Amit Kothari is the founder of labdox, a Science and Education portal to disseminate knowledge and learnings on various Scientific Products, Concepts and Applications. Prior to labdox, Amit has founded a successful venture - ATOZ Informatics & Instruments which has interests and expertise in lab Automation & Design, Turn Key lab solutions & Project implementation. As a founder of this company Amit has been involved with various roles for the growth of the company. Amit is an expert in Product/Business Innovation, Business Management, Customer Relations & Operations. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Instrumentation. Amit finds his inspirations from new age thinkers like Peter Joseph, Eric Ries, Jacque Fresco, Kip Anderson, Ryan Nicodemus & Ayn Rand. Amit believes and strives to make an Open Science Culture and an Education system that encourages innovation and free thinking.He is passionate about eliminating Speciesism and wastage for wants.

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Darshan Milind Bakshi is the founder of Pamtap (www.pamtap.com), a company solving problems of millions, related to daily consumables. Prior to Pamtap, he worked at Aspect Ratio (GCAF – Merck Sharp & Dohme) a management consulting firm, where he has handled a billion dollar portfolio of pharma products, helping the firm in revenue forecasts, data analysis and critical business decisions. Darshan has also worked at Mitsubishi Electric & CDAC leading teams for new product launches. He is an expert in story-telling, data analysis and bringing new products in the market. Darshan was awarded “Excellence in prediction for oncology products” by Merck Sharp & Dohme. He holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and telecommunication. He is a fan of rock and formula 1 racing. Darshan is passionate about solving the problem of “Paradoxical purpose of life”. He is a 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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Gaurav Jain is the founder of Jagana Design Lab a design and innovation consultation studio, which provides creative and strategic solutions in new product development. Portfolio includes design and development of fmcg packaging, consumer appliance design, home ware products, industrial products, medical products, lighting design etc. for manufacturing companies and brands. Prior to founding Jagana Design Lab he worked at Tata Elxsi Ltd as senior industrial designer where he designed many products which are sold successfully in market today.He/She is an expert in industrial design , product strategy and consumer psychology. Gaurav was awarded with many national and international design and usability patents and design awards.He/She holds a degree in civil engineering and industrial design. He is passionate about solving daily problems through design and reduce the number of products we use and replace them with better and more sustainable medium for a better life. Awaken by Design.

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Pooja Choudhari is the founder of VilaniMart, a customizable CRM software for small and medium scale enterprises. Prior to VilaniMart, she started her career with same start-up as a software developer . She is expert in cloud computing . Pooja holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics & Telecommunication . She is a fan of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam . Pooja is passionate about solving the problems of people by developing better product which will make their life easy.

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Pooja Dave is building new products, currently building VisualGator in a unique, in-house entrepreneur centre called Wingify Labs at Wingify (makers of www.vwo.com and www.pushcrew.com ). VisualGator is an e-commerce SaaS application that helps small and medium business owners automate the process of collection and display of visual (photo/video) reviews of products, in order to increase product page conversions. She also was a part of an agile team that made nearly 4 B2C Android apps in 2016 (and closed them down too!). Prior to Wingify, she was the first Bangalore employee of a Series A funded startup called Mettl and built the marketing team from ground-up. She specialises in SaaS products, Go-To-Market strategies and marketing. She graduated from BITS-Goa but she prefers mountains over the sea. She loves outdoors (trekking, running, cycling) and is a big music buff. She is a strong proponent of using technology as an enabler to solve social, economic and every other problem on the face of the planet. She is a big fan of Elon Musk, science fiction and believes in questioning all fundamentals.

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Ravneet Bhalla is the founder of Revotel. Revotel deals with revenue management and reputation management for hotels and restaurants. There are multiple verticals which include content writing, photo shoot, website development, social media management, training and development for the staff and travel consulting(b2c). The idea behind this venture to was to personalize and support hotels and restaurants to run the business in a proper manner. Revotel helps increase the online and direct revenue to the hotel coming from different Online Travel Agents such as MakeMyTrip, Booking.com, Expedia, Goibibo etc and direct website. The vision of Revotel is to “Sell Experiences and not Rooms.” Ravneet’s last stint was with MakeMyTrip as a Deputy Manager- Business Development for about a brief period of 3.5 years in goa. Prior to this he was working with Leapstart as reporting head in Bangalore and as a Consultant Physiotherapist. He is also worked as a Karoake Jockey for a period of about 7 years in Bangalore. Ravneet is an expert in Sales/Marketing and Business Development. Ravneet was awarded as Best Potential Manager Award and a scholarship by LG for MBA- Batch of 2012-14. He has also won multiple accolades in Makemytrip and during MBA at national level. He holds a Master’s degree of MBA in Marketing and Sales and Bachelors in Physiotherapy. He is motivated by his parents- Shri Satish Kumar Bhalla & Shrimati Madhu Bhalla who have supported him and encouraged him. His wife Archana motivated him to set up this business. He is fond of Dogs and Cats and had a pet dog named Jack.

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Sanjay Dilip Lalwani is the founder of Foodwalas, a food tech startup helping legendary food makers across India sell to national audience. Prior to Foodwalas, he worked at Varroc Group, as a Plant Finance Head for 2 years. Business Management & Finance are two favorite areas. He holds bachelor degree in Commerce from Symbiosys, Pune, Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India & Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is a fan of his Grandfather for all his teaching. Sanjay is passionate about solving the problem of great food makers to reach national audience & food lovers who crave for authentic & great food. He believes in two things, Live & Let live and Trust & Patience.

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Santosh Kumar is the Founder and CEO of Digichorus Technologies Pvt Ltd, a young Technology Company, presently focused on providing Technology Solutions and Services to its customers across the globe. Prior to Digichorus, he worked at Techsignia Solutions Pvt Ltd as AVP, managing the development of various products. Santosh has also worked at HCL Technologies, Global Logic and Infosys. He is an expert in Business Strategy, and Technology Evaluation. He holds a degree in Materials and Metallurgy. He is a fan of Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft. Santosh is passionate about solving the problem of pest and diseases helping farmers and introducing AI to ensure timely help in protecting the crop. He is 2019 Fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune.

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"Siddharth Shekhawat is the CEO & Co-founder of Engazify, an award winning employee performance management bot (virtual assistant) which facilitates continuous feedback between co-workers. It uses Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning & NLP) to help managers get actionable insights and trends into their employee performance data in real-time. Prior to this he worked at Venture Beat and Your Story. He has a degree in Computer Engineering and Management Information Systems. He is an expert iAgile Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Intelligence. He is a 2017 fellow in the Startup Leadership Program in Pune. "

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Sumit Sharma is the Co-founder of Bizoperator Telecommunications pvt ltd. www.bizoperator.com, which is a cloud telephony & CRM solution provider, where he is currently heading Marketing & Sales. Prior to Bizoperator, he had several stints at various MNC’s like IBM, Accenture and Capgemini as SAP business consultant, providing business consulting services to clients like British Gas, Consumers Energy, Singapore Power, British Telecom . He is an expert in business consulting and SAP cloud solutions. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from HBTI Kanpur. He is an ardent admirer of Steve Jobs & Dhirubhai Ambani and believes that if you are focussing on providing true value to your clients, then there’s nothing else you need to focus on

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