Ajith Karimpana, Founder, Rent Ur Duniya Ajith Karimpana is the founder of Rent Ur Duniya, a home furnishing rental service provider. Prior to Rent Ur Duniya, he worked at Goldman Sachs as Vice President and was managing the Asia Regulatory Operations Technology team out of India. Ajith has also worked at Morgan Stanley and Infosys. He is an expert in the technology management with focus on the Investment Banking domain. Ajith was awarded certificate of merit and medal of honor at REC/NIT Jalandhar for being one of the toppers in the college. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Temple University and Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering from REC/NIT Jalandhar. Ajith is an avid reader, an amateur photographer and a music aficionado. He is a 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore. Ajith has been a passionate part-time entrepreneur for the past three years and had co-founded a venture (Rhydoo.com) in the United States that was into group buying, a novel idea then (2007-08), but stale now. He is passionately pursuing his ambition to build Rent UrDuniya as the brand for Home Furnishing Rentals in India for people on the move and with temporary needs. He is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Ashwin blends his core background and experience in conceptualizing computational algorithms and applications with new marketing thought schools to translate thoughts and ideas for the real world. He has made his first foray outside Life-Sciences to realize his current goals and interests. His current interests are to build profitable mainstream business models which can positively influence the daily lives of the common man using social mediums. He believes that with the right kind of vision and concepts, successful business models will evolve where everyone including those at grass root level will benefit from Social Media before 2020. His startup Jugular Social Media recently won the startup of the year at the Headstart-Its AP annual events in 2010. He has been a BiovisionNxt-World Life Science forum fellow-Class of 2005, a nominee for MIT Tech Review Tech 35 and the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards in 2010. Most recently, he has been selected to participate in the class of 2011, Startup leadership program.He was most recently heading marketing & strategy at Ocimum Biosolutions and Gene Logic, cited as one of the fastest growing companies by INC magazine and Deloitte. During his stint with Ocimum-Gene Logic, The Genomics Pioneers Gateway was built and conceptualized, the largest genomics ecosystem on the web. Also during this stint, Ocimum embarked on the Ocimum 3.0 collaboration platform aimed at integrating service lines and community interaction.Back in the year 2000, He also built India’s first international Bioinformatics ecosystem by conceptualizing Inbios. He has worked and studied at internationally known organizations and universities like Leeds University UK, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Molecular Biology MBL USA, Viikki Biocenter at Helsinki, Finland.

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Bindu Gollapudi is the co-founder of Tranzform Integrated Marketing Services., a startup that is revolutionising the Below the Line Industry. Prior to Tranzform , she worked at Wings Group of Companies, where she started as a telemarketing executive and quit as the COO of a division after working for about 15 plus years . Bindu was awarded the best marketing personnel award and she has won this for 5 years in a row. She holds a degree in Mathematics and has pursued her diploma program in . She is a fan of Lord , her true God. Bindu is passionate about adding value to the marketing of any product or brand or service and understands the nuances of Integrated Marketing Communication. She is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Gaurav Vaish, Founder & CTO, InColeg Learning and Founder, Edujini Labs Gaurav Vaish is the Co-Founder & CTO of InColeg Learning, a company democratizing learning by enabling social and collaborative learning through advanced but easy-to-use interfaces. Prior to InColeg, he co-founded Edujini Labs, a training and learning services company. Gaurav has also worked at Adobe Systems in their R&D team and at Transversal e Networks heading its R&D division. He is an expert in various technologies and technical frameworks, loves to design, architect and implement complex technology solutions so as to make them easy to use and comprehend, and loves to live an entrepreneurial life. During undergrrad, Gaurav started a Business Club which has now grown into Entrepreurship Cell. He is also an open source evangelist and has several projects put up in open source. He is a prolific speaker and speaks at various technology and business forums in India. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Eletrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur. Like most other geeks, nerds and technocrats, Gaurav loves music and is a big fan of Kishore Kumar and Jagjit Singh. He loves to travel to his office in his bicycle. He has a personal blog at www.mastergaurav.com that he updates irregularly. Gaurav is passionate about education and has an i-m-possible mission to see people educated and learned, not just literate. He is 2012 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Glen Suchitha is the Founder of PayPerCup, a startup giving your brand hyper-local engagement. He is also currently working at Cryptic Intel as a Managing Partner. He is also the Host and Content Lead of PowerDrift, a project by a group of passionate motoring enthusiasts. Prior to PayPerCup, he worked at Amazon as a Transaction risk investigator. Glen has co-founded SideStep Solutions, which kick started projects ranging from addressing the disparity in the education system to creating modules for team building and effective communication activities for corporate companies. He is an expert in Marketing, Team Management and Market Research. Glen was the event head and holder of a Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Beatbox ensemble in 2011 and he was also a part of the initial team of organizers of the Bangalore start-up festival in 2013. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Gokurlaj.G.K is the Go-to-Guy of MyCopie, a notebook that emulates Top-notch Paper Quality, Stunning design and Best Value for Money. Prior to MyCopie, Gokulraj launched couple of startups. The more recent one prior to MyCopie being an eCommerce website called ZAPstore.com. He Co-Founded the website and conceptualized it with his buddy from USA during December 2011. This store gives exclusive pricing to each and every customer on the product of their choice controlled by a complex algorithm. ZAPstore.com, was selected as one of the Top 16 startups in India by Microsoft BizSpark 2012. His first startup, eFuture Solutions was launched during his undergraduate tenure in SRM University. It is now the only venture in Southern India capable of issuing Digital Signature across the table. He holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Management and Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is zealous about F1, MotoGP and Automobiles. He idolizes Bill Gates and not Steve Jobs. He is cerebrating ideas to reinvent the notebook and to make washing clothes a fashionable experience. He is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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After his BTech at IIT Roorkee, Himanshu was very clear that he wanted to conceptualize and sell products rather than develop them. He had conceptualized and supervised development of 12 products for the University community through a voluntary student group while at college. So three months into his job at Talisma as a software developer, he convinced his superiors to move into a product management role. He subsequently moved to Intelliworks product management team where he was part of the team which conceptualized the SAAS based product. While at Intelliworks, Himanshu also played the role of Account Manager for India and Australia, coached extensively by Dev Ganesan, CEO Intelliworks. After Intelliworks, Himanshu cofounded Cheese Care with friends from college to help Indian business build user friendly websites and mobile applications. After 2 years and 50+ clients, this belief has been validated. Himanshu leads the sales and business development.

