Arpita Soma is currently co-founder at YoGrad, an online community portal for students to network, learn and share their experiences. She hasa previously been co-founder at Internfever.com , a startup providing young India a platform to explore, experience & enhance their skills through internships and career development services. She is a curator at www.we-thewomen.com , a freestyle writing platform for women. She has worked with Greeley & Hansen as a Civil & Environmental Engineer in Tampa, Florida prior to starting up. She has a Masters in Environmental Engg from University of Cinnati and a Bachelors in Civil Engg from Osmania University, which she doesn’t use anymore and calls herself an 'armchair engineer'. She is very passionate about making graduates more employable and women more empowered. She is a 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad.

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Dhiren is one of the co-founders of Etyacol Technologies Pvt Ltd, a company pioneering in location based tracking services. The flagship product, Locayte, is a mobile based application targeted to cater to the tracking and reporting needs across verticals. Prior to this venture, he was the Head Sales India – Excelsoft Technologies (K-12 division). He has approximately 8 years of sales and marketing experience across the telecom and education verticals. Having completed his B.E in Electronics and Communication from R.V. College of Eng. in 2003, he worked for couple of years before pursuing his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (2007-09). During the 1st year in IIMA, he won the prestigious O. P. JINDAL SCHOLARSHIP for Academic & Leadership Excellence, 2007. Being an adventure enthusiast, he has enjoyed activities like bungee jumping, scuba diving, hang gliding, parasailing, rappelling etc. He is 2013 Fellow - Startup Leadership Program, Bangalore

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V C Karthic is the founder of VoucherKarma, an online exchange that gives you cash for gift vouchers that you get from relatives/friends/your loyalty program that you will never use or redeem. Prior to VoucherKarma, VC founded Buzzworks, which has an investor & a strong management first line. He worked with TimesFM as a Radio Jockey for 3 years between 1996-99 before starting out on his own. He's an expert at nothing in particular & reinvents himself every 3-5 years to look younger than his actual age. He holds a correspondence degree in Business Administration from Annamalai University & that's not worth the paper it's written on. VC is a fan of Ashhar Farhan, his first mentor ever. VC is passionate about solving the problem of vouchers that expire in your bag or account. He is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Mumbai. He is also the founder of WoNoBO, an Internet service built by Genesys International Corporation, an advanced geospatial technology company based out of India.

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Namrata Suri is the Founder of Merabuddy, a personalised service that provides Gadget Training, Doctor Visits and Travel Assistance for old adults. Prior to Merabuddy, she worked at Synchronica as a Senior Account Manager. Namrata has also worked at Vodafone as the National Account Manager. She has worked at Standard Chartered Bank and Vaktech Corporation. She is an expert in Telecommunications, Revenue Enhancement, Business Development and Key Account Management. She holds a degree in Economics and a PGDBM in Marketing. She is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Neha Shah is the founder of The Indian Jazz, a Gifting solutions start-up. Prior to The Indian Jazz, she worked at Creative Ink – Business Head where she provided curriculum support and after school activities to many educational institutions. Also, branding and marketing programs for new pre-schools. Neha Shah has also worked with Pogo’s MAD City franchise- Organised the biggest Summer Camp for kids in Hyderabad with grand finales with over 1000 people. Neha Shah started her career as Business Head of LST at Career Launcher Hyderabad. She is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Hyderabad. She is also the founder of Recapture.in.

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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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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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Vinayak Garg is the Founder of Zest.Md, a web based tool which helps Medical Professionals and Health Coaches to create and run their own eClinic, for online patient management and consultation. Vinayak has recently launched Zootzy.com a tool which allows users to create a website using their facebook page as input, and the website then updates whenever new content is posted on facebook page. Prior to this, he co-founded LeapEd Education Solutions, a company focused on education marketing and student leads generation. Vinayak has also worked as a Consultant for Government Reforms with PwC. Vinayak is an expert in online marketing, search engine marketing, leads management and online user experience & engagement. Vinayak is passionate about solving the problem of global access to information. Vinayak holds a degree in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He also spent a year at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France. Vinayak was awarded as INDIAFRICA Young Visionary 2012, by Government of India. Vinayak is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Delhi.

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