knowledge in brand building and marketing to create and promote healthy and delicious snacks for the urban population. I have a master's degree in law from Nirma University, where I focused on criminal justice and law enforcement administration. I also have over five years of experience as a brand manager for various companies, where I developed and executed effective strategies to increase brand awareness, customer loyalty, and sales. I am passionate about creating products that are good for people and the planet, and that reflect my values of innovation, quality, and social responsibility. I enjoy working with a diverse and talented team of co-founders, partners, and collaborators who share my vision and mission of making Ultrapopfoods a leading brand in the snack industry.</div>
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Bhakti Jhaveri Dhanak
<div>People & Culture Lead @ IIMA Ventures | Helping Startups with their People journey to build better organizations | Subject Matter Expert @ HRCI | Passionate about new places, people & experiences!<br><br>I am a People enthusiast and a HRCI certified Human Resource Business Partner with more than fourteen years of extensive experience in business HR, employee relations, talent, and change management roles in large corporations as well as Small & Medium Enterprises. Over the years, right from the beginning of my career, I have had the opportunity to directly work with and connect with some very strong business leaders and HR professionals across different industries, sectors and geographies. This has helped me develop a broader outlook and a deeper understanding into the way Human Resource as a function operates and the nuances it entails. <br><br>Currently, I lead Human Resources for IIMA Ventures. While, I am passionate about everything to do with people and culture, I am equally passionate about the startup ecosystem and the people challenges it entails. I spend a substantial number of hours regularly speaking with startup founders and their teams - working with them to help them build their people strategies and solve any challenges that they may be facing. <br><br>In addition to this, I have had the opportunity to serve as a panel member for content creation and reviewing for HRCI (The HR Certification Institute, Alexandria, VA, USA) from 2014 - 2019, for two of their global certifications. This is a group of selected HR professionals from different regions from across the globe that come together to ensure that these certification exams are designed fairly for its global audience.<br><br>Come, talk to me about People, Culture, Startups! Always happy to connect with folks who are passionate about their work and looking to solve for some tough problems!</div>
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Sandeep Patel
<div>Founder @ NEPRA Group - Creating Sustainability Ecosystem, ESG, AI, Waste, Robotics, Automation, Waste Value Chain, Machinery<br><br>Sandeep Patel as an Entrepreneur, with experience across Travel, Chemicals trading and manufacturing, ITES/BPO, technology before persuing his love for waste management and recycling in 2006.<br><br>Sandeep has 20+years of experience of building Ideas into business, of which 17+ years experience in Waste Management and Recycling in India. <br><br>Other business interests<br><br>He is early backer of AHASolar Technologies Ltd, taking the journey from Idea to IPO with its promoters. AHASolar is a tech platform for Government/EPC for efficient process and sourcing management. www.ahasolar.in, <br><br>He is a founding member and Director of Ishitva Robotics systems pvt ltd, a company co-founded with his school friend Jitesh Dadlani, Ishitva builds fully Automated AI sorting solutions which has the potential to significantly solve the segregation challenge we face<br>across the world. www.ishitva.in <br><br>He is an Mentor, Investor in many startups.</div>
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Megha Thakker
<div>Media professional | Unbeatable energy bomb on stage (super experienced EMCEE-premium corporate & social events | Certified soft skills trainer | Communication Consultant | Talk-show host | Digital junkie.<br><br>AS A CHILD- I always came up with boring & quite a borrowed, hereditary kind of an answer when it came to my career goal. I thought, if nothing, I shall practice law (as my family has 13 lawyers including my parents & elder brother). If not for law, I'll apply as a professor of social science at some college (Oh yea, mom & grandpa happened to be celebrated orators & activists all their lives).<br>But, I somehow grew up to be a shy kid with great amount of stage fright, when away from my comfort zone.