OUR TEAM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. S.A. Patil
Ex-Director, IARI, Pusa, New DelhiAn eminent agricultural scientist and educationist, Dr. Patil is Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Mission. Before joining as Director, IARI, Dr. Patil was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (2000- 2006).
Dr. S.A. Patil
Ex-Director, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi
Mr. Sunil Khairnar
Chairman, Indigram Group20 years of experience in Agri- commodities trading, animal feed husbandry, input sourcing, and consulting services. He founded Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd, Indigram Skill and Knowledge Initiatives Pvt. Ltd, and ISHP.
Mr. Sunil Khairnar
Chairman, Indigram Group
Dr. J.P.S. Dabas
Senior Scientist, IARI, Pusa, New DelhiHe is an eminent Agricultural Scientist, holding various positions in public as well as private institutions like Incharge, Centre for Agricultural Technology Assessment and Transfer (CATAT), IARI, Director-Beej India etc.
Dr. J.P.S. Dabas
Senior Scientist, IARI, Pusa, New Delhi
Mr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi
CEO, Indian Society of Agribusiness ProfessionalsCo-founder and CEO of ISAP. He has 25 years' of experience in agriculture and rural development and has expertise in community mobilization for forming producer organizations, integrated farming systems, market linkages, supply chains.
Mr. Sudarshan Suryawanshi
CEO, Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals
Dr. Rajeshwar Matche
Head Food Packaging Tech. & Senior Principal Scientist at CFTRIAn alumnus of IIT- Delhi and Heading Food Packaging Technology as Senior Principal Scientist at Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysuru. He has vast experience of mentoring & guiding food & Agri value chain entrepreneurs.
Dr. Rajeshwar Matche
Head Food Packaging Tech. & Senior Principal Scientist at CFTRI
Dr. Manisha Acharya
CEOShe is a Ph.D. with more than 17 years of experience in the Life Sciences sector at various levels and in different capacities with core expertise in Hardcore Research, Market Research. Out of 17 years, 8 years experience in Incubation field at senior level in ISBA, KIIT-TBI.
Dr. Manisha Acharya
CEO
Mr. Ram K.Mudholkar
Co-Founder & Partner at Global BioAg LinkagesAs an experienced Business leader with demonstrated history of excellence in the Agriculture input industry. He held key positions in corporate like President at DuPont South Asia in addition to being Business Director Crop Protection, South Asia. He is Co-founder and Partner at BioAg Linkages.
Mr. Ram K.Mudholkar
Co-Founder & Partner at Global BioAg LinkagesADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
Shri. Harkesh Kumar Mittal
Head, NSTEDB, DST, GoIShri. Harkesh Mittal has been instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to promoting the innovation and entrepreneurial acumen among a wide section of Indian entrepreneurs ranging from simple rural industries to high-end technological enterprises.
Shri. Harkesh Kumar Mittal
Head, NSTEDB, DST, GoI
Prof. Dinesh Awasthi
Director, EDII, AhmedabadHe was Former Professor & Director, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad (2003-2015) and Former Professor, Strategic management and Entrepreneurship, IIM, Lucknow
Prof. Dinesh Awasthi
Director, EDII, Ahmedabad
Dr. G.V. Shankar
President & CEO, Global Connect Inc., CanadaHe has over 40 years of multi-national experience in the management of industrial enterprises, including the last two decades as an Entrepreneur in Canada.
Dr. G.V. Shankar
President & CEO, Global Connect Inc., Canada
Dr. Thillai Rajan
Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT MadrasHis teaching and research areas include Corporate Finance, Venture Capital Project and Infrastructure Finance, and Real Options. In 2010, he was awarded a Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellowship at the Harvard University.
Dr. Thillai Rajan
Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
Dr. R. Raghunandan
Executive Director at ISBAMore than 2 decades of experience in Technology Entrepreneurship Development and Business Incubation. Instrumental in establishing and managing two Incubators supported by Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India at Noida and Bengaluru.
Dr. R. Raghunandan
Executive Director at ISBA
Prof. Moni Madaswamy
Ex-Director General, National Informatics Center, GoIProf. M. Moni is a well Known Senior Technocrat in the field of Informatics and e-Governance in the Country, having more than 35 years of experience
Prof. Moni Madaswamy
Ex-Director General, National Informatics Center, GoI
Dr. Amol Chandrabhan Goje
Director at VIITHe has been a member of 'Experts Committee - Technical' of Kumbha Mela - 2003 Nashik, Working group on Agricultural Extension Constituted by Planning Commission Government of India.
