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Mr. Shukla’s career spans over four decades and nearly half as CEO-MD with JVs of MNCs in India. He successfully implemented two large green-field projects that are still in operation in the energy sector in Gujarat, India. Mr. Shukla retired from Shell Group in September, 2016 as MD & CEO of Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd & Hazira Port Pvt Ltd (Shell Group companies). He lead this business since FID (Final Investment decision) taken by Shell in December, 2001. He successfully developed LNG business based on a novel spot cargo model and later based on combination of service provider coupled with spot cargoes/short term contracts. He played key role in development of non-LNG cargo port development of Hazira port through sub-concession route through international competitive bidding process. Prior to his leadership role with Shell Group Mr. Shukla was the Managing Director of Gujarat PowerGen Energy Corporation Limited (PowerGen, UK Group company) from July1999 to February 2002. Mr. Shukla was Executive Director, Gujarat Torrent Energy Corporation Ltd from November, 1992 till July 1999 playing key role in developing 655 MW gas based duel fuel power plant within budget and on schedule. Mr. Shukla had been associated as office bearer or Executive Committee member with various business and social organizations including CII, FICCI, AMA, GCCI. He was Chairman of CII-Gujarat, and member of National Hydrocarbon Council of CII and FICCI, Member of Advisory Council of CSIR-NEERI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, National Environment Engineering Research Institute. Mr. Shukla is an Independent Director nominated by Government of Gujarat on the Board of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd and Dahej SEZ Ltd. Mr. Shukla is associated with not-for profit organizations such as Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, Sabarmati Ashram Preservation Trust (Gandhi Ashram), Anuvad Academy and Research Foundation as Trustee.

Prof. Jajoo joined IIM Ahmedabad in 1980. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Delaware, USA from 1987 to 1989. He has participated in more than thirty consulting projects for national and international, private and public sector organizations. He has been invited several times to design and conduct workshop and seminars at several reputed institutions, corporate houses, and professional bodies like CSI and IEEE. Currently, he serves as a Member of Board of Directors of many technology companies.

Mr. Gupta is practising as a Company Secretary for more than 25 years. He is also a visiting faculty at many institutes. He is mentoring many new projects for technocrats at various incubators. He is also associated with various NGOs – the social organizations.

Parag Amin is a global entrepreneur with business interests in technology, banking, retail and real estate. Parag is the President and Principal of two technology companies: Radiqal, in Horsham, PA. USA, a software products and service's company specializing in gaming and digital television; and Surya InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., in Baroda, India, a state-of-the-art software development company. He was a member of a team that won the '95 EMMY for pioneering of Direct To Home (DTH) Satellite TV. In the field of technology, he globally advises businesses and government entities. Parag holds a B.S in Computer Science from Stockton State College and an M.S in Computer Science from Drexel University. His company Radiqal, provides solutions for digital TV and Gaming industries and is based in Horsham, PA.

Dr. Navneet Vasani had an illustrious teaching career spanning more than three decades at Under Graduate and Post Graduate Engineering Programmes. He was a member of important committees like University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). He has served as the Chairman of Central Regional Committee of All India Council for Technical Education; Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology, Surat and various committees of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI). He served the Government of Gujarat as a Joint Director of Technical Education. He was also an Advisor - Science & Technology to the Chief Minister of Gujarat. At this time, the prestigious projects of 'Science City' and 'Info City' were planned and implemented in Ahmedabad.

Prof. Jajoo joined IIM Ahmedabad in 1980. Previously, he was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Delaware, USA from 1987 to 1989. He has participated in more than thirty consulting projects for national and international, private and public sector organizations. He has been invited several times to design and conduct workshop and seminars at several reputed institutions, corporate houses, and professional bodies like CSI and IEEE. Currently, he serves as a Member of Board of Directors of many technology companies.

Mr. K. Thyagrajan has a professional career journey of over 30 years that has traversed across a variety of fields; hard-core engineering (involving design-manufacturing-project management), management consulting, mentoring and propagating next-generation entrepreneurship, and academic teaching in diverse areas of technology, business management and entrepreneurship, and advisory in policy making. He is currently mentoring start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs in the areas of Bio-medical diagnostics, Edutainment, Digital records management, ERP & CRM, Special equipment design and manufacturing, Energy conservation products, Environmental conservation, and APPs development. Mr. Thyagrajan was earlier involved in setting up and running a unique Technology Business Incubator - NirmaLabs for close to four years (2004-2007), as its Chief Executive where he mentored over 40 potential entrepreneurs across 8 projects that have been set up as commercial ventures in High Technology sectors including electronics, computer science, mechatronics, biotechnology, and pharmacy. He is currently on the Advisory Board of some of these ventures. In his earlier stint for over 25 years with Mott MacDonald Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Thyagrajan served in various capacities; starting out as a Management Consultant to heading their India operations as General Manager - HR and Learning & Development. As a Management Consultant he was associated with a variety of business advisory projects and consulting engagements for several leading business houses in India, MNCs, central and state governments and multilateral agencies like The World Bank, ADB, EC, etc. Mr. Thyagrajan is a Mechanical Engineer by education, with a PGD in Business and Industrial Management.

