Akshat Gupta is the founder of Indskill, a renowned manufacturer & exporter of Natural Wood Knitting Needles. He is an expert in Manufacturing, Business Planning, Innovative Thinking, Strategic Planning and Trading. He graduated from Vishveshwarya Institute of Engg & Tech. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Amita Vikram Pratap, Founder, Saarthi, a division of Thinking Hat Communications. Amita, is a post graduate in marketing communications, with about eight years of experience in the advertising industry. She has worked in top notch advertising agencies in India like McCann Erickson, Grey Worldwide, Lowe Lintas etc, collaborating on brands like Coca-Cola, Compaq, Maruti, Wrigley’s, Nestle etc. After working in the corporate world, her spirit to do something for the nation drove her to the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010. A stint at CWG was an eye opener of sorts, first to survive the government, second to make people work and last learning how to work in the Government mechanism. However, after the games, rather than joining a new company she decided to follow her heart and go solo with work. Hence, Thinking Hat communication was born a platform to develop marketing communications solutions for brands. Travelling and photography have opened her vision to hidden beauties of the world. She is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Durgesh is Founder and CEO of AutomotionAds (InMotion Media Ventures). InMotion Media is one of the fastest growing companies in transit advertising and creating a new dimension to advertising in India with its socio-economic model. In a span of 11 months since its inception, InMotion has scaled to 20 cities in Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan and touches more than 3000+ auto-drivers. Durgesh has been entrepreneurial since his college days and has won awards at national levels. He was the winner of NEN First dot 2011, one of the winners of GSEA (Global Student Entrepreneurship Award), won B-Plan competitions and has showcased the startup at IIT-D and many other events. He has spoken in many conferences to promote entrepreneurship in youth. Durgesh is a travel junkie and loves to write stories and poems. His vision is to develop ‘InMotion’ as the largest transit advertising company in the world. He is a 2013 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Kinner Sachdev likes creating innovative products and service models in new areas utilizing his experience in research consulting, brand building, starting new product lines and handling intricacies of new ventures. Kinner studied for my MS – Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology at Newcastle University , he holds Patents in Electronics & Design and has been fortunate to be a speaker at many National & International conferences on Innovation and Education. After finishing his MS degree, Kinner entered into Biotechnology Research at one of UK's leading Institute of Research on Environmental Sciences. Just after a year, entrepreneurship bug bit him and started his first venture 'Scientity' from the campus of Newcastle University, scientity helped to build and manage multimillion dollar education projects like Raffles University (Emaar group supported project), Lisaa School of Design - VATEL -3is brands for ECOLE France, OSCAR Institute (Training arm of Ozone Pharmaceuticals - Makers of No-Marks Cream), International Summer School for Newcastle University and managing the Secretariat of Education & Skill Development for India Japan Global Partnership (Under the chairmanship of Mr. Sam Pitroda - Former advisor to Prime Minister of India)." He is a Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program 2015 - New Delhi Chapter.

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Manas Wadhwa is the Co-Founder & CEO at WeddingPlz.com, the only portal that simplifies the entire wedding planning process by smoothly integrating intelligent planning tools, Inspiration, features, and services making it the most comprehensive yet exhaustive portal currently present in India. Prior to Weddingplz, he founded Virtual Space Info Tech, which was among the Top 360 Virtual Tour Companies in India, and had some of the most coveted brand names under its client list viz. IGI Airport, Mercedes Benz, Max Hospital, Amity University and many more. He has also co-founded Bean Tree Hospitality, a leading and award winning chain of restaurants in Delhi/NCR. Manas was a part of the Cabin Crew at Jet Airways. He is an expert in Operations Management, Marketing Strategy and Business Planning. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Nikhil Goyal is the Co-Founder of Henry & Smith, a manufacturing clothing brand making most comfortable chinos at insanely cheap price. Prior to Henry & Smith, he worked at White Kalia, StartupChimp & Owly Media as a co-founder. He is an expert in Consumer Product Sourcing, Goto Market Strategy, Growth Hacks and Process Automation. Nikhil holds a degree in Electronics and Communication. He is a fan of Ryan Holmes, CEO at Hootsuite. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Delhi.

