Aayush Srivastava is the Co-Founder & CEO of Amicus Technologies, a startup patent-pending technology which converts large amounts of qualitative data (reviews & complaints) into the "RealCost" of the purchase. He is also currently working at IndiQus Technologies as the Head of Product & Marketing, and at CKS Consulting as an Impact Investment Consultant. Aayush has also worked at iPleaders.in, GE and Advani & Co. He is an expert in Market Research, Strategic PlanningSocial Media Marketing and Strategic Planning. Aayush's startup Amicus Technologies has been selected for Google Startup Launch Program 2015, was one of the winners at IIT Delhi Start-a-thon 2015, and a National Finalist at IIM Ahmedabad Startup Competition. He holds a degree in Law. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Aloke is the Founder & CEO of iXiGO.com since 2006. Prior to founding iXiGo, he worked at FinalQuadrant, a mid-sized startup in travel technology, and Amadeus SAS the world's leading travel tech company. Aloke obtained an MBA from INSEAD in 2005, and exchanged to Wharton. He completed his Bachelors in Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2001. Aloke has lived and worked in Kenya, France, UK, USA, India, and is trying to learn Spanish.

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Anil Amesur is the founder of Go Delight, a mobile-based loyalty program that maps consumer demographics to offline transactions thereby driving business analytics for retailers. Prior to Go Delight, he worked with GEP – a strategic consulting firm - on sourcing initiatives for clients in US. Anil has also worked at JP Morgan Chase and NewAge Industries and has been closely associated with the Helen Keller Institute for Deaf-Blind. His expertise includes business strategy and marketing. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from VJTI. He is also a certified ballroom dancer from ISTD, London. He enjoys music, food, driving and playing outdoor sports. He is also an avid football fan and a die-hard Manchester United supporter. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

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Ankita has an Economics Honours degree from Mumbai University where she ranked 1st and a MS in Finance from Warwick Business School. She has worked with Deutsche Bank in London and Edelweiss Capital in Mumbai for 4 years in the private banking side. Ankita is a trained Latin America and Ballroom dancer certified by the Imperial Society Teachers of Dancing London. She is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai. She currently works as the Chief Operating Officer at CouponDunia (India).

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Anmol Batra is the co-founder of Refiral - a marketing tool helping online businesses boost sales by running end-to-end customized automated viral referral campaigns. He is an electronics engineer from NSIT, with two years of consulting experience at Bain & Company. Anmol has been inclined towards entreprenship since early college days, have explored an event management venture with college friends which failed and was selected among the select few to attend the ASES Entreprenership Summit at Stanford. His curious nature pokes him to ask a lot of questions. Anmol is very passionate about cars and technological gadgets & loves brainstorming on new ideas, driving and going out on single trips. He is a Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program 2015 - New Delhi Chapter. He has also co-founded NomNom Technologies.

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A first generation entrepreneur, he started his professional career with Aricent, Gurgaon in the year 2000. He worked there till 2003 on different telecom related software products in various roles ranging from testing to software development to pre-sales. After his MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad in 2005, he worked with a startup KPO and a small IT-focused boutique investment bank for a year before starting his own business advisory firm, Metalogos. He also has interests in online technologies and education domain. He is currently working on a couple of online portals in education domain. His latest startup is known as Zopper which helps people find the right product at the right price.

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Niranjan Seelam, Playsportz With a vision to increase the fitness levels of school-going children, Niranjan Seelam co-founded Playsportz in 2010. Playsportz partners with schools and helps them understand the fitness quotient of each child and customize the regimen to suit the children’s needs. Prior to Playsportz, Niranjan was the Head of Operations and Finance at redBus. Ops and Finance are his forte. Along with running and squash, he enjoys “making and thrashing” business plans. This die Hard “Rocky” fan, is a Chemical Engineering graduate from BITS-PILANI and MBA from Asian Institute of Management-Manila. He is a 2012 Startup Leadership Program Fellow of Hyderabad.

