Mr. Mohit Goel is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Omaxe Limited. He is a Commerce graduate, has attended Summer School at London School of Economics and has also done executive program from IIM, Bangalore.

Dynamic and Suave, Mr. Goel has made huge systemic changes in Omaxe since the time he took over. The challenges were immense and opportunities huge and also the responsibility of steering the company to even greater height than his father Mr. Rohit Goel - the inspirational first generation entrepreneur.

In his personal capacity, Mr. Mohit Goel also has funded and nurtured promising startups, who participated in the tele-series ‘The Vault’, a brain child of Mr. Goel to promote and encourage startups and entrepreneurship.

Overall, Mr. Goel has 11 years of rich experience in Real Estate / Infrastructure sector in the areas of strategic & tactical planning, profit centre operations, marketing strategy and project management.

He is a pro-active and result—oriented professional with an excellent track record in achieving business objectives. He is proficient in mapping strategic and tactical business needs with proven ability in designing & implementing systems to achieve cost control & financial discipline and enhance the overall efficiency of the organization. He is a keen analyst with exceptional relationship management and negotiation skills.

His innovative thinking, penchant for fresh ideas and uniqueness has led to several conceptual and customer-centric ideas being executed by the company. Going about in an aggressive and structured plan for Tier II and III cities such as Lucknow, New Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Indore etc., the company has made huge strides in these cities and has further strengthened its dominance. Today, under his able leadership the company is on a strong financial footing with comfortable debt levels and consistent in metrics like Sales, project deliveries and profits.

In a short span of time, he has also emerged as a key voice for the real estate industry. During his tenure as the Head of Youth CREDAI (North Zone) — an illustrious body of real estate developers, from April, 2013 to March, 2015, Mr. Mohit Goel was credited with galvanizing the institution and infusing new energy in the institution through regular meetings, discussions, events etc.

Mr. Goel has also won the Young Achiever’s Award by ABP’s Real Estate Awards in 2014 along with the Young Male Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Infra & Realty Sutra Award 2014. In 2019, he was conferred with the ‘Most Admired Business Leader’ at IDEASFEST 2019.

Mahavir Sharma, a serial entrepreneur is part of umpteen businesses and social organizations, and exudes passion in angel investing, leadership and mentoring.

After schooling at Xavier and Science graduation in Jaipur, he went to the US and worked in the international trading market for 6 years from 1988-1994. He currently holds these key positions:

1) Chairman of TiE Global Board of Trustees (www.tie.org) for the year 2020, past Vice Chair of the year 2019, and Trustee for the past 7 years (2011-14, 2017-2020)

2) RAIN- Co-founder and Chairman of Rajasthan Angel Innovator Network, an integral part of an angel investor network of Rajasthan (www.rainjaipur.co.in). Also a lead mentor and director on many startups globally.

3) Chairman of the recently announced TiE India Angels (TIA), an initiative of TiE Global.

4) Founder and owner at Oscar Expo Design LLP- Manufacturing and exports of Carpets and Silver Jewellery (www.oscarexpo.com) for the last 27 yrs.

Founder and owner at Swishin Events LLP- An Event Management, Marketing and PR firm (www.swishin.in) which creates events par excellence and is part of the founding team of many flagship events in Jaipur.

Co-founder and Director at Jaipur jewellery Show (www.jaipurjewelleryshow.org), an exhibition company to promote shows in the field of Jewellery.

Co-Founder and Managing Director at Jaipur Kaleen park Ltd (JKPL)- A group of carpet manufactures, developing an Industrial park, which is a first ever Eco-friendly and non-polluting carpet and textile park near Jaipur.

Co-Founder and Director at Hari Om Decor-aka S. Raja (www.sraja.in) started with 2 fellow exporters, a chain of retail floor coverings store across India.