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Pranav Ahuja is the founder & CEO of Xeno, an AI-driven marketing cloud for B2C brands. Prior to Xeno, he worked at a startup that got acquired by MakeMyTrip, where he was leading the product & marketing teams. Pranav also built another startup Quizonation while he was still in college. He is an expert in building company culture and product management. In fact, Pranav has spoken about building company culture in India & Germany. He holds a degree in computer science from VIT University. He is a fan of basketball & poker. Pranav is passionate about solving the problem of making every company a happy workplace. He is a 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Rohan Rai Gupta is the Founder & CEO of Homad, a Platform for Architects, Interior Designers & Sellers of Home Products to Showcase their work, to Discover new trends, and to Connect & Engage with the community. With Homad, he is also a director at EarthSource. Rohan has also worked at Google and CollegeCurry.com. He is an expert in marketing strategy and management. Rohan has been featured for Top 5 Businesses with a Social Impact. He holds a degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Studies. He is a fan of Eduardo Saverin, Co-founder FB. Rohan is passionate about healthy living and creating awareness for various social causes. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program inDelhi.

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After his graduation from NMIMS, Mumbai in 2011, he started off by working in the Investment banking domain with UBS. Quit his job after an year and came back to Delhi in order to understand his true goals and aspirations in life. Started working with an NGO in their CSR domain. Alonside co founded a Social movement called Gotstared.at which has won national and international awardsluding the coveted UN MDG based World Summit Youth Award in 2013. Started work on an e-commerce site which went bust within 2 months of operation after which, tried his hands on a photography portal as well. Currently is exploring the rural landscapes of India. One of the two people to be selected by the Haryana government to lead and design a Model Education Block for them in the rural interiors of Kurukshetra(Haryana). Over here a total of 134 government schools are a part of this proof of concept where various interventions ranging from Data digitization, Computer aided learnings, Class room redesigning, Data collection through SMS, Teacher trainings and school leadership trainings, infrastructural re-developments etc are being tried and tested. A new found fitness freak, is aiming to run his first half marathon in November this year. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Delhi.

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Shitij Malhotra is onto his third startup. The first is a successful e-learning content services company called FreshLime Media, serving companies like Airtel, Luftansa and Tag Hauer and the second is patented medical device called TransferLife which was sold to MGM Associates. He now runs a 16 months young venture called Traveller Kids which makes fun learning games for children aged 5-11 years.Traveller Kids also has a subscription based service of educational and fun games. A Computer Science Engineer from Pune University, He is also a passionate scuba diver and next on his list is to learn to fly a plane. He is a passionate innovator who loves toying around with new ideas. Coming to SLP with an open mind to learn and make new friends and associates. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Delhi.

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Tarusha Mittal is the Chief Operating Officer of Koonk Technologies Private Limited, a Data Centre Solutions Company. Prior to Koonk, she worked as a freelance writer at The Roar, Armaan Foundation, Youth Ki Awaaz and Greenpeace. She is an expert in Management, Market Research and Marketing Strategy. She holds a degree in Law. She is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Varun Satia is the Founder of Kraftshala, a startup that provides access top-notch education, enabling outstanding teachers & experts to host, upload and promote their individual courses as part of an online marketplace. Prior to Kraftshala, he worked at Nestlé as the Brand Manager for MAGGI Noodles. Varun has also worked at StudentBusinesses.com as Managing Director. He is an expert in Brand Management, Business Strategy and Lean Management. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from University of Delhi. He is a 201 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Vedika Hansaria is the publisher of "The Product Journey", a marketing blog aimed at educating e-commerce retailers about online marketing. Along with this, she is also working in the app marketing domain, where she helps other entrepreneurs promote their apps online. Vedika has also worked at Snapdeal, and Wipro Technologies. She holds a degree of M.Tech CS and B.Tech IT. She is a fan of the ecommerce industry. Vedika is passionate about solving the problem of reaching out to the potential user base via an omnichannel approach. She is a 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in (New Delhi).

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A Management Graduate who is extremely passionate about Sports and is striving to improve the landscape of Sports in India. He is passionate about change management, and wanted to create an ecosystem that provides change master especially those in social entrepreneurship, access to marketing avenue, better ROI on their dollar spend, and access to crowdfunding. He is a Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program 2015 - New Delhi Chapter.

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is an Electronics and Communication Engineer by qualification and subsequently worked in the telecom sector after graduation. He soon realized that his interests lied elsewhere, as Vikram is passionate about technology and how it can bring about a difference in India. Vikram was given the opportunity to work with an upcoming startup- Webbzer, which is a DIY website builder. Webbzer gave him the understanding and knowledge needed to start a business from the ground up and the confidence required to being an entrepreneur. After spending 1.5 years honing the product to better suit the target market, he left to begin his own journey with Parkify, a mobile app that helps users to search and book available parking spots. Vikram has been involved with Parkify for 8 months now and plan to launch the product by October. Apart from this, he is a sportsman at heart, ready for a pickup Basketball game when the time allows and is also a self taught guitarist. He is a Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program 2015 - New Delhi Chapter.

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