Dr. Amol Chandrabhan Goje
Director at VIIT
Mr. Pradeep Lokhande
Founder, Rural RelationsHe has been working very hard for almost 20 years on his dream - to make the villages of India computer literate. He has personally visited 5,800 villages across the country
Mr. Pradeep Lokhande
Founder, Rural Relations
Dr. Satish Chandra
Ex-Director Institute of Pulses Research, KanpurDr. Chandra was a Rockefeller Fellow during doctorate and a Post Doctorate Fellow at IARI and University of Illinois, USA, respectively. An agriculture scientist from green revolution era, he developed wheat varieties, pearl-millet hybrids and chickpea varieties.
Dr. Satish Chandra
Ex-Director Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
Mr. Miten Mehta
Co-Founder & CIO at Spinta Global AcceleratorMiten Mehta is a Co-Founder of Spinta Global Accelerator, HQ out of Fremont, CA, that delivers “Silicon Valley Co-Acceleration Model‟ for fast growth companies in verticals of HealthTech, Education Tech, FinTech and may more
Mr. Miten Mehta
Co-Founder & CIO at Spinta Global Accelerator
Mr. Adarsh Sharma
CA, ICAIAn Independent Member of Board of Directors of leading companies in India, he has been and is a part of strategy and decision making structures of these companies. An experience of over 25 years in Industry
Mr. Adarsh Sharma
CA, ICAI
Mr. Ajay Muttreja
Startup Adviser & MentorMr. Ajay Muttreja served many companies on a broad variety of topics related to strategy, incubation, operations and organization. He has delivered guest lectures at many global and Indian conferences and mentored many young professionals in India and USA.
Mr. Ajay Muttreja
Startup Adviser & Mentor
Prof. G.P. Singh
Member,Board of Director, NDDBHe has 25 years of experience as Scientist in Live Stock Production at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mirzapur, Banaras Hindu University. Research areas based on livestock production, MOET, and dairy allied activities etc.
Prof. G.P. Singh
Member,Board of Director, NDDBTHE TEAM
Dr. Manisha Acharya
CEOShe is a Ph.D. with more than 17 years of experience in the Life Sciences sector at various levels and in different capacities with core expertise in Hardcore Research, Market Research. Out of 17 years, 8 years experience in Incubation field at senior level in ISBA, KIIT-TBI.
Dr. Manisha Acharya
CEO
Bidya Nand Jha
Research Associate (Accounts)B. Com (Hons.) and 15 Years working experience in the accounting sector.
Bidya Nand Jha
Research Associate (Accounts)
Shiv Shankar
Research Associate (Incubation)Pursued graduation in Economics (H) from Delhi University and completed a Masters in Development Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi. More than two years of experience in research.
Shiv Shankar
Research Associate (Incubation)
Ashish Khetan
Director (Investments)He has done his MBA from FMS Delhi. More than 13 years of experience in agriculture commodities trade, financial planning, and management with companies like General Electric, Morgan Stanley, and Federation of Indian FPO’s and aggregators.
Ashish Khetan
Director (Investments)
Richa Sood
Secretarial Assistant (HR & Administration)HR Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the Govt organizations. Strong human resources professional with a PG Diploma focused in Personnel Management & Social Welfare from HP University College of Business Studies, Ava Lodge, Shimla.
Richa Sood
Secretarial Assistant (HR & Administration)
Rajni Rani
Technical AssistantShe has done M.sc in Biotechnology from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She is having 2 years of research experience in Microbiology department in a research lab.
Rajni Rani
Technical Assistant
Vijay Kumar Sahai
CFOB. Com (Hons.) and 23 Years working experience in accounting, finance, audit, taxation & financial strategy.
Vijay Kumar Sahai
CFO
Ankit
Secretarial Assistant (ICT)He has done B.Tech in Computer Science & Engg. from DCRSUT, Murthal. He is having 1.2 years of experience in Network Administrator & Security
Ankit
Secretarial Assistant (ICT)
Dr. Saket Chattopadhyay
Research Associate (Fund Raising)He is Ph.D. in molecular biology and has a PG Diploma in Marketing Management. He has more than six years of national and international experience in research, teaching, entrepreneurship and creative writing
Dr. Saket Chattopadhyay
Research Associate (Fund Raising)
Ankur Pateria
Program ManagerHe is a young professional of 5 years career in the field of Development Sector and worked for several government projects. His interest is to explore more in the social sector for the betterment of society.
Ankur Pateria
Program ManagerOUR MENTORS
Dr. V. V. Sadamate
Former Adviser Agriculture, Planning CommissionDr. SADAMATE, was Former Adviser Agriculture, Planning Commission did his PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi in 1975 &1979 respectively.
Dr. V. V. Sadamate
Former Adviser Agriculture, Planning Commission
Dr. Kumaresh Krishnamoorthy
Otolarynglogist & Healthcare EntrepreneurDr. Kumaresh an ENT specialist who is also a healthcare entrepreneur. He is an expert in Otolaryngology with a super specialization in the challenging fields of Head & Neck Surgery and Neurology .
