Sohel Bohra is Co founder of the Haneez Enterprises Pvt Ltd, which is a ‘demand fulfillment’ firm that helps companies increase sales through the emerging channel of online marketplaces Prior to Haneez he has worked in MoneyWorks4me, the Marketing Manager of MedPlus, India’s fastest growing and largest independent pharmacy chain where he handled roles in marketing, sales, BD and operations. Sohel was the Co-Founder of WikifyIndia - a wiki of government procedures in India. He is a post-graduate from ISB (Hyderabad) and MICA (Ahmedabad). Sohel has spent a term studying in China and is well travelled in both India and China. He is also an alum of 2 outdoor schools – the prestigious NOLS (USA) and NIM (India). Sohel believes that making a startup successful is ‘The Art of Winning an Unfair Game’. Sohel is a 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Aarthi is the co-founder of Giggle Galaxy, an employer-sponsored, on premise, childcare and pre-school educational organization, providing premium childcare facilities for children from 4 months to 6 years. She is an engineer by education and an entrepreneur by choice. Her six years of rich experience in Infosys, where she gained valuable insights into the functioning of an IT workplace and the challenges it poses to working mothers, inspired her to find a solution to the problem of high dropout rate of working women after childbirth; Giggle Galaxy was thus formed! She also understands the dynamics of child learning which she gained when she ran a computer literacy program for the children of an NGO, Prajwala. For her outstanding work in Prajwala and other social initiatives she undertook, she was awarded 'Woman as Catalyst for Social Change', by Infosys. She is a 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Abhijit Mhetre is the founder and director at Navonmesh Technologies, a company focused on innovative solutions. Prior to founding Navonmesh, Abhijit was involved in three separate startups from Boston area in various capacity including ideation, product design, beta testing, and frontend marketing. He has helped Boston based startup to launch and market two apps in app store, and two others to get off the ground. Abhijit began his professional career with L&T Infotech in wireless technology when mobiles were very new in India. Over 13 years of his career in global market as a management and strategy consultant, he has provided consultancy to fortune 100 companies in North America and Europe region. He was instrumental in creating footprints at various client places and growing those account with his visionary leadership and outstanding customer management skills. Abhijit often speaks at various conferences on communication and presentations skills. He blogs at presonate.com. Abhijit holds a bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune, India and an Executive MBA from Boston University. In his spare time, you will find him exploring new places and taking snaps. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Abhinav Khandelwal is the Founder & CEO of SweetsInBox.com, a startup that brings authentic Indian sweets from different regions, to a common platform. Prior to SweetsInBox.com, he worked at Triple Point Technology as a Senior CTRM & ETRM Onsite Consultant. Abhinav has also worked at eClerx, Capstone Securities Analysis and CRISIL. He is an expert in E-commerce, Business Strategy, Risk Management and Derivatives. He holds a degree in Computer Science and has completed the in Management Programme for Entrepreneurship and Family Businesses in Entrepreneurial Studies. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in New Delhi.

