Mentors

Essential part of start-up is the mentoring process. Timely and proper guidance by mentor on product and allied areas like development of business plan, building team, raising funds and market linkage is essential. Start-ups in the incubation centre from all categories including the students, faculty, Alumni of the University grass root start-ups and spinoffs would be eligible for mentoring support . Incubates should be willing to agree to the terms and conditions as specified by the incubation centre.
Incubation, innovation centre shall provide mentors chosen with expertise in domain and business that would include CEO’s, Promoters, senior management team members of industry , mid level executives, start-up specialists and operational experts from industry.

Our Mentors :

1. Dr. Arvind Shaligram, CEO, SPPU-Research Park Foundation
2. Dr. Avinash Kumbhar, Dept. of Chemistry, SPPU
3. Dr. Suresh Gosavi, HoD, Dept. of Environmental Science
4. Dr. Aditya Abhyankar, HoD, Dept. of Technology
5. Dr. Rajesh Pahurkar, Dept. of Management Science
6. CA Prajakta Shetye-Deo
7. CA Vinit Deo
8. Mr. Kaustav Mujumdar
9. Mr. Advait Kurlekar
10. Dr. Priya Agashe
11. Dr. Prachi Pargaonkar
12. Mr. Kunal Sarpal

Dr Anand Deshpande

Founder and CEO of Persistent Systems

Ph.D. Founder, Chairman and Managing Director

Pramod Chaudhari

Founder Member of
i4c

He dreamt and developed Praj into a world-class engineering company specialized in agri-processing opportunities

Dr. Sanjay Dhande

Former Director-IIT
Kanpur

Former Director-IIT Kanpur, Eminent Educationist and Visionary, Institution Builder

Anand Chordia

Director - Technical
at Pravin Masalewale

Director - Technical at Pravin Masalewale "Suhana" Pune Area, India Masalewale "Suhana"

Vikas Joshi

Chairman and Managing Director at Harbinger Group

Business leader who is passionate about product development and technology entrepreneurship. Mission is to help create software products that make a difference, and to inspire tech professionals and entrepreneurs to grow and develop.

Vilas Tawde

Managing Director & CEO at Essar Oil and Gas

Managing Director & CEO at Essar Oil and Gas, Exploration and Production Ltd

Barbora Stankovicova

Country Director - India at The Palladium Group

Experienced market leader and project director striving to build value and deliver positive impact solutions.

Dhananjay Parkhe

Author, Keynote Speaker, Educator,Advisor,Mentor

Sangeeth Varghese

Founder and CEO, WEF Young
Global Leader, Author

Founder and CEO: Leadburg,
WEF Young Global Leader,
Author: 2 Global bestsellers

Shubhangi Kelkar

Chief Learning Officer at Persistent Systems

Amit Jadhav

Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, Author, Coach

Serial Entrepreneur with a passion for making a change in the world using Technology.

Bobby Nimbalkar

Executive Vice President - Emerging Businesses

Bobby is accomplished, result-oriented professional with over 25 years of experience in consulting sales and delivery management across Asia Pacific, having lived and worked in India, Australia and Singapore. He has proven managerial, organizational & leadership skills with the ability and track record of delivering consistent & impressive business results.