Our Mentors

VIPUL JAIN

Mr. Rajeev Aiyappa

He is the CEO at Plataforma Asia. Has two decades of rich experience in diverse aspects of the Crop Protection and the Fertilizer industry having built and lead a global firm headquartered out of Singapore from scratch. His cross-geographical experience has seen him establish operations and manage teams in 14 countries across the world.

A practitioner and mentor, he works closely with start ups in the fields of Agriculture, Food Technology, Clean Tech and Agri Biotechnology sectors mentoring them.

Mr. Rajeev Aiyappa’s profile on Linkedin

Dr. Pankaj Parashar

(Innovator & Technology Advisor)
[MBBS, PhD, Biomedical Engineering- IIT Delhi]
Dr. Pankaj is Medical Technologist from IIT Delhi & AIIMS, New Delhi and is a Medtech innovator. He has many innovations to his credit over his 17 years of formal medical innovation.

Dr. Pankaj’s profile on LinkedIn

Gagan Ghai

(Managing Partner – Venture Catalysts and Director – Crest Innovation Foundation)

Professionally qualified Chartered & Management Accountant and Financial and Valuation Expert with Industry experience of 20+ years.

Serving as business mentor with IIT Kharagpur, 91 Springboard, Ivy Cap Ventures, Wadhwani Foundation (NEN) and Atal Innovation Labs among others.

Gagan’s CV

Rahul Bagga

(Founder & Managing Director of Aumirah)
MSc DIC in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London. A registered Indian Patent Agent with more than decade’s experience of working in IP sector with specialisation in patent law. Has advised companies/ startups/ MSMEs across multiple industries such as EVs, AI, Robotics, Biotechnology, Pharma, Drones, Defence, Automotive, General Engineering, Agriculture and nanotechnology. Also serves as mentor to incubators such as Nexus & Aspire Labs, and is empanelled by i-hub Gujarat.

Rahul’s profile on LinkedIn | Rahul’s profile on Aumirah’s website | Rahul’s CV

Saurabh Jain

(Founder, Fun2Do Labs and Ex-VP, PayTm)

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Col. (Retd.) Santosh K. Dabral

(Innovation Officer and Adjunct Professor, NITIE, Mumbai)

Col. Dabral’s CV

Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya

(President & CEO, ekgaon group and Chairman (Compliance) BCFI)

Vijay’s Profile | Website

Puneet Raman

(Founder & Director, Prowisdom Growth Private Limited)