International Experts

John Fraser,
CLP , RTTP
President, Burnside Development & Associates LLC
Head of Tech Transfer for Florida State University &
Simon Fraser University
Entrepreneur, National Institute for Standards and Technology

Richard Cahoon,
PhD
President, BioProperty Strategy Group, Inc.
Head of Tech Transfer, Cornell University
Past Association of University Technology Managers, USA (AUTM) Board of Directors

A J Stevens,
PhD, CLP, RTTP
President Focus IP Group, LLC
Head of Tech Transfer for Boston University
Past President Association of University Technology Managers, USA(AUTM)
National Experts

Hiran Vedam, PhD
Co-founder, Ashwatta
Ex-Business Fellow, Breakthrough Energy Foundation
Ex-Managing Director – Asia for Nanoholdings LLC

Aravind Chinchure, PhD
Founder, QLeap Academy
Ex-CEO, Deshpande Startups
Ex-Assistant Vice President – Innovation, Reliance Innovation Leadership
Center, Reliance Industries

Prof Anu Narasimhan, PhD
Professor-of-Practice and Head of the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship (DSSE) at IIT Bombay
Board Member: Africa Improved Foods Rwanda Ltd, Inficold, Frontier Nutrition Inc
Ex-VP Marketing, Britannia Industries Ltd

Rajkumar Hirwani,
PhD
Former Head-CSIR IP Directorate
Outstanding Scientist and Head, CSIR Unit for
Research and Development of Information Products (URDIP)

Premnath Venugopalan, PhD, RTTP, FSTEM
Director, Venture Center
Head – NCL Innovations
FLCTD (UNIDO) Team

Nitesh Kaushik
Expert Technology Transfer

Sandeep Tandon, PhD
National Project Manager
TechEx.in (Venture Center) Team

Pradnya Aradhye, RTTP
Manager-Innovation Management
at Venture Center

Neha Jacob, CA, CS
Head-Operations at Venture Center

Mugdha Lele, PhD
Head – Social Innovations
at Venture Center

Manisha Premnath, PhD
Executive Director and Chief
Operating Officer, Venture Center

Vidula Walimbe, PhD, RTTP
Associate Manager-Innovation
Management at Venture Center