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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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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