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Abhishek Ballabh ( aka Abhi ) a thorough knowledge worker, is the Co-Founder at ExtraAEdge.com - a cloud based Student Relationship & Placement management solution for colleges. Their flagship product "CollEDGE" - saves time, measure progressreases effectiveness in employability & streamlines processes in educational institutions. Moreover the platform at ExtraAEdge envisions to provide students - resources, opportunities, services & connections to enrich their academic lives and take smart decisions. He is a B.E. (Information Technology) from Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune. Prior to ExtraAEdge, Abhi headed the Instructional Design team at MindTickle - a gamification startup,voted #1 in Global 2012 Gamification Summit, which creates online gaming products to encourage collaborative learning and enhance user engagement. He has also worked as a Technical Data Architect with HSBC Global Tech with 2 years of International Experience building financial & data analytics enterprise models. He has a diverse work experience spread across six years in the areas of areas of Enterprise Learning, Lean & Design Thinking, Instructional Design, Gamification, Banking & Finance, Software Architecture, Data Analytics & Financial Modeling. Abhi lives life by a simple code : Learn & Ask | Share & Help | Respect Time He is an avid reader, impromptu traveler, occasional blogger, movie buff & an amateur drummer. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Akash Behl is the Director & Co-founder of Chizel Prints Manufacturing, a 3D printing consultants in Pune focused on finding niche applications of 3D Printing in unexplored domains. Prior to Chizel, he worked at Cogniz-EDU as the Marketing Head. He is a member of the Business Network International. Akash has also worked at MIDAS IT. He is an expert in Engineering, Matlab and Product Development. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is a 2016 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Amarjit Ganguly is the Founder of ShriendS, a ompanion to search perfect gift for a loved one, or a new dress for the party online. He is also a technologist at RideSkyHigh. He is an expert in Marketing, HTML + CSS, Java, SQL and Sales/Business Development. Amarjit holds a degree in Computer Science. He is a fan of Tony Robbins, #1 NYT best selling author. Amarjit is passionate about solving anything related IT issues. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Anand Kulkarni is the founder of ShoppingAndOffers.com - a web based advertising platform for progressive retailers and pre-shopping research resource for consumers. Over last 14 years, before beginning his entrepreneurial journey, Anand has worked with organizations such as Gruh Finance (subsidiary of HDFC), Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank and HSBC and has gained rich experience and insights in diverse areas such as Mortgages, Business Process Management (BPM), Internet Banking and Credit Risk Management. Over the years with several organizations of repute, Anand has proven himself as a knowledgeable Business Analyst, effective team leader, motivator and a good team player. During his professional career, Anand has won awards such as 'Employee of the Quarter', 'Employee of the Year' and 'Spark'. He has also been recognized for several out-of-box initiatives which were very well received and appreciated by the senior management. Anand is well travelled in India, UK and USA. Anand is a Science graduate and holds a Masters degree in Finance (MBA). During his free time, he is often seen with his prized possession - his DSLR, photographing portraits, capturing nature and cracking self-assigned commercial advertisement assignments. While most hate commercial advertisements pushed at us by marketers, Anand loves watching both print and TV commercials, to the extent that if someone had paid him to watch ads, he would be a millionaire by now. Anand is a 2013-14 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune. In 2014, he founded Voconow, a mobile ad-tech company that transforms static newspaper advertisements into interactive and transactional newspaper advertisements.

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Visionary, entrepreneur and “Augmented Reality Consultant” Arun Vaswani is the Founder & CEO of augmented reality company Augmentastic, based in Pune, India. With more than a decade of expertise in UI/UX design, research and Application development for Desktop, Web, Mobiles, Tabs, etc… Arun Vaswani, an entrepreneur focused on delivering new and innovative products to the client. Specialising in all things digital from website development right through to Augmented Reality. His first startup Lexicon Creations, a multimedia design company provides web, print, online marketing, social media marketing, video, and corporate branding services. He guides companies with a need for a corporate identity or online presence into leading positions in their industry. He does this by listening intently to their needs and then develop a complete, well-thought out, custom strategy, providing user-friendly interfaces, project management and a vast understanding of digital and visual communication. He has applied his knowledge to offer innovative solutions for businesses to market and advertise their products utilizing cutting-edge design and interactive technologies. With a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, He has also worked at both Brainvisa and Telegenisys as a Graphic Designer and Web Developer. Arun is currently a Fellow at the Startup Leadership Program for the 2014 Pune Char.

