Prof. Abhay Karandikar
He is currently Director at IIT Kanpur since 2018, having served as Dean (Faculty Affairs) at IIT Bombay. At the national level, he was the Chairman of India's first Telecom Standards Development Organization. For Rural Broadband, his team has been experimenting with TV White Space, having deployed India's first test bed in TV UHF band in Palghar district of Maharashtra He has also led IIT Bombay’s Research Park whose objective is to develop an eco-system of innovation through industry-academia collaboration. He was the Coordinator of National Center of Excellence in Technology for Internal Security (NCETIS).
Prof. V. Kamakoti
He is currently Director at IIT Madras which happens to be his alma mater. Having specialized in Computer Architecture, Information Security and VLSI Design, he heads the Microprocessor Development Program and the Information Security Education and Awareness Program at IIT Madras funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He is also member of the National Security Advisory Board and was Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Task Force constituted by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. He has over 150 publications in International Journals and Conferences, guided many research scholars for their PhD and Master of Science program along with successfully delivering close to 50 projects from Industry and Government R&D establishments. Dr. Kamakoti is the recipient of DRDO Academic Excellence Award, Indian Electronics and Semiconductor Association Techno Visionary Award, 'Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship', ACCS Life-time Achievement Award, IBM Faculty Award and VASVIK Industrial Research award.
Dr. Shrikant K
He is a pioneer visionary in the field of Entrepreneurial Education having setup India’s earliest center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at SGGSIE&T Nanded He is currently Principal at Atharva College of Engineering He is a Performance Auditor Mentor TEQIP world bank supported project NPIU MHRD Govt of India. Associated with NIT Patna and NIT Agartala and four state Govt/private institutes from Gujrat, AP and West Bengal. He has guided 15 Ph D in Production/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering and Management studies at 7 Universities in India. Guided one candidate from Iran, too. He has published/presented more than 100 research paers in National/International journals, conferences and seminars including key note addresses. He holds a PhD from national Institute of Industrial Engineering.
Prof. Ganesh R
Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan is currently serving as an Institute Chair Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. His areas of research include human assisted AI/ML, use of AI/ML in resource constrained environments, learning with symbolic encoding of domain knowledge in ML and NLP, etc. He has been focusing his energy on organizing relevant machine learning modules for resource constrained environments into https://decile.org/. He has demonstrated its impact in applications such as Video Analytics, an end-to-end machine translation eco-system and OCR that are all used extensively, as well as in works in the making such as multi-modal analytics. He has received the prestigious National Gold Award for eGovernance (Gold Award) in 2022, the Dr P.K. Patwardhan Award for technology Development 2020 and as well as an IIT Bombay Impactful Research Award 2017 and awards such as the IBM Faculty Award, Amazon Research Award and awards from Google Research, Qualcomm, Microsoft, etc. He also held the J.R. Isaac Chair at IIT Bombay. Ganesh is also currently serving as the Professor-in-charge of the Koita Centre for Digital Health at IIT Bombay.
Dr. Zafar Shaikh
He is currently Principal, SBM Polytechnic. Bhagubai Mafatlal Polytechnic is Mumbai’s most reputed polytechnic run by Kelvani Mandal and has made a pioneering contribution in the field of research and innovation in Chemicals and Plastics over the years. He has been in leadership roles for over 15 years in higher education institutions including Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Navi Mumbai. He has been a pioneer in creating ecosystems within campus focused on entrepreneurship and Innovation amongst students and faculty.
Dr. DT Ingole
He is appointed as principal at P.R. Pote Patil College of Engineering & Management, Amravati. Previously, He was the Chairman of The Institution of Engineers (India) Amravati Local Centre. He is an approved Supervisor in Electronics and in Electrical in SGB Amravati University. D.T.Ingole has two years of industrial experience and 35 years of teaching experience at engineering institute. D.T.Ingole was the elected as member of Senate, Chairman of board of studies, member of faculty at SGB Amravati University.
Dr. VIVEK SUNNAPWAR
Currently discharging duties as the Principal of Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai. Did PhD in World Class Manufacturing (Mechanical Engineering) from Amravati University, under the supervision of Dr. Rambabu Kodali of BITS, Pilani (currently ViceChancellor, of VIT, Vellore) in the year 2004. The thesis titled; “Decision Support Systems for Economic Justification of World-class Manufacturing Systems”. He has teaching, research and administrative experience of 32 years. He has more than 60 research papers at the International & National level. He has two joint patents (granted) to his credit. He also holds a Diploma in Business Management. He is currently contributing as a Chairman, Board of Sudies (Mech. Engg.) in the University of Mumbai. He is a member of Faculty of Science & Technology & Academic Council. He is associated with NBA & NAAC accreditation processes & ISO certification as well.