Director at Art Summit India P Ltd. (www.jaipurartsummit.in)

Sriranjan holds nearly twenty years of experience in private equity and financial services in India. In 2018, he founded Mumbai-based 'Last Mile Ventures', an investment advisory services firm. Prior to founding Last Mile Ventures, Sriranjan spent 12 years in mid-market private equity firms Gaja Capital and JM Financial Investment Managers Previously, Sriranjan spent five years in ICICI Bank and Reliance Capital, focused on technology and strategy. Sriranjan holds a diploma in management from IIM(Ahmedabad) and a degree in Electrical Engineering from Mumbai University.

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Drazen Orescanin is one of three founders and partners at Poslovna Inteligencija, leading implementer of analytical IT systems in Croatia and South East Europe, with almost 150 employees and offices in seven countries. He is responsible for the development of new markets, relationships with strategic partners, and development of new products and services. In 2011 he graduated as Master of Science at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Zagreb in field of Applied Computing. He is currently at Ph.D. studies. He is one of the founders and mentor in BIRD Incubator for AI and analytics.

Sergej Stein has over 10 years experience in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Tech. Started with B2B E-Commerce projects in his early twenties. Graduated from Germany’s leading business university, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Worked as an Analyst for a renowned rating agency in Frankfurt. Became the Head of Finance at an Ethereum DeFi Start-Up, raised $16M with approx. $400M valuation in 2017. Co-founded DLT Capital GmbH in 2018, a Corporate Finance advisory. He provides Smart Capital to startups, helps them to scale and raise funds.

Dimitris Polychronopoulos has since 2017 been leading the Oslo chapter of the Founder Institute, the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator. He also introduced a language-learning vertical to the Founder Institute earlier this year and will continue as advisor to language-learning startups graduating from that vertical.

Digital transformation & innovation executive who leads with innovation in mind with global experience across multiple industries. Expertise at the intersection of robotics, IoT, mobile, AI, blockchain and digital commerce. Great passion for creating game changing solutions and bus models. Type of leader who execute with agility, love to experiment and adapt to the constant change around us.

Inge is a seasoned business developer, serial entrepreneur and CEO of Intellectual Labs AS - a Scandinavian Innovation center within Artificial Intelligence and related sciences and technologies. Inge has founded several companies and has more than 30 years experience from international business. He is a technology & software solutions expert with experiences from industries like banking / finance, telco, retail and energy. Areas of expertise for assisting startups will be around product marked fit, competitive analysis, go to market sales and international connections

Zeljko is an experienced marketing and communications professional with experience in creating and managing numerous marketing and communications campaigns, managing marketing teams and international digital projects. He is a startup business mentor in Techstars, Startup Live, Bird and Algebra startup incubators and has a C-level experience in well-funded startups and successful exits.

Srinath is a very well Networked individual and has built these contacts over the 25 years of his experience. With an MBA in Marketing and HR, he started his careerin IT and along the way, he got into Mentoring and Education Management working with Management Institutes and Engineering Colleges. He has designed Cohort Programs for Entrepreneurship, Mentor Programs for Start-Ups, skill augmentation in the areas of Project Management and Brand Management.

Past few years, Srinath has focussed his attention on assisting budding Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups where he shares his vast and relevant knowledge. He is associated with an NGO in Bangalore and he closely with an large EdTech Enterprise in Mysuru. He has researched the failure stages of the Entrepreneurs and has also studied many successful business leaders and companies. He hence brings a lot of diversified knowledge with him in space like Skill Education, Early Stage Entrepreneurship Mentoring, Cohort Programs, and Innovative solutions. His travel to countries in Asia and Europe has also made him adept in talking about various cultures around the world. His people skills are very high, and he easily gets interested in youngsters with an innovative idea or a business proposal.

Some of his current engagements include

• 1. TiE Hubli Chapter where he is a Charter Member
• 2. ANZ India Business Chamber as Chairman| Entrepreneurship Committee
• 3. Mentor of Change ATL, Niti Aayog, GOI
• 4. Chief Innovation Evangelist – Excel soft Technologies Mysuru

Ajay is a Mumbaikar, born and brought up in Mumbai, till he moved to Bangalore in 1979. He carries with him 41 years of work experience in the domains of Chemistry, FMCG, Telecom, IT/ITES, Airline/Aviation, BPO and Logistics. With a Chemistry Degree he completed his MBA in Logistics/HR and has worked in Organizations in their IT/Technology function as Head-IT and CIO (Chief Information Officer).