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Ashish Bogawat is the Co-founder and Director of Synsynoia Design, a design studio that focuses on creating engaging & effective user experiences for the web, desktop and mobile. Prior to Synsynoia, he worked at Adayana Learning Solutions, Hyderabad, where he was responsible for the design and development of e-learning coursware. Ashish has also worked at LearningBye International and Maximize Learning in the past. His core area of expertize is visual design and it's applications across a wide gamut of domains from corporate identity to e-learning and user experience (UX) design. He is a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Abhinava Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune. He is big time into the web and mobile, especially Android, and write occasionally for publications like the Smashing Magazine and the AppStorm network of websites. He is 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Bhushan Vishwanath worked in Stee, Water, Biotech, ITES, eCommerce fields for 10 years. He had bitter experience of collaboration Launched afresh a product based on funded biotech research recently. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Binit Veshvikar is the founder of ASP e-Ventures (the holding company of OOHZila.com- an online platform for advertisement targeted at SMEs). He is a Mechanical Engineer, with MBA from M. S. University of Baroda and has 10+ years of experience in varied sectorsluding Automobile, Infrastructure & Consulting. He is also Managing Director of ASP Water & Power Projects -an infrastructure company working as a subcontractor with all major EPC companies in Indialuding but not limited to Gammon, HCC, IVRCL, Kirloskar and has previously worked with Tata group on feasibility studies for new Joint Ventures and Deloitte on Valuation projects. Binit has wide experience in building and running a successful enterprise and is a 2014 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Ganesh Shevade is the Co-Founder of iDataWave, a venture which develops end to end solutions and products in M2M (Machine to Machine) with an objective of building social network of machines across the globe. Prior to iDataWave, he worked at a small company ,Crave Infotech, where he was managing Healthcare Product Division. Before jumping into entrepreneurship, he worked as a Management Consultant at Wipro consulting Services Ind led many consulting engagements across the globe. He has also worked at Patni Computer Systems over a decade. Insightful thinking , leading and motivating large teams as well as CXO level stakeholder management and customer relationship management are his key strengths. He holds an engineering degree in Electronics. He is a fan of Roger Federer. Ganesh is passionate about solving the problem of our everyday frustrations and tries to find solutions the way Federer finds it facing tougher rivals. He is currently working at ZCon Solutions as Principal in Pune, India. He is also Adjunct- Mentor: Technology Product StartUps at the Intel DST- Digital India Challenge.He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Girish is the co founder of Artemis Tech, a solutions enabler and systems integration company in the field of industrial automation that empowers SMEs and SIs to implement and experience industry-leading, end-to-end vision/machine inspection, data acquisition and control(DAQ) solutions, test and validation setups. Before making the switch to the entrepreneurial world, Girish worked for Honeywell International in System Sales looking after FAS, Home Automation, Video Surveillance and Access Control products. Girish has his Bsc and MBA from the University of Pune. He simply loves logo quizzing. Girish is a 2014 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Karanvir Singh Entrepreneur & Investor Mobile No.: +91-997-099-9099 Web: http://www.shekhawat.co Email: Karan is a serial entrepreneur & seed stage investor. If serendipity is on the lookout for unsuspecting victims, it found Karan, and how! Karan started his exciting journey by founding the clubdiscout.com, thelearningmantra.com, Edutainment TV & Bloggeng.com. Given his insatiable lust for more (yeh dil maange more!) he ventured forth and is presently busy as Co founder and investor in Crushaider.com, Bschool.co (a business school information network) & Advocate.co (a cloud based productivity, communication and collaboration suite of applications for legal professionals). Before all this, Karan has also worked briefly with a VC firm. He has been invited by IIM-A to mentor budding entrepreneurs and is also chairing as a Judge at Master Plan Business Competition at IIM-A. Karan runs a global online community of entrepreneurs (Band of Entrepreneurs, 13,400 plus members). He has been featured on BBC World News and CNBC. His baby Crushaider.com has won the Vators People’s Choice Award at SFO. He holds MBA from SIBM Pune, Law Degree from University of Pune & is graduate of Army School. He is 2013 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune. He is currently Vice President Business & Head Startups at GREX, Venture Partner at EDUGILD, Entrepreneur & Investor at Advocate.Co.

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