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Pankhuri Shrivastava is one of the Founders of Grabhouse.com, an online real estate portal aiming to make property hunt a smooth and unruffled affair. She holds a degree in computer science engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Technological Universiety, Bhopal. Pankhuri was E-leader of National Entrepreneurship Network and started two campus companies. She also opened a chapter of NGO YUVA Unstoppable, promoting English and digital literacy in slums of Bhopal. After graduating, she decided to devote her skills and 2 years in working with Teach for India to eliminate educational inequity in India by changing students’ life paths. In this challenging leadership experience she honed her skills in critical thinking, resource management, project coordination and planning. She initiated community projects to improve living conditions of the low-income community. Finding solutions to real world problems became a habit in 2 years of fellowship. In Mumbai, a city strange to her, she saw that the biggest problem was housing. This sowed the seeds of Grabhouse.com. Pankhuri is a voracious reader and travelling to new places delights her. She has an ear for music and holds a senior diploma in Indian classical music. She is a 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

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Praveen Dorna is the Co-Founder of Startup Byte, a crowdsourced and crowdcurated online platform that is aimed at helping Indian startups succeed and streamlining and strengthening the Indian startup ecosystem. Prior to Startup Byte, he worked as the Incubation Manager at The IIIT-H Foundation. Praveen has also worked at WEX Inc., Edubotix Innovation Labs and Deloitte Consulting. He has also been an Executive Board Member at the Alumni Association of University College of Engineering, Osmania University. He is an expert in Strategy, Management Consulting and Business Development. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Babson College. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

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Praveen Kaliga is the Director of Pinwheel Images. Prior to Pinwheel Images, he worked at Conceptual Media Solutions, where he was a Business Development Manager. Praveen has also worked at Serco and Google. He is an expert in Team Management and Business Development. He holds a degree in Biotechnology and Postgraduate Certificate In Advertising And Public Relations. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

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Sainath Gupta is the Founder & CEO of AasaanPay, which is into simplifying offline payments while creating delight to Merchants and their customers. AasaanPay happens to be first MobilePOS company in India. It is started in 2011, by 3 drop outs from IIIT H. He is a polymath and is into entrepreneurship, dancing, adventure sports, martial arts and anything related to technology. He has published two international papers inluding a journal. He has recently completed his short term Executive Education in Technology Commercialization and IP Management from Indian School of Business. He is a fan of disruptive technologies and multidisciplinary teams. Sainath is passionate about simplifying payments and transactions. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

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Sameer Parwani is the CEO of CouponDunia, India’s most popular coupon code website and one of the top 400 most visited websites in India (according to Alexa as of Oct 2012). Prior to CouponDunia, he was a IT Security consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He began his entrepreneurial journey after leaving PwC by co-founding Tysam Networks in 2006 where he served as the CTO for the company till it was bought out by EQAL Inc. Sameer has a B.S. (Computer Science) degree from Cornell University. He was born and raised in the USA, but decided to shift to Mumbai to further grow CouponDunia. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai.

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Sanchit Malik is a Co-Founder at Townscript.com Townscript is an online event ticketing company. Event organizers can go on townscript, create an event page in minutes, set up ticket price and start selling tickets online. Townscript has been started with an aim to disrupt the online event ticketing industry. Prior to Townscript.com , Sanchit had founded a startup at the age of 19, he had guided tit to become a great success. The startup had caught attention of National Media. Sanchit has a skill set in Sales & Marketing. He is a Certified Inbound Marketer. In free time, Sanchit travels, attends events and writes blogs. Sanchit is a 2013 Startup Leadership Program Fellow.

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Shailesh Gupta is the founder of an upcoming mobile payments startup, focusing on enhanced user experience with a lot of other cool features. Prior to it, he worked at General Electric, ITC, Planning Commission and UIDAI, where he was responsible for new business development and bringing innovation in work place respectively. Serial Entrepreneur by nature, he had founded couple of startups during his college years and has worked with some others, helping them orchestrate their business strategies. He is an expert in technology, market sizing and product designing. He was awarded at several key platforms including University of Illinois for Product Design and TIE Kolkata for Young Cub award. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Science from IIT Kharagpur. He is a fan of Steve Jobs, Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk. Shailesh is passionate about solving government induced inefficiencies through entrepreneurial means. He is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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