CIE MENTOR POOL
Resident Mentors
Meet our experienced Resident Mentors, industry leaders dedicated to guiding startups through every stage of their journey. Leverage their expertise to accelerate your venture’s success
Sanjay Jesrani
Founder & CEO, Go North Ventures
G Vamshi Raju
Founder & Managing Director at Visista
Ajay Jain
Co-founder & Managing Partner - Silverneedle Ventures ·
Ravi GSR
Co Founder - CoCreation Consulting
Viiveck Verma
Founder & Principal Consultant - Upsurge Enterprise Solutions
Sandip Poddar
Co-Founder - Navikarna Ventures
Gautham Sivaramakrishnan
Lead - Market Networks, Platforms, Platforms Blume Ventures
Vikrant Varshney
Mananging Partner - SucSEED Indovation Ventures
Renuka Bodla
Partner - Silverneedle Ventures
Satish K.
Co-Founder & CEO Follo Platforms
Murali Talasila
CTO - GroundGame Health
Ravi warrier
Founder - Funding Pitchcraft
Srikanth Sunderajan
General Partner - Ventureast
Guest Mentors
Meet our esteemed Guest Mentors, distinguished experts from various industries who offer valuable insights and guidance. Tap into their vast experience to elevate your startup and navigate its growth journey with confidence.
Sanjay Enishetty
Founder, 99SA Ventures
Lalith Mitra Reddy KOLLI
Investor Relations Associate - HA
Manish Shrivastava
Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad
Arjun S
Associate Product Manager, Hitwicket
Amrit Chatterji
Senior Engineering Manager, Collins Aerospace
Dr Srinivasa Rao Pulijala
CEO at Apollo Medskills Limited
Imtiaz Hussain
Co-Founder & COO YesGnome
Manish Sharma
Strategy & Operations | Startups and Incubation
Paridhi Gupta
VP - Medical Devices Govt of Telangana
Vasudeva Varma
Professor - IIIT Hyderabad
Rama Iyer
Head - Innovation at GMR Group
Ramesh Kaza
Head of Strategy & Transformation - State Street
Sanjay Jesrani
Founder & CEO at Go North Ventures
Shakthi M Nagappan
Director (Life Sciences and Pharma) at Govt of Telangana
Vamshi Reddy
Partner at Kalaari Capital
Vineeta Wadhwani Gupta
India Office Manager Chakra Growth Fund
Arjun Sarode
COO & Resident Mentor at IMAGE COE
AZHAR
Founder & CEO- BioReform
Varma Konala
CEO, INAI at inai.ai
Joy Mustafi
Founder Chairman MUST Research
Phanidhar Palakoti
Founder and CEO at PALS Global Solutions
Jonathan Philroy
Director (Food & Agriculture) at RICH
Yogesh Agiwal
Founder & CEO Crossover Leadership Journeys
Wg Cdr Anthony Anish
COO T Hub
Manas K Verma
Co-Founder & CEO at AlgoUniversity
Ravi Teja Gupta
Founder, Guptaji invests
Anthony Vipin Das
Network Associate Director, L V Prasad Eye Institute
Meraj Faheem
Director & CEO EdVenture Park
Imran Khan
Studio Head at Griptonite Games India
Jayaram Valliyur
Senior Director - Core Technology
Manish Kothari
SVP SW at Silicon Labs
Naidu Darapaneni
Co-Founder at Factoryal & MeraEvents
Priyaranjan Jha
Head of Global GBS Operations at PepsiCo
Rajiv Shivane
Co-founder at Bicycle
Ramjee Pallela
COO at AIC-CCMB
Shashi Reddy
Vice President at Qualcomm
Utkalika Mohanty
Director Operational Excellence LSEG
Dr. Sonali Khanra
Associate Director at Novartis
vishnu murthy
Studio Head / Art director at Gamitronics
Ramesh Kekunnaya
Director, Centre for Technology Innovation at LVPEI
Mohana Krishna
Director, Centre for Technology Innovation at LVPEI
Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla
Co-Founder Parisodhana Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Varun A G Reddy
Chief Executive Officer Indie Cocktail Co
Diwakar R
Regional Sales Consultant AIBridge ML
Dr. Nandita Sethi
Founder & MD- The Entrepreneur Zone
Srinivas Kondapi
Pr Scientist and Faculty, ICAR-NAARM
Dinesh Koka
CoFounder & CEO Onward Assist
Ravi S GSR
Co Founder at CoCreation Consulting
Abhilash Inumella
Co-Founder, Questbook
Manish Kothari
SVP SW at Silicon Labs
Aabhash Sharma
Vice President at Business Banking HSBC
Anurag Garg
VP of Engineering, Experian
Dr Ambuj Chaturvedi
Director - Professional Education at Johnson & Johnson MedTech India
Gerald Jaideep
CEO - Medvarsity
Karan Singh
COO at ClientCurve
N Venkatesh
Sr. Director, Engineering Silicon Labs
Prakash K.