<br><br>WHAT HELPED ME PURSUE MY SECRET DREAM-<br>Did theatres for 3 years & life took a U-turn! <br>In due course, I became what I secretly dreamt of as a kid from the 90s, but lacked the confidence to share it publicly (dreamt of becoming a news-reader with some top channel).<br>Cut to 2007, I was hosting SRK for a national event, attended by thousands of fans which got covered by all top news channels including the Stars, Times & Zees of the world. <br>Eventually, I turned out to be a thorough media professional with an experience into print-electronic-audio & web media starting 2006. <br><br>WHY ME-<br>Passionate about growing teams and dreams? You have stopped by the right profile. From state-national-international NGO & Govt. events, multiple fortune 500 companies & numerous sports gatherings, corporate events, big fat destination weddings, products & services launches, inaugurations, awards nights & annual meet-ups! You name it & I have held the mic for all.<br><br>TILL NOW-<br>Have been a consistently top-voted RJ with Mirchi for 8.5 years.<br>Associated with 7 national TV Channels as a freelance TV show host, over the past few years.<br>Web-show called India Film Project TalkShop on YouTube & Gaana Originals attracted around 2 million eyes and ears.<br>Have hosted a LIVE chat-show series from Facebook, India headquarters. <br> <br>Have lifetime memories & privilege of hosting & interviewing top Bollywood stars like senior & junior Bachhan, Shahrukh/Aamir/Salman Khan, AkshayKumar, AjayDevgan, ShahidKapoor, AyushmannKhurrana, Akhtars, VickyKaushal, RajkumarRao, MadhuriDixit, KatrinaKaif, AishwaryaRai, PankajTripathi, NawazuddinSiddiqui & more than 200+ top notch big and small screen actors, film-directors & YouTubers.<br><br>Based out of Ahmedabad, but my work takes me across borders.<br>Rationalist | Egalitarian | Eco-warrior (considering my 1st job was with CEE).<br>When not romancing the microphone I will be found playing TT or badminton, listening to an audio book, binging YouTube or Netflix & often found dreaming about my next holiday!<br><br>MYSELF IN 2 WRODS - <br>PERPETUAL LEARNER.</div>
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Neha Shah
<div>Neha is a technology leader in product innovation and operational excellence. <br><br>She brings over 20 years of international work experience in Networking, Security, and Data Analytics. Prior to co-founding Crest Data Systems, Neha led the engineering operations team for Qmetry product-line. <br><br>Prior to Qmetry, she held several engineering leadership positions at Cisco where she was responsible for delivering large cross-functional projects in Layer 2/3 switching, security, and telemetry/analytics that were responsible for bringing multi-billion-dollar revenue for Cisco’s Catalyst series Enterprise Switches. <br><br>Neha holds a bachelor’s engineering degree in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University and a Master’s degree in Computer Networking from North Carolina State University. She has received several engineering awards including Cisco’s Pioneer award and holds a patent in networking security.</div>
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Priyanka Agarwal Chopra
<div>COO and Managing Partner Seed Investing at IIMA Ventures, IIM Ahmedabad</div>
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Sandeep Koujalgi
<div>SVP - Programs | Bharat Inclusion Initiative @ CIIE.CO<br><br>Sandeep Koujalgi is SVP Programs at <a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fciie.co%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cgmurthy%40worldbank.org%7Ca3e03f5466f34643e75b08da216ba4be%7C31a2fec0266b4c67b56e2796d8f59c36%7C0%7C0%7C637859043462099237%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=lDm4f81HnxwXcIssO%2BcaMfmL2bCgRMpWDgrjJXB8zfY%3D&reserved=0">CIIE.CO</a>. He oversees multiple incubation and acceleration programs for startups, including the Bharat Inclusion Initiative. BII is a platform to support inclusive fintech, skilling and livelihood focused solutions that serve the lower income segments of India through mentoring, market access, research, training and capital. He has previously worked across industries in product management and management consulting roles.</div>
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Siddhartha Nangia