Suryakant Dodmise
He is the CEO of SIDDHAM INNOVATION AND BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTER- SIBIC SIBIC is a private Incubator that help entrepreneurs and early stage startups to develop their business, especially in the initial stages. Under his leadership SIBIC is building the startup ecosystem in order to impact the Tier-II and Tier-III community in Employment Generation, Skilling and Education. He was previously Incubation Manger at Rajarambapu Institute of Technology Innovation Center (RITIC) focused on building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Western Maharashtra He is alumnus for Walchand College of Engineering & DKTEI Ichalkaranji.
Dr. Rajesh Jaware
He is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering having twenty six years of work experience. He is known expert and consultant in the field of Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship. Further, He is the facilitator and career guidance mentor to various educational institutions and transformed many students into successful careers. He is associated with professional institutes like Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering, Institute of Engineers, Indian Society for Technical Education and Society of Operations Management.
Dr. Vikram Patil
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Dilip Radkar
Mr Dilip Radkar is currently working as Assistant Professor in Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Navi Mumbai He is Convener, Institution’s Innovation Council, BVCOE, In charge for IIRS-ISRO outreach Center, Internship and Entrepreneurship Cell Coordinator of Department. He has expertise in Design &Innovation, Solving societal problems with the help of student projects, Engineering Mechanics & Machine Design.
Irfan Karim
Accomplished Finance Leader (CFO) with over 25 years work experience in Corporate Finance and Accounts across Manufacturing & Trading and ITeS sectors in India and South East Asia. Founder and Director at Pentamerous Solutions Private Limited sine November 2019.
Ram Nair
Professional with experience spanning industries like retail, IT, manufacturing, internet based cos. Multifunctional expertise in analytics, finance, sales and marketing. Aim is to help entrepreneurs build large, scalable ,sustainable profitable businesses.
Manoj VC
Six Sigma Blackbelt professional, GPHR,with over two decades of Experience in multicultural, multilingual environments with strong record of leadership and Project Management, Experienced in bootstrapping and ramping up start ups, handled large operations, entrepreneurial experience. Has been doing work mainly in the area of human Resources and general management areas. Has handled all legal and other liasoning to set up and run Indian operations.
Prasad Menon
He is the CEO of CIBA. CIBA is the Technology Business Incubator (TBI) supported by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India based in Goa and Mumbai. CIBA supports and nurtures companies by providing services such as incubation, modern office spaces, mentoring, networking opportunities, seed funding and rapid prototyping. Established in 2012 in Goa, CIBA now has three centres: Verna & Assagao in Goa and the third one is operational in Navi Mumbai since Q4 2016. He has been a successful entrepreneur and handled CXO roles in Multi nationals like Reliance – Hamleys, Future Knowledge Servies, MeXX EU, Liz Claiborne, Perfetti to name a few. He holds an MTech in Production Engg & an MBA from Nyenrode Business University.
Sunil Kamath
Regional Vice President - APAC at Play Magnus AS, Angel Investor, Startup Adviser He is currently responsible to build partnerships with various ecosystem players to increase the reach of Play Magnus products and also work with brands & agencies to partner with the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. He is an Angel Investor & Advisor to numerous startups like FeetApart, Nebory, Deciwood, Bolo Live, Melvano Flatheads, Unlu, etc. He was CBO at Sharechat and SVP Asia for Opera Software He holds a Masters in Mobile & Satellite Comm from UK and a Bachelors in Engg from Mumbai Univ.
Dharmesh Mistry
Dharmesh is a PCC (Professional Certified Coach from ICF), an Executive and Leadership Coach with over 25 years of experience helping people and organizations attain maximum effectiveness. His background includes working in various functions from Sales, Marketing, Operations and HR. Dharmesh is also certified in Coaching Supervision (EMCC).
Ashok Khopkar
Over 50 years, in various fields, Retired aa General Manager, Pam Systems Ltd Currently provides technical support to Eng companies, conducts training programs for engineering graduates in prototype development, engineering design and drawing practices for employees of MSMEs, also basic engineering knowledge booster programmes.