From a varied list of renowned organization, he moved over to be a Freelance Consulting CIO and began a Mentoring/Coaching career with young organizations and start-ups. He works alongside the CEOs assisting in business accomplishments as a Business Coach. The major areas of consulting are in areas of Technology, HR (Management Development, Organization Structure, Appraisal Systems and other non-payroll areas), Management Education and Business Strategy, besides SME (Subject Matter Expertise) projects on Telecom/Airlines/ITES domains. While he is a one-man freelancer, he deploys from his network of contacts, any expertise that the client might want.

His expertise lies in areas of Technology, Business Solutions, Automation, Customised Software Development, Technology Adaptions, Strategy, Pricing Mechanisms and Appraisal Systems (PMS).

He has spent a lot of time with students of Management and Engineering, guiding them on career and life values, Corporate requirements when it comes to placements and Mentoring young minds, nurturing their aspirations. He has developed a unique Campus to Corporate model of Mentoring/Training which is useful for final year students.

Ajay has worked in companies like Brooke Bond, BPL Mobile, Air Deccan, Siemens Information Systems, Microland and Deccan Charters.

His current assignments are with an Airline in Bangalore, an ambitious Automotive Aftermarket enterprise on their Advisory Board, an IT company working on SAP projects and a few education/social organizations.

Shrikant has 25+ years of work-experience spanning in Marketing, HR Consulting & Executive Recruitments, Start-up Operations & Program Management. With his patience and maturity, Shrikant has been good with young Professionals and Students assisting them with their career and entrepreneurial goals. He excels in building business from concept to scaling, setting up development centres, providing leadership, Customer engagement worldwide, Program/Product Management, HR, Recruitment & Overall Operations.

Shrikant’s entrepreneur journey started with Resource Link in 2003, an Executive Search Company specializing in industries, which include IT, Manufacturing and Automotive. He has handled many assignments & have over the years, successfully placed many professionals in large Indian and Global companies.

Inthe past, he has been associated with:

• 1. TekWorks InfoSolutions as Co-founder. A start-up providing Media & entertainment solutions. TekWorks developed mobile applications offering rich content on mobile devices.
• 2. Was instrumental in Ideating the concept of providing content of various spiritual organisations to their followers on Mobile platform. He successfully served marque clients in spiritual institutions like Chinmaya Mission/ISKCON.
• 3. Brio InfoTech & Brio Telecom as Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer. A Start-up, offering IT Product development Services and Telecom Product Company.
• 4. Prior to starting entrepreneur journey, Shrikant has over a decade of experience working for Leading IT (as HR Head) & Engineering / Automotive Component Manufacturing.

Dr. Rani Desai is a certified Executive Coach, certified ICF ACC. A certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coach and member of MG25 India. She comes with rich experience and deep understanding of business across different industries like information technology, software product engineering, automobile design services, and others heading the Human Capital Management and as global head. She has been a member of senior leadership and executive committee. A postgraduatein HRM from TISS and a post graduate in Law from Mumbai University, Rani has worked on a Doctoral Thesis in the subject of “Impact of Empowerment”.

Her last assignment was with one of the Big4, where, before quitting she was in the role of Chief Learning Officer, in Partner Matters Office. She played strategic role in designing and executing plan for building leadership pipeline in line with the business growth plan of the Firm. Besides, she was responsible for developing competencies and capabilities of leaders. She has also facilitated workshops for leaders.

Her last assignment was with one of the Big4, where, before quitting she was in the role of Chief Learning Officer, in Partner Matters Office. She played strategic role in designing and executing plan for building leadership pipeline in line with the business growth plan of the Firm. Besides, she was responsible for developing competencies and capabilities of leaders. She has also facilitated workshops for leaders.

