Karina Sotnik
Karina Sotnik
Founder/CEO

A leader with over a decade of experience creating entrepreneurial ecosystems through innovative programs. Serial entrepreneur with the ability to launch and coach entrepreneurs to scale, and lead start-up operations, identify and secure key joint ventures, funding, and orchestrate and oversee worldwide operations

Lata Singh
Lata Singh
Director

A certified Life Coach, Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Assessor & Educator and NLP Practitioner. In Meraviglia EQ Academy she is at the helm of a global team of Kids and Parents Life Coaches who have been trained and certified by her.

Bidisha Banerji
Bidisha Banerji
Associate Professor and Deputy Director

An educator, researcher and people manager. Her academic training is in Economics and public policy from the United States and India. She has a PhD and M.Phil from The George Washington University (GWU), Washington DC, where she was a recipient of Selective Excellence Fellowship.

Vishesh Dahinwal
Vishesh Dahinwal
Director of Engineering

A professional with extensive experience in Software Development, Product management and Supply Chain. He has Co-fouded two startupsand has worked with high performing teams. He is an MBA – IIM Ahmedabad, M.Sc in International Management, University of Bocconi, Milan, B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science – IIT Delhi.

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Indraneil Sengupta
Mentor

Mr. Indraniel Sengupta is a finance professional with more than 25 years of experience. in the industry. He specializes in Internal Audit, Negotiations, Team Building and MIS.

TUHIN MUKHARJEE
Tuhin Mukharjee
CEO & Director 

He has diverse range of domain experience and qualifications. A post graduate in supply chain with results-focused experience in the field of logistics, supply chain, warehousing, transportation and distribution. Also an MBA in Marketing & six sigma belt certified from Indian Statistical Institute with a keen interest in economic policy.

Nirmala Ronnie
Nirmala Ronnie
Consultant

R&D professional with over 22 years of experience in the FMCG & Pharmaceutical Industry. A certified product safety risk assessor, Indian Patent Agent and an authorized IP professional under the National IP Awareness mission. Has worked across Manufacturing, Corporate QA, Product Safety & R&D functions in the Consumer Goods MNC, Unilever. Currently as an independent consultant she advises food & cosmetic startups on R&D strategy, Product Safety, Quality Management, Regulatory compliance and IP protection.

Dipinder Sekhon
Dipinder Sekhon
Co-founder, CEO

A first generation entrepreneur, focussed on creating value through deep tech, especially Vision/Imaging Systems (AI), Embedded Systems/Electronics (IoT), in domains like Health and Wellness, Automotive. As a student founder/CEO of KritiKal Solutions which was incubated in IIT Delhi in 2002, he is particularly keen on building an Innovation Ecosystem around Academic research and entrepreneurial talent.

Ankush Kaul
Ankush Kaul
Chief Business Officer 

Mr. Kaul brings in an utmost high level of proficiency in managing sales, marketing & business development operations across segments like real estate, financial services & hospitality. This is coupled with an intrinsic expertise in upscaling of business with efficiency.

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Mayukh Mukherjee
Professional

Mr. Mukherjee comes in with an experience of more than 20 years in various business verticals, ranging from energy to infra and to farming and food.

Amit Ganguly
Amit Ganguly
Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Ganguly comes in with over 28 years of experience in the IT sector and has worked with corporates like TATAs, Accenture etc. in senior management positions. He specializes in Leadership & Organisation Development, Training and Recruitment.

Kaushik Sengupta
Kaushik Sengupta 
Professional 

Mr. Sengupta is an effective and seasoned professional with over 40 years of hard core sales and marketing experience. He has worked across varied industries like paints, building material, lubricants and real estate.His strength lies in developing and implementing strategies for effective post sales customer relationship management and project management.

Pooja Kumar
Pooja 
Startup facilitator 

Ms. Pooja is Founder, Innove Intellects LLP and A Registered Patent Agent and Start-up facilitator of Govt. of India with more than 15 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.

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Dr Ashish Bharadwaj
CIO

Dr. Bharadwaj is a technologist and an educator with over 25 years of experience in delivering impactful technology & innovative solutions with global corporates.
He is presently the CIO of an educational services giant based out of Sydney, Australia.

Jaideep
Jaideep Sengupta
Dy Managing Director

An MBA in Marketing from SP Jain School of Global Management and a degree in Industrial Engineering. With over 20 years with leading companies like Urbaser, Alstom, Maersk, Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. He has also Co-Founded Manufapp a Technology based B2B SaaS for Manufacturing Industry. Is passionate about innovation and technology for manufacturing, waste to energy, renewable, mobility sectors and can provide insights about strategy, capital raise, sales & marketing and operations besides thought leadership and entrepreneurship.

Stephanie Vogel
Stephanie Vogel
Managing Director

Ms. Vogel is Managing Director of WorldUpstart and serves as a Board of Director for the German Society of Pennsylvania and the NEXT Board of Philadelphia’s German American Chamber of Commerce.