Our Mentors

Vikas Lachhwani
Co Founder at MCaffeine, Hyphen
Consumer brand founder with 20+ years of experience building and scaling purpose-driven startups, including mCaffeine and HYPHEN. Brings deep expertise in brand strategy, growth, and operations, advising founders on aligning consumer insight, execution, and scalable business models.

Mayank Jain
Co-founder & Senior Partner, TheFifthAI
Product, growth, and analytics leader with 21+ years of experience building scaling consumer internet businesses, including Snapdeal and Zoomcar. Advises founders on data-driven product strategy, growth experimentation, and aligning marketing, analytics, and execution for sustainable scale.

Mohit Sethi
Product Leader, OLX Autos
Product leader with 21+ years of experience building and scaling consumer internet and marketplace platforms across OLX Autos, Snapdeal, and Zoomcar. Advises founders on product strategy, customer-centric execution, and aligning growth, operations, and analytics to drive sustainable scale.

Veijo Kyösti
CEO & Managing Director, Cesim Oy
Business strategy and learning innovation leader with 25+ years of experience building and scaling simulation-based platforms at Cesim. Advises founders and institutions on strategic decision-making, and experiential learning with real-world business outcomes.

Pani Kumar
Angel Investor & Technology Advisor
Former leader at Amazon, Uber, Gojek, and Adobe, with 19+ years of zero-to-scale startup experience. Advises founders on converting business strategy into execution-ready product, technology, and growth systems across global, high-growth digital platforms.

Jithendranadh Niruthambath
Co-founder & CEO, Atoll Solutions
Founder and business leader with 30+ years of deep startup and enterprise experience, spanning Atoll Solutions, Calixto Systems, and Texas Instruments. Brings a rare blend of founder mindset & global go-to-market expertise, advising on strategy alignment, partnerships, and scalable growth execution.

Sanjeev Singh
Entrepreneur | Mentor | Investor
Entrepreneur and mentor with 16+ years of experience across enterprise and startups, including long-term leadership at IBM. Advises founders on strategy alignment, governance, and scaling technology-led businesses with execution discipline and long-term value creation.

Dinesh Kumar
Principal Software Engr. Manager, Microsoft
Engineering leader with 17+ years of experience scaling complex products & platforms across Microsoft, Samsung and LG. Brings deep expertise in aligning technology strategy, execution, & organizational scale to support high-growth, innovation-driven businesses.

Mahendra Baid
COO, Guru Punvaanii Properties
Business and operations leader with 17+ years of experience across startups and growth-stage businesses, spanning real estate, fintech, and enterprise sales. Advises founders on strategy alignment, revenue growth, and building execution-driven operating models that scale sustainably.

Kishore Mundra
Tech leader | Entrepreneur | Advisor | Angel
Tech entrepreneur and engineering leader with 19+ years of experience across startups and scale-ups, including Flipkart, Liv.ai, Broadcom, and Samsung. Brings deep expertise in aligning product, AI-led technology, and engineering strategy to drive scalable, high-impact growth.

Anshul Singhal
Product Lead, R&D, Atomberg Technologies
Product and R&D leader with 19+ years of experience across deep-tech startups and global innovators, including Atomberg, Apple, Tesla, Ather Energy. Brings strong expertise in aligning product strategy, engineering, & manufacturing execution to build scalable, real-world hardware products.

Shiva Chinnasamy
Startup Mentor & Investor
C-suite technology and product leader with 25+ years of experience across global scale-ups and enterprises including Zee, Google, Amazon, Target, Tesco, and Rippling. Advises founders on aligning product, AI, and engineering strategy with business outcomes at scale.

Varun Patil
Managing Director, India Operations, Cesim
Go-to-market and strategy leader with 15+ years of experience across startups, analytics, and executive education, including Cesim and Zoomcar. Advises founders and leaders on strategy execution, market entry, and aligning technology, operations, and growth for scalable impact.
