The Team

Ramesh Loganathan is currently the Professor of Co-Innovation at IIIT-Hyderabad where he Heads the Research/Innovation outreach. He is also the Chief Operating Officer of Centre For Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at IIIT.

Ramesh was also the Chief Innovation Officer of State Innovation Cell of Government of Telangana

Ramesh brings with him almost 25+ years of vast executive leadership experience with a successful track record in running multi-million dollar companies. Prior to IIIT, Ramesh was the Managing Director of Progress Software, India and was responsible for leading product development at the India Development Center He provided strategic guidance to the teams with a focus on cross-product consideration for SOA & Data Integration.

Ramesh has also held the position of Vice President at Paramati Technologies. As the VP he was responsible for managing the Product Engineering which included managing the product lines, product releases, product architecture, systems, and processes.

He is also the Co-Founder of HeadStart Network, a volunteer organization that helped to build an early-stage startup eco-system in Hyderabad and pan India. Until recently he was the part of the core team and drives the Hyderabad end of the events including monthly Startup Saturdays and the annual HeadStart startups’ showcase.

Until recently he was the President of HYSEA (Hyderabad Software Industry Association) and Regional Council Member at Nasscom.

After a 2 decade-long stint as an accomplished Technologist in the product R&D space, on Dec 2015, Ramesh moved full-time into academics.

Anubhav Tiwari is currently working with Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at International Institute Information Technology (https://www.iiit.ac.in/), Hyderabad, India. Prior to IIIT, he was heading Association of MSME in IT which is a Think Tank of BJP that supports the Government of India in designing Public Policies. His role there was to develop, lead and manage strategic insights to promote and represent Indian ICT MSMEs. AIM-IT helped the MSMEs through policy advocacy on issues & challenges of Indian ICT MSMEs.

Anubhav was the Chief Operating Officer of TEZ, from 2015 to 2017, which is a Startup Accelerator, Entrepreneurship Training and Incubation Centre located in Hyderabad, India It runs a 6 month Startup Accelerator Program jointly with Central University of Hyderabad. Anubhav represented TEZ as the registered Hand Holding & Help Centre under Government of India’s Start-Up & Stand Up India Policy.

He is the Advisory Board Member of Indywood International Film Festival. He is one of the key speaker/mentor at the festival and every year mentors over 25+ film and media related startups at the event. He guides the team on program layouts, panel discussion, choosing the right categories for awards and helps in reference to getting key delegates to the event.

He is also the Founder of Virtual Slaps, a company that is into Mass Media, Communications and Advertising. Virtual Slaps is also a production house, which promotes short films, and theatre plays.

In addition to his experience and professional acumen, he has a sound educational foundation and a passion for writing on startups. He has presented papers on ‘Neuromarketing’ & “Role of Micro Finance in Developing SHGs into Micro Enterprises: A study of Guntur District in AP” in International Conferences. He is currently working on a paper titled: “Does Female Founding Members Impact Performance Of Start-ups?”

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Banking, Insurance, Finance and Financial Services from Institute of Public Enterprise, India. His areas of interest are Emotional Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Strategy, Venture Capital, Startups, Video Gaming and Mass Media. Anubhav has been a speaker at several conferences and seminars and business schools on topics ranging from Emotional Intelligence, Business Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Branding, Advertising Communications, and Entrepreneurship.

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