Mr. Gupta is practising as a Company Secretary for more than 25 years. He is also a visiting faculty at many institutes. He is mentoring many new projects for technocrats at various incubators. He is also associated with various NGOs – the social organizations.

Dr. Madhukumar Mehta is a technocrat who turned to being a coach for pursuit of next gen entrepreneurship. In the past he has founded three companies. First was a consulting firm to design digital electronics based products (notably calculators). This was followed by Digital Innovations, which designed and marketed computers for diverse applications. The third venture - Anjaleem, created attended PCO and shaped the birth of STD PCO markets in India. Dr. Mehta has mentored many startups and is also involved with many industry, non-profits, university bodies to promote technology and entrepreneurship.

Parag Amin is a global entrepreneur with business interests in technology, banking, retail and real estate. Parag is the President and Principal of two technology companies: Radiqal, in Horsham, PA. USA, a software products and service's company specializing in gaming and digital television; and Surya InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., in Baroda, India, a state-of-the-art software development company. He was a member of a team that won the '95 EMMY for pioneering of Direct To Home (DTH) Satellite TV. In the field of technology, he globally advises businesses and government entities. Parag holds a B.S in Computer Science from Stockton State College and an M.S in Computer Science from Drexel University. His company Radiqal, provides solutions for digital TV and Gaming industries and is based in Horsham, PA.

Past Member

A blend of entrepreneur and intrapreneur with an MBA from Purdue and an Economics graduate from Lucknow University with domain expertise in strategy, tech innovation, telecom, renewable energy, and tech start-ups.

Rahul has focused his career on technology-enabled business, especially using analytics and AI. He designed and built an AI platform for decision analytics that is commercially available as a SaaS, published a book on Business Analytics in 2013, and has used analytics for enabling operations and strategy for businesses. He worked on business innovation at IBM Consulting and co-authored a Redbook on Business Architecture in 2001. He has experience with transforming manufacturing and operations using generations of technologies such as AI, Analytics, CRM, eBusiness, ERP, etc. He is an engineer (SCRA, Jamalpur) and MBA (Tulane University, New Orleans) with experience in startups and businesses in India and the USA.

Ashish Kanaujia is known for the conversion of ideas from lab scale to commercial scale. He brings more than 20 years of experience in multiple dimensions of technologies, Ashish’s area of expertise varies from Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Brain Computer Interface to Healthcare as well as ICT. He has worked as a consultant with various offshore clients and MNCs. Ashish is very instrumental in mentoring startups and already running incubation centres at Greater Noida, Lucknow and Kanpur. Currently, he is mentoring and providing technological guidance to a number of startups at iCreate (a Government of Gujarat TBI). His experience to work with engineers, academicians, patent attorneys and being inventor by himself make him sync well with the new emerging technologies. He has been an expert in software and electronics. He has been instrumental in ideation and implementation of various electronics and software products in different capacities.

Siddharth Amin is a Electronics and communications engineer. As a test pilot, he has clocked more than 10,000 flying hours on Radio Controlled aircraft as well as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over 25 years. He has also been an instructor for Indian Army personnel for flying radio controlled aircraft as part of their Air Defence Exercises. He was part of Project Eagle Eye. This project involved the development of a UAV for the 21 SATA Regiment of the Indian Army. He has piloted a UAV that validated a Guinness World Record for the world’s longest painting in Vadodara in 2009. He has over 15 years of experience in UAV design and Engineering and have been involved in the Research and Development activities, as well as the design and fabrication of the UAVs. He has developed breakthrough Autopilot Systems, OSD modules and Power Supply Units, that have been used in the company’s products successfully. He has been involved in the design and fabrication of UAV airframes.

A former Production Supervisor, Plant Supervisor, Medical Representative, Sales Executive, Business Manager, Management Consultant, Professor, Director, CEO and Dean, Dr. Raashid Saiyed coaches startup founders in the art and science of planning, managing and growing their ventures to create value.

Vinit is an IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta alumnus with 40+ years of experience. His work is focused on helping leaders and CXOs, including startup founders, to become successful. He specialises in holistic wellbeing, competencies assessment, personal and executive coaching, culture building, and leadership development.

Startup Mentor with an experience of several years in mentoring startups with Strategic Planning, Pitching and FAB Analysis

Corporate Trainer and Coach. Founder of CLAREskills

A qualified chartered accountant having 5 years of experience in the area of accounting and finance. He helps startups build up their financial roadmap and also provides mentoring on taxation and legal matters.