Her graduation in Social Work and her certification in Neuroscience adds to understanding of behaviour dynamics. She has patented the empowerment model called as ‘3D &EE’

She is a member of CII Western Region, Sub-committee of HR & IR. As an invitee of women wing of Bangalore Chamber of Industry & Commerce, she had pioneered the study on statutory and non-statutory provisions as enablers to encourage women participation in the workforce. Dr. Rani Desai was invited as core committee member of UN GCNI for 2 years, when she led the design and execution of the 1st. and 2nd Gender Equality Summit. Rani is on Advisory Board of a Social Enterprise.

She has published articles and posts, empirical research papers and has featured in print media.She is founder of family Trust, which is into education in rural area in Karnataka.

Soumya is an MBA in Rural Marketing from Berhampur University and has more than 21 years of experience in business development, pre-sales, market analysis, CSR program design and implementation, social sector fund raising, incubation program management and portfolio management. As the Program Head of the leading social incubation program INVENT, he was instrumental in funding more than 130 enterprises in the year 2016 and 2017 from low income states. He was involved with program management work in social sector programs while working with Satyam. As program implementation manager for 104 "mobile medical service" and 108 "emergency response service", he was instrumental in the government liaisons for effective running of the program.

While working as Program Manager- CSR with Piramal Foundation, he had worked in CSR fundraising and program implementation in the field of Health and Water in the states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. He has raised funds from companies like SAIL, NALCO, Coal India, Tata Steel, Aditya Birla, HDFC, Sriram Auto Finance, Sun Pharma and NHPC.

Currently he is involved in a program targeted for migrants and providing them livelihood options through micro and nano enterprising models. This program is supported by NABARD and AFC. Prior to that he has worked with Vedanta and Hindalco industries for their CSR program strategy and community management

Currently he is involved in a program targeted for migrants and providing them livelihood options through micro and nano enterprising models. This program is supported by NABARD and AFC. Prior to that he has worked with Vedanta and Hindalco industries for their CSR program strategy and community management.

Suresh is Master’s in Engineering with specialization in Product Design.

Since 13 years, he is helping build complex products like aircrafts and spacecrafts, which have a product development life cycle extending many years. He was involved in simulation and analysis of critical functions of aircraft, which are certification requirements.

In his experience of developing complex products, he has accumulated relevant tools and techniques, which he skilfully blends to optimise the global performance and success of the products.

He brings to table his experience and understanding of developing complex products, innovation processes and tools from Systems thinking, Design thinking and Product Design & Development, which helps in building products for sustainability and circular economy.

He manages innovation in an MNC on a daily basis, where he engages and collaborates with start-ups. He also evaluates and mentors entrepreneurs.

He is passionate about building products and services that never existed before.

Outside work, he is educating children on design methods, systems thinking & entrepreneurship for improving all facets of their life. In the process, he is helping schools to integrate design practices in curriculum.

He is Co-Founder of an organization “Science Ashram” and an Entrepreneur himself.

Science Ashram runs a tinkering lab for young minds encouraging them to build their projects from ground up. Children use the space, tools and materials from our exhaustive inventory and tinker with their ideas. At Science Ashram children are asked to identify real world problems, design solutions and engineer prototypes.

Prior being Entrepreneur he worked with organizations like Infosys, Genpact, Aris Global in the roles like Technology & Business Analyst.

Dhruv brings to the table an experiential knowledge on Entrepreneurial Pitch for investments. He has been a successful Mentor to young Entrepreneurs and is a motivational force for them in their endeavours. Clarity of mind, being good to people and always positive – have been his qualities. He took the bold step to move away from IT Corporates like Infosys and Genpact to pursue his dream to create something innovative for budding Engineers. He is trained to be logical and preaches to the community the same.

Being a voracious reader and a keen Internet user, he has vast knowledge of all or most entities in their successes and failures. He shares this with those who interact with him and also narrates his own experiences which are very motivating to the audiences.

Mr Chetan Shirnali is a law graduate and MBA, having 20 years of Rich Cross Industry experience and exposure from Insurance, Health care, Executive Search and Technology products and Platforms. Chetan is Tech Savvy and specializes in Analytics, Consulting and Business Development, mentoring many tech startups. He is currently associated with Venture Catalysts as Regional Partner Bangalore.