<div>•A qualified Management professional in the area of Supply Chain, associated with MNCs in FMCG: Unilever (2007 – Current) and Almarai Co. (2000-2006)<br>•15+ years of progressive accomplishments in Operations & Supply Chain<br>•Recognised ability to see the ‘big picture’ while staying abreast of business details<br>•Boasting a consistent record of successfully employing best business practices that improve efficiency, reduce operating costs whilst increasing performance, all in tight time scales and within budget<br>•Proven track record of managing projects, resources and staff in an effective and efficient manner<br>•Have successfully held positions / led projects related to Lean operations, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Development , Contract Management , Cost Optimization, Make or Buy decisions , Operations Planning , Customer Collaboration , Logistics optimisation , IT implementation (including SAP)<br>•Led and worked in cross-functional and multi cultural teams. Have stayed and worked in Middle East , India and Singapore<br>•Effective Communication , Presentation & Interpersonal Skills <br>•Professionally qualified Post Graduate in Business Administration from Indian School of Business (ISB) , Hyderabad , India</div>
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Sudhir Kuduchkar
<div>communication designer<br><br>25+ Years of experience in the field Communication Design<br><br>Worked in advertising agencies and corporate<br>Currently Chief Mentor and founder at Threedot Designs (from last 10 Years)<br><br>Acquired skills – Typography / Type Design / Branding / installation / environmental graphics / photography / letterpress / calendar design<br><br>External jury member at following universities<br>Nirma University / Institute of Design<br>Faculty: communication design<br>Location: Ahmedabad<br><br>GLS University / GLS Institute Of Design<br>Faculty: communication design<br>Location: Ahmedabad<br><br>Indus University / Indus Design School (IDS)<br>Faculty: communication design<br>Location: Ahmedabad<br><br>Anant National University<br>Faculty: communication design<br>Location: Ahmedabad<br><br>Visiting faculty at following universities<br>• Nirma University / Institute of Design<br>• GLS University / GLS Institute Of Design<br>• NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology) / Gandhinagar</div>
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Parasharan Chari
<div>Currently, helping customers reduce their medicine bills. Previously, was shaping careers.<br><br>A typical Engineer - MBA with atypical sector choices.<br><br>Started with IT Consulting. Gave up in no time, because "ye na ho paayega zindagi bhar".<br><br>Then a decade at Endeavor Careers.<br>An "academician at heart" - was the thing that stayed along for a decade.<br>Technically, however, started with Business Development, added HR, Operations, IT over the course of a decade. <br>Endeavor, then in 2008 was an "early stage start up" wherein everyone was doubling, tripling up on other roles. The place was built by all of us with so much heart and student at the center of the ecosystem that even after nearly 3 years of quitting Endeavor, the love for the kids / place never ceases to die down. We grew to be the 4th largest player in the aptitude test prep space. Enough said!<br>Quit Endeavor in late 2017, poetically, on the day of CAT 2017. <br>Quit the education sector.<br>Tough to keep me off the "student relations", "career counseling", "mentoring" thing. So, I continue to stay so!<br><br>Jumped into pharma retail - Medkart Pharmacy - in 2017 end. Wonderful space to be in for the kind of value we create for the patients. A sector marked with an "unorganized sector approach" & severe information asymmetry. Living with a single vision of reducing medicine bills of patients. <br>Second such "early stage start up" and history repeating itself - with people at the helm doubling, tripling up on available roles and responsibilities. Carefully but quickly, we set up departments & a strong second line, and while in the 6th year of operations now, Medkart is already amongst the largest generic medicine retail chain in the country.<br>We are now 50 medical stores and probably the largest in Gujarat as far as the generic medicine retailing is concerned & over the next couple of years, we wish to educate, sensitize & help as many patients as we can because we strongly believe that medicines arent costly, but the are being made costly by the the intermediaries. <br><br>That's about the professional life so far.<br><br>Personally, a father of 2 kids - Ananya & Abhimanyu. <br><br>Apart from the above mentioned, I love staying fit - working out in the gym / home workouts / running / cycling / cricket / football - basically anything that keeps that me active. <br><br>I also love reading. Would have probably read more than a 400 books ranging whatever to whatever under the sun!<br><br>A strong believer in work-life balance & the cycle of Karma.</div>
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