With 10+ years of experience at the intersection of Product, Technology, Engineering, Kshitij has worn several hats as an individual contributor to leading teams, and working closely with Founders as an Investor and part of several Boards as an Advisor and Observer. Currently, Kshitij is a Consultant & Advisor to multiple companies in D2C and FinTech Sectors focused on Strategy, Go-To-Market, and Fundraising. Between 2017 and 2021, Kshitij was the Principal at 3one4 Capital, where he helped scaled the firm to INR 2000Cr in AUM and 100+ Portfolio Companies. He spent a majority time with Founders on inorganic growth strategies and built the Corporate Development, Alliances, and Communications practice for the firm. Prior to 3one4 Capital, Kshitij held several roles in all sizes of companies in the Valley - Edcast, Atypon, & VMware. Through these roles he has worked on multiple software stacks and traversed the entire spectrum of frontend development, backend, & API development, middleware, build tools, and infrastructure management. Kshitij is a graduate of San Jose State University and Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Khyati Jha is the founding partner of Spectrum Partners, a startup advisory firm focused on startup founding and startup funding experience. Khyati assists startups in all phases of their business life cycle by providing legal services, mentorship support, pitch coaching and access to her investment network. She also represents investors, VCs and angels in their equity investments in startups. Some of the segments that she has been active in include healthtech, media, edtech, agritech, fintech, e-mobility and solar.

Avinash brings with him 30 years of experience in leadership roles in technology and operations with various organisations, both startups and large businesses. He is a BTech in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Bombay, and has more than 60 IPRs in diverse domains and technologies. He has worked extensively in the startup ecosystem as an entrepreneur, mentor, facilitator and enabler.

Vijay Nair is the head of Human Resources, Administration and Facility Management at iCreate. At iCreate, Vijay oversees the day to day functioning of the campus with a focus on activities such as staff management, vendor contract management, event management, logistics and transportation, budgeting and cost control measures, safety, security, facilities and campus administration With over 25 years of work experience, Vijay is a seasoned professional with rich experience in managing large industrial, educational and training campuses. Prior to iCreate, Vijay has worked with Centre for Organisational Development, Hyderabad – a pioneer executive institute for training, research and consultancy as Head of Administration and Logistics. Vijay has also been associated with Lupin Laboratories Ltd., Insulator & Electrical Ltd., and Bonnie Foi Group of Education. Vijay holds a Masters in Human Resources Management and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya with a specialisation in Marketing and a diploma in hotel management from Management Studies Promotion Institute (MSPI), New Delhi. In his spare time, Vijay enjoys watching movies, tracking the stock market and is an offline financial advisor to many!

Experienced Innovator with a demonstrated history of working in the startup ecosystem. Core competencies in PCB Design, Circuit design and Electronics. Strong Technologist with vast experience in evaluating technologies from the startup perspective.

Siddharth has an experience of 12+ years in managing programs, business development and strategic relations. He holds a PGDM in Human Resource Management. In his current role at iCreate, he is responsible for managing program operations, leading alliances with Government, Industry and International partners. He is passionate about helping entrepreneurs who are trying to solve problems related to energy consumption, water treatment, waste management, early disease detection and provision of affordable healthcare services to rural population.

Versatile Result-oriented business leader having close to 28 years of rich experience spanning across leadership & tactical roles in diverse industry landscape including Electric vehicles ,Automotive, Telecom and Office Automation. Adept at working in high pressure environments with strict deadlines and multiple deliverables, having been recognized for driving high-value revenue & profit gains and improved organizational productivity & performance. Identifying practical opportunities and implementing strategic plans to secure strong and sustainable streams of revenue.

Leading the Incubation development of iCreate and being part of core TBI and incubation team for 4 years, Hemang has a wide portfolio of supporting startups at different stages through techno-commercial mentoring. At iCreate, Hemang is responsible for screening and evaluating startup applications, Development of startup lifecycle management as well organizational incubation processes. With postgraduate degree in engineering and having wide experience in business incubation, he carries out research & development for innovation & technology, Incubation of projects, Heading management and supervision of Technology Laboratories like CISCO and Prayas Shala, Establishment of Centre of Excellences for iCreate, Support to startup ecosystem through engagement with government and private stakeholders. He also represents iCreate as an evaluator, jury and delivers expert sessions to external incubation centres and institutions

Gladis Nair is a management professional with 17 plus years of experience with multinational companies like Wipro Technologies, HSBC & Tech Mahindra. She has also worked with few of the renowned educational institutions. A university topper in M.phil from Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, along with 3 Master’s degrees in English Literature, Sociology and Human resources. She is a globally certified transform trainer. She has also worked as a freelancer with some of the national leading newspapers like MP chronicle, Danik Bhaskar. She has also worked as moderator and hosted various National and international programs.