11 years with tech startups. Leading deal sourcing and evaluation at Venture Catalysts. Led strategy and execution at early and growth stage startups. MBA from ISB Hyderabad.

Leading deal sourcing and evaluation for India's top early stage investment platform which is also globally ranked #7 (as per Crunchbase). Venture Catalysts is a sector agnostic platform - invested across AgriTech, ConsumerTech, D2C, EdTech, Enterprise SaaS, FMCG, F&B, HealthTech, Hospitality, Lifesciences, Logistics amongst others

Ex-founder, author, speaker & investor. 20+ yrs of experience in start-ups and enterprise across India, Middle East and USA. Funded multiple companies across USA, UK and India. Specialised in Business Strategy, Partnerships, Innovation and driving change.

Gigwage.com, MishiPay.com, Hidrent,com, TheCarSavior.com, GetFitso.com, Xane.AI, NewsBytes.com, Flutin.com, NewsBytesApp.com, PickMyLaundry.in, Greenz.co, Washho.com.

Rima Venturin is an experienced manager from It and Telecom with passion for value creation. She has more than 10+ years experience of leading different teams and is very passionate to empower others. Her main fields of expertise are strategic business modeling, ecosystem building, innovation processes and financial analysis/valuation. She has been involved in many business development processes and has mentoring several start-ups on business models.

Ajay Ramasubramaniam is a seasoned executive with 16 years of experience in setting-up, operating, and growing businesses, across diverse geographies such as East Africa, Canada, India and Vietnam. Currently, Co-Founder & CEO of Startup Réseau,

Ajay has been active in the Indian startup ecosystem for the past 8 years, and has built India’s top meta startup accelerator – through which he has set up over 30 corporate accelerator and innovation programs. Ajay has also built unique properties such as Fintegrate (India's top Fin+Tech conclave over the past 3 years) - for which he has been recognized as a Top-30 FinTech Influencer in India by The Digital Fifth. In the past, Ajay has led the India business for a Canadian ed-tech startup, as well as represented Canadian

Government in India for 5 years. He started his career in Tanzania, working on AfDB and World Bank projects; including a stint as an intrapreneur, building an agri-tech business. Ajay is an MBA in Marketing & Finance. He is passionate about cricket, and is a certified ICC Level-1 cricket coach.

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TiE India Angels (TIA) is a pan-India Angel Network. It intends to provide idea/early-stage capital focused on nurturing and mentoring new generation entrepreneurs. The TIA uniqueness is summed in its philosophy ‘For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs.’ With TIA entrepreneurs will:

• 1. Leverage a global investor and funding base.
• 2. Gain insight and feedback from a diverse investor group.
• 3. Access network of mentors and advisers with industry-specific expertise and connections.
• 4. Access to global markets through the member network across the globe

Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, mentor, author, speaker, board member, advisor, educator, partner, spouse, parent, and general enthusiast. Not always in that order.

I love to work with great entrepreneurs to build great companies.

Specialties: Seed stage and early stage emerging technology companies across information technology, energy tech, materials science, edtech, and fintech, among other sectors.

Philosophy: Successful entrepreneurs focus on the disciplined growth and development of their value proposition, strategy, team, operations, finance, sales and marketing.

Dr. De has been incessantly crafting Core Technologies to 'Make a Better Connected World with Enriched Human-Machine Interactions'. These solutions nestle in the intersection space of AI-IoT-Big Data. Over the years, he has been solving complex problems: from Radar Systems to Futuristic Devices; from Rich Communication to Machine Understanding.

His meticulous drive has made Samsung India center an Innovation Hub with repeat recognition through 'National IP Award', Zinnov 'Great Place to Innovate' award among many others. He leads Samsung's deep partnership with and strategic investment in Indian Startups. As CTO, he works to blend judiciously 'Inhouse Innovation' with 'Open Innovation'.

