A Chartered Accountant by training, Abhinav has always had the entrepreneurial bug. He has started and sold off a profitably run executive search firm in the past and has also had a great career record with organizations like Google, American Express and KPMG. However, travel and tourism has always been his first love and it is his intense knowledge of the Indian tourism sector that led him to launch www.IndiaOffbeat.com, a speciality and experiential travel firm focused on India

Fellow since

A travel enthusiast, Akshay is the Founder and CEO of The Indian Backpacker, a company which provides all the necessary information and service details to people to wish to backpack across India. Within a short period of time, Akshay has made IndianBackpacker a credible source of information and bookings for backpackers coming to India. His vision is to popularize India as a backpacking destination and to create awareness about the beauty, culture and heritage of this country. He has earlier worked with WNS as a travel expert for the customers of Travelocity.com. Akshay’s previous projects alsolude working with companies like Exposure Media Marketing (which publishes Selling World Travel magazine), Eventus India and Aegis Global Vantedge. He has done BTec in Computing & Business Applications, which he supplemented with MBA in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship from IIPM. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Delhi.

Fellow since

Asha Jayaraman is the Founder and Managing Director of Wonder Cab, a start-up providing women-friendly transport solutions. Prior to Wonder Cab, she worked in anti-human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Serbia and India, emergency response, technology for development, association of SMEs in the ICT space in Europe and India, public relations and inventory accounting. Asha is an alumni of the International Visitors Leadership Programmes (IVLP) of the U.S. Department of State (a premier professional exchange program that seeks to build mutual understanding between the U.S. and other nations through carefully designed short-term visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders). She holds an MA in NGO Management from Euromed Marseille, Ecole de Management and a Bachelors of Commerce from St Joseph. She enjoys fresh salads and Cabernet Sauvignon. Asha is passionate about solving the problem of gender inequality. She is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

Fellow since

Ashwath S is the Managing Director & CEO of Amaavi Experiences Pvt Ltd, a platform aimed to build a community of travellers across the world and be at the forefront for enabling them to have rich, multi cultural experiences. Prior to Amaavi, he worked at Giridhari Homes, where he was heading marketing and leading the sales team and training them. Ashwath has also worked at Worldview Education and AIESEC. He is an expert in Marketing, Business Development/Management/Planning/Strategy and Human Relations. Ashwath holds a degree in Civil Engineering. He is a fan of Daniel Goleman, author. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

Fellow since

Kaushal Raj is the Founder & CEO of Neutro Logistics, which caters to both Importers & Exporters by offering services of Road, Rail, Sea & Air Freight, Freight Forwarding, Customs Clearance, Warehousing & Distribution and SAD Refund claims. Prior to this, He worked as Sr. Marketing Manager for 4+ yrs and handled Pan India Market for Edutrotters, an Experiential Learning organization. He is in the Core Committee of Google Business Group & also in Headstart Network Foundation for organizing Startup Saturday in Mumbai. Kaushal has also completed his Executive Program from IIM-C. He has won awards for Contingent Leader representing his college during graduation days. He has also represented Mumbai City in All India Scholarship Examination. Kaushal is passionate about travelling which makes him explore new cities with their unique culture and a mouth on variety of delicacies. He also loves cooking and tries his hands on different recipes. In near future, Kaushal is planning to start an NGO which will sponsor education for poor & needy children. He is a 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai chapter. He currently works at Purple Squirrel Eduventures as the regional head of West India.

Fellow since

Prabhat Bhadauria, Founder, Delhi Food Adventure Prabhat Bhadauria is the Founder of Delhi Food Adventure, which has brought the concept of Food Tourism to India (www.delhifoodadventure.com). What started out as a hobby in 2010, has now become a full time setup. The concept is loved by travelers from around the world and has been profitable since inception. He loves to travel and is working to open similar chapters in cities within and outside India. Prabhat holds a bachelors (B.E) and masters (M.Sc) degree (BITS - Pilani), and has worked with leading technology companies - Intel, Fiorano and SapientNitro from 2007 - 2011. Prabhat was also the Founder of Project IM-Possible, a community project aimed at providing employment opportunities to Street beggars in Bangalore (2009-10). He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

Fellow since

Rangaprasad Badasheshi, Founder, Iween Rangaprasad Co-Founded Helix Educational Academy immediately upon graduation, and then went on to complete a Masters degree. After graduating from IIIT B, Rangaprasad worked for Start-up QSO Technologies for two years, where he headed Technology and was part of the Business Development & Marketing team, and got an opportunit to work in Germany and France for a year before returning to found Iween Software. During his Masters, he was the Technical Manager - Entrepreneurship Cell, Student Chapter and an active member of AIYKYAM, the IIIT Social Service Community. He holds a Master of Technology Degree from IIIT Bangalore and a Bachelor of Technology from JNTU, Hyderabad. He won a Scholarship award from Government of Andhra Pradesh for being District Topper in 7th, 10th and 12th Grades. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

Fellow since

Varun Sarda is the CEO of WTFARES.com, a startup committed to helping you travel the world for less. Prior to WTFARES, he worked at Shree Computer Forms as Head of Business Development. Varun has worked at TCube Youth Media and Serck Services International. He is an expert in E-commerce, Marketing and Business Development. He holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

Fellow since

Vishal Methi is M.D. of Just 4 Us. Just 4 Us is a service provider company and we provide services at door steps as per the customers need. Just 4 us not only provide services but also they provide awareness and gift to their clients/customers. Prior to Just 4 Us, Vishal worked with Persistent and Syntel, Pune. He is having 7+ years in IT company. He is expert in customers relationship and marketing. He is an Engineer and he completed his engineering from Nagpur university. He is a fan of Sachin Tendulkar and Dhiru bhai Ambani. He always believe that every problems has a key just we need to keep trying sometimes for getting the exact key. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

Fellow since