Mrunal Panchal is Masters in Human Resources and has been working with the start-up/incubation ecosystem since 2015. He started his career as an HR Generalist with NBFC and after that he worked on various profiles within Startup domain like; HR and Administration, Incubation, Outreach, Event Management and many more. Mrunal has a very Dynamic personality and fun loving character. He loves to sing, watch movies and a typical Gujarati Garba lover.

I am Amit Golwelkar working as a Spoc in the Incubation Department, I am looking after daily Admin work for TBI Team, Project Documentation ,Due Diligence of Projects, invoices verification, Data capturing as and when required, MIS Updation, any Event Management Support.

Vijoy is a Post Graduate in Product Design and Commerce. He likes to do modelling in CAD software's. Skilled in making creatives for digital marketing using illustrator and Photoshop. He enjoys playing football and doing free hand sketches during his free time.

Engineer-cum-Entrepreneur. With experience as a co-founder of two startups and various events, Parth is skilled in Digital Marketing and Data Analysis. He is also a blogger and traveller. He has done BTech in Electrical Engineering from IITRAM.

Vikas has been associated with iCreate since January 2021 as an Accountant. He manages the overall day to day accounting process at iCreate. He is responsible for vendors payment on time to time, salary processing, Manage Petty Cash, Project Fund Expenses, TDS Return Filing & Other Taxation compliances. He is well equipped in accounting and analyzing the books of accounts at regular intervals. Prior to iCreate he has worked with Ayma Creations Private Limited, Ahmedabad as an Accountant. He Pursued Company Secretary Executive Programme from Institute of Company Secretaries of India & Bachelor of Commerce from Tolani Commerce College, KSKV Kutch University.

Jamsheed is a business designer, consultant, and startup enthusiast. He has worked extensively in the startup ecosystem for over five years, a majority of which was dedicated to helping start-ups raise investments. He has received formal training in entrepreneurship and management from the Ministry of MSME, Development Institute and Department of Science Technology, Government of India. As a Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship Specialist, Jamsheed has led growth and development for startups at French accelerator Numa, Bangalore-based startup community project Jaaga, and Qatar-based startup ecosystem builder Innovation Café. At iCreate, Jamsheed works closely with the business team to help startups raise investments and build profitable enterprises.

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Network Engineer with 6+ years of experience in network design, escalation support, network administration, and systems administration. Skilled in delivering technical support, managing network operations, and maintaining enterprise-wide area networks across multi-platform and high uptime Data Centre environments.

Assisting iCreate's Technical labs from 19th July 2018. I have done Bachelor and Masters in Electronics and Communication Systems. I have experience in electronics, PCB Design, Machine Operations, Understanding Startup ecosystems, Lab Management, Helping startups in Prototyping Development, Inventory Management, and Application Evaluations.

Assisting iCreate's Technical Labs from 3rd December 2018. I have done my ITI with Electricals. I have 14 years of experience as a fitter. As a lab Assistant at iCreate, I used to do All kinds of Fabrication Work for startups and icreate, Machine Operations, Lab Maintenance, Inventory Management with the Team.

Milan has been associated with iCreate since February 2022 as an Account Executive. He is responsible for day-to-day accounting operations and assists the senior accountant in the Account department. Prior to iCreate he has worked with JMPV & Co, Chartered Accountant Firm, Bhavnagar as an Account Executive . Milan hold a Bachelor of Commerce degree from MKBU University.

He is a blend of tech and business with a B.Tech in Mechanical and an MBA in operations management. He comes from the automotive domain, where he has worked in the field of process improvements, auditing, data optimization and supply chain management in the plant. He loves to play with data and pull something useful out of it.

Masters of Business Administration in Operations Management and Finance and graduation in Mechanical Engineering, Aditya has experience of working in automobile sector Research and Development while dealing with clients like Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti & Suzuki along with gaining skills like Due Diligence, Patents Drafting, Team leadership and Management while working for various organizations.

Prema Iyer has working experience of more than 20 years & she has worked for Corporates like Premier Automobiles, Bombay Dyeing, AZB & Partners etc. She has very good working experience in most of the departments & has very good interpersonal skills. She has worked on various profiles like HR-Admin, Logistics etc. & has independently conducted various Pan-India Conferences & travelled extensively.

Riya is assisting the programs team, Business incubator in facilitating entrepreneurship and Startup development. Collaborating and maintaining strong relationships with the existing stakeholders and promoting iCreate's entrepreneur programs in possible networks. She has around 5 years of experience in Project management, Management consultancy and Key Account Management in the Education and Development sector. Prior to iCreate, she worked with Pratham Education Foundation, I-PAC and Extramarks Education. She pursued a Master's in Education Management from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. As an individual, she is eager to learn new things and develop new skills.