He works closely with Nasscom, CII and FICCI on many Industry initiatives and Country policies. He has been contributing to global technology standards and is current chair of OCF India forum for IoT. He is also chairing IEEE Communication Society in Bangalore and has been spearheading workshops on Emerging Technologies. He is Fellow of IETE, IEI and Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

A relationship-driven business leader with rich experience in Data Centers, Product, Sales & Marketing, Business Development, and Cybersecurity function. Skilled in leading cross-functional global teams in APAC and North America. Experienced in the Power & Utility industry, OT Cybersecurity & leading a business P&L with a focus on sustainable growth.

Professional change and innovation management with experience from various European markets. I challenge the status quo by mobilizing and creating a direction - giving the executive board and the rest at C-level innovation and a strategy for change. By focusing on building a strong brand through newer technology and automation, I help employees identify key processes and take strong ownership in the customer journey to add value and growth. I believe in achieving results through development, inclusion and dedication that´s why i have been working with several strat ups/scale ups for the past 7 years helping them within DD, M&A, strategy and board membership.

Kiran Nadkarni has been a pioneering figure in the Indian venture capital industry. He started the venture capital business of ICICI and managed it during the first eight years. Later, he was a partner at Draper International, a venture firm based in San Francisco, which invested in India and the US.

COO, GoQuest Media Ventures | CEO of Digibooster | CoFounder, CEO of SpotPlay | IIM Bangalore | Young Leaders Council - AIMA | HBR Advisory Council | Startup Evangelist | Startup Chile | SLP | Cyclist | International Leadership Innovation Excellence Awardee

Specialities: Startups, Business Plan, Fund Raising, Financial modelling, Biz model, Growth Hacking, Angel Investment, Risk Management, Project Management, Business Analysis, IT, SDLC, Lean, Agile, Scrum, Change Leadership, Fin Tech, Media

A professional Technocrat trained in Chemical Engineering with Management post-graduation from Jadavpur University, Kolkata having over 28 years of varied industry experience in sales and marketing, business operation and leadership roles, managing SBUs as profit centres and implementing projects for MNCs in India and abroad with companies namely Tata Honeywell, Ramco, HCL, Reliance, PCS Tech, NISG, Thakral- Singapore, Labour and MSME Deptt.- GoWB and Avenir Management Consulting.

Have been associated with the Startup ecosystem across Eastern India and Tech & Fintech hubs of Bangalore and Mumbai, primarily networked with angel investors, industry mentors, Incubators, Startup support initiatives of Brand Capital and Brand Shoots (ToI) and VC-PE fund houses to facilitate matured level Startups to next stages.

Passionate about the world of fintech. The financial services industry is undergoing a transformation and would like to be part of the changes that are happening by building and marketing innovations in products and processes.

Sethu Vaidyanathan is a serial entrepreneur with over 3 decades of experience.

An alumni of IIM, Ahmedabad and NLS Bangalore, SETHU started working under his father who ran one of India’s largest buying house / exporter of garments / shoes / materials. From there he ventured to invest in other startups in areas of fashion, exports, technology, realestate, FMCG, F&B, tours and travel and last investment was in a legaltech co. And is currently only investing in sustainable businesses, particularly vegan businesses.

Sethu’s main interest is supporting social causes. He founded “people for animals “Chennai chapter in 1995. And thereafter co-founded Ahimsa trust. He is a trustee in “Indian track foundation “which trains underprivileged kids for the Olympics. Was an active member in round table India for 19 years and supports various organisations which is engaged in animal rights, climate change, children and human rights.

A wanderer and traveler Sethu has covered almost all the historical sites and pilgrim sites in India& abroad. He has authored two books – One is “108 shades of divinity” and the second is “Mahabalipuram”

Married to Priya Paul and son Vir, all three enjoy travelling to new countries and check out the new cuisines & culture.

Passionate about startups, entrepreneurship, and private sector development in emerging markets, with a particular focus on India.

Well-versed in SME consulting and managing projects involving private and public stakeholders across borders including ground level experience of five years in India. Also three years experience in the field of development co-operation through projects in Germany, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Academic background in European Studies (M.A.) with a focus on foreign economic policy and Bachelor in International Communication with a specialization on international aid & development.