Industry Principal - Infosys
Raj Janagam
Founder Vidhaata consulting
Sachin Hejip
VP Engineering at Bicycle
Shyam Penumaka
Partner Dallas Venture Capital
Sugandh Rakha
Principle Product Manager at ServiceNow
Subba Raju Pericherla
Founder - CrossBorders
Paridhi Gupta
Vice President - Medical Devices, Govt of Telangana
Ranajit Sen
CEO at Graphene Med Resource LLP
Raja V Bommidala
Director at BOMMIDALA ENTERPRISES PVT LTD
Aditya Ranjan Patro
Innovation Manager Advance Auto Parts India
Ayyappa Nagubandi
Co-Founder Neonflake
Ayyappa Nagubandi
Co-Founder Neonflake
Balarama Varanasi
Leaders & Enterprises Aspiring Developed India ZED Trainer & Consultant
Dr Unnikrishnan K N
External Expert Commitee Member Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society
Ismail Akbani
Head, Mahindra e-Hub (Incubation Centre)
Manoj Kapoor
VP - Growth & Transformation Providence India
Deepanwita Chattopadhyay
Chairman & CEO at IKP Knowledge Park
Balaji Kaliappan
Director - Engineering at Carrier HVAC
Eve Chang
Executive Producer Hitwicket
Mahesh Natarajan
Senior Director - Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kashyap Reddy
CEO and Co-founder at Hitwicket
Pavan Reddy
Co-Founder sync. labs
Raj Samala
Founder Pushpak.ai
Ravindra Rapeti
Digital Innovation Leader at Carrier
Pavan Kumar
Senior Product Manager at EPAM Systems
Sreedhar Peddineni
Co-Founder and CEO GTM Buddy
Srividya Reddy
Chairperson at CII IWN
Gautham Sivaramakrishnan
Lead - Market Networks at Platforms Blume
Vamsee Reddy
Product Manager at Speechify
Chandrasekhar Nandigama
Director at Jivoule Biofuels
RAJA Jupudi
Co-Founder Phoxel Technologies
Aravind Peddinti
Project manager (Life Sciences) at Hyderabad S&T cluster (RICH)
Vinutha Naga Rallapalli
Consultant - CCO Draper Startup House
Gunjan Nagda
Vice President RBL Bank
Rashmi Pimpale
Chief Executive Officer - RICH, Govt of Telangana
Ritika Marampalli
Head of Corporate RelationsAtal Incubation Centre - CCMB
Ritika Marampalli
Cash Management Services YES BANK
Dhiraj Kumar
Co-Founder & General Partner l SucSEED Indovation Fund
Bhanu Prakash
Partner & Director at Plural Technology
Sachin Raja
Data Scientist at Scry Analytics
Ritesh Mastipuram
Managing Director Ridhira Living Pvt. Ltd.
Amit Jotwani
Co-Founder , Onco
Dr.Suresh Munuswamy
Dy Director & Additional Professor - PHFI
Dr. Deepa Bhide
Director - Clinical Expert at IKS Health
Emmanuel Murray
Investment Director at Caspian
Mahesh Iyer
Head, AI/lML, , India & Phillipines at Pfizer
Pavan Adipuram
CEO Pangean Global Services
Reddanna Pallu
Executive President - FABA
Riddhi Shah
Early Stage Startup Investor
Sridhar C
CTO Incubation Group TCS
Srinivas Kollipara
Group President at Xelpmoc
Sridhar Lanka
Board Member CoCreation Consulting India Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Rakesh Bhatia
Founder and CEO at TheCapitalNet
Sayantan Bose
Director -Markets- Digital & Global Alliance at EY ·
Pavanraj Nedunuri
Co-Founder, & CEO Senior Experts
Venkata Gudipati
Founder | CEO Maarifaa · Full-time
Sivakumar Krishnan
Director of Learning and Innovation at VEDIC
Niranjan Keesara
Partner at Linear Circuits
Palivela Krupal
Program Manager in MIT
Ravi Bulusu
Founder and CEO at Enmovil Solutions
Ananth Srinivas
Business Startegist
Arundhati Rao
Founding Director Amel Services & Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.
Advisory Council
Dr. Ram Mohan Vadapalli
Senior Consultant radiologist at Vijaya Diagnostics
Dr. Ambuj Chaturvedi
Senior Vice President, IKP Knowledge park
Dr. Amitava Ray
Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, Apollo Hospital
Dr. Arun Tiwari
Director, CARE Hospital
Dr. Manish Diwan
Head - Strategy Partnership & Entrepreneurship Development at BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Dr. Sai Praveen
Global Physician, India & America
Shakti Nagappan
Director, Life Sciences and Pharma - Telangana Government
Dr. Ravi Sirdeshmukh
Ex CCMB – Head Proteomics
Steering Committee
Dr. Radha Rangarajan
Chief Scientific Officer, HealthCubed
Dr.Anthony Vipin Das
Associate Director, L V Prasad Eye Institute
Prof. Ramesh Loganathan
Professor - Co-innovation, IIIT Hyderabad
Ramjee Pallela
COO at AIC-CCMB
Meenakshi Vishwanathan
Head-Resource Generation and Alumni Affairs, IIIT-Hyderabad
Prof. Kavita Vemuri
Associate Professor - IIIT Hyderabad
Shakti Nagappan
Director, Life Sciences and Pharma - Telangana Government
Prof. Azeemuddin Syed
Associate Professor - IIIT Hyderabad