Dr. Kumaresh Krishnamoorthy
Otolarynglogist & Healthcare Entrepreneur
Mr. Shaibal Chatterjee
Rural Marketing Professional at Indian Society of Agribusiness ProfessionalsShaibal has over 12 years of experience in micro-finance/rural banking, Entrepreneur Development, rural sales & channel management and livelihood generations in various managerial positions.
Mr. Shaibal Chatterjee
Rural Marketing Professional at Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals
Ms. Divya Rajput
IC2 Institute South Asia Connect-Nexus Program ManagerDivya works with the University of Texas (at Austin) to manage their entrepreneurship and incubation training programs from the American Center, New Delhi. She has served as an advisor to the Technology Development Board, GoI handling the agri business portfolio
Ms. Divya Rajput
IC2 Institute South Asia Connect-Nexus Program Manager
Prof. Narendra Ahuja
Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois & AI ExpertNarendra Ahuja is an Indian-American computer scientist and the Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His research primarily concerns computer vision and pattern recognition
Prof. Narendra Ahuja
Professor Emeritus at University of Illinois & AI Expert
Mr. Sandeep Jain
Strategy Consultant and Leadership CoachSandeep being Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach, helping organisation and people unlock their potential in their transformation journeys, Virtual CFO and CSO, Start-up Investor and Mentor.
Mr. Sandeep Jain
Strategy Consultant and Leadership Coach
Mr. Gaurav Vats
Head ICT, M&E at Indian Society of Agribusiness ProfessionalsGaurav Vats has over 14 years of experience commodities trade research, event management, ICT interventions in agriculture and web-based content development. In ISAP, apart from leading the work on monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Mr. Gaurav Vats
Head ICT, M&E at Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar
Chief Operating Officer, IARI DelhiRajneesh Kumar is an experienced innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship development professional with a demonstrated history of working in the biotechnology sector
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar
Chief Operating Officer, IARI Delhi
Dr. P. G. Adsule
Post Harvest Cold Chain Specialist at Asian Development BankDr. Adsule was former Director of National Research Center for Grapes, Pune. He has earlier worked on ADB assignment as International PHM and Supply Chain Specialist in Dhaka for Govt. Of Bangladesh, SCDP, DOE, Dhaka.
Dr. P. G. Adsule
Post Harvest Cold Chain Specialist at Asian Development Bank
Mr. Kamal Khurana
CEO, Federation of Indian FPO's and AggregatorsMr. Kamal holds a degree in B. Tech (Agri Engg) and PGDRM from IRMA, Anand- Gujarat. He has worked for almost 10 yrs with Reliance Retail Ltd, as an Asst Vice President in Fruits and Vegetable vertical.
Mr. Kamal Khurana
CEO, Federation of Indian FPO's and Aggregators
Dr. Saarthak Bakshi
CEO, International Fertility Centre, New DelhiMr. Saarthak Bakshi is a technocrat, a young entrepreneur, a mentor and a social worker. His passion for entrepreneurship led him to quit a comfortable job and start a gaming application enterprise with his friends
Dr. Saarthak Bakshi
CEO, International Fertility Centre, New Delhi
Dr. Shriram Raghavan
Senior Vice President, Jananom (Live Bio-therapeutics Company),Tamil NaduShriram Raghavan has over 2 decades of experience in building 6 start-ups in life sciences and operated in 28 countries. He lends his support to more than 60 startups along the east coast of India and advises many technology incubators. He has a Masters in biochemical engg., M.Phil and Ph.D. in computational systems biology, MBA in international business with a focus on transfer pricing for biotechnology intangibles, and a certified “Key Executive Professional” from HBS Boston, USA.
Dr. Shriram Raghavan
Senior Vice President, Jananom (Live Bio-therapeutics Company),Tamil Nadu
Dr. Anuradha
CEO & Director, Indian Society of Healthcare ProfessionalsDr. Anuradha Khairnar is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) of the United Kingdom (UK) and holds a Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (DFSRH). She has over 20 years of work experience in healthcare.
Dr. Anuradha
CEO & Director, Indian Society of Healthcare Professionals
Mr. Bhaskar Natrajan
CEO, Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd.Mr. Bhaskar is an Engineer by profession and holds a BE degree from the University of Bombay & MS from the University of Cincinnati. His specialties include Commodity futures & options
Mr. Bhaskar Natrajan
CEO, Indian Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sanjay Nagi
Global ConsultantSanjay Nagi is a global consultant, visionary thinker and global trader. In his 35 years work experience largely into consulting, he has handled diverse sectors and assisted many foreign companies to get into India