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Nishant Prasad is the CEO and Founder of Clean Fanatic, a professional cleaning services company which provides low allergen environment within households Prior to Clean Fanatic, he worked at _Renoir Consulting, where he wasa Project Manager. Nishant has also worked at Hewlett Packard and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals. He is an expert in Sales,Marketing and Operational execution. Nishant was awarded young achiever award in his B school days. He holds a degree in Mechanical engineering and an MBA from NITIE . He is a fan of Warren Buffet and is passionate about solving the problem of providing professional cleaning services in India. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore

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Vaibhav Shetty is the Director of FinstoFurs.com. He is also the founder and Director at Fraggingmonk Technologies, a startup built with the aim of providing users with the most powerful Gaming machines in India. His startup Fraggingmonk was identified as one of the top 20 tech startups of 2014 by Exhibit magazine, was featured in a special issue as well as their program on NDTV and was also selected as a Nasscom 10k company. Prior to working on his startups, he worked at Indfrag Limited as a Consultant. Vaibhav has also worked at Allcargo Global Logistics, WeP solutions and Wockhardt. He is an expert in Strategy Development, Marketing Strategy, Operations Management, Sales Management and Branding Initiatives. He holds a degree in Chemistry and an MBA in International Business-Marketing from Symbiosis Institute of International Business. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Vamsidhar is the founder of Freakouts Adventure Solutions ,whose vision is an Adventure Acadamy . Having Completed his B.E in Computer Science , he worked for Various IT Companies before he changed his hobby into his Career. He has around 12 years of experience in various adventure sports starting from Trekking to Mountaineering in Terrestrial Sports, Kayaking to Sailing in Aqua Sports, and Paragliding to Sky diving in Aero Sports . Successfully completed physical,Mental,Emotional challenge called as "21 days challenge" from Outward bound Singapore. Some of his Expeditions are Summited Peaks above 20,000 ft, Sailed from Singapore to Indonesia and kayaking for 200kms in South China Sea.He created general awareness among the public about the sacrifices/services laid down by the BRO at those extreme borders. He was awarded National Tourism Award for Innovative Adventures in 2009, and Andhra Pradesh state Award for year 2012.He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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Varun worked as a project manager with P&G, India for 3 years, he decided to pursue his passion for Mexican food in the fast casual format (something that he experienced in the US at a famous chain called Chipotle). Picante Mexican Grill currently operates 4 outlets, and has a model in place for its scalability. Varun is an engineer at heart (graduated from IIT Bombay in 2009), trying to engineer recipes and build a business at Picante. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Bangalore.

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