State award winning entrepreneur. Farheen Sayed is the Founder and CEO of vanillakart, Marketplace for unconventional Marketing services. Vanillakart caters to the needs of its wide range of clientele through its several automation and SaaS based products .Founded two award winning startups (brushflicks, 2015 and boxifer, 2017) with million dollar valuations. She has been a Blockchain enthusiast and experienced forex and cryptocurrency trader skilled in technical analysis and formulating trading strategies with over 4 years of trading experience. She is the author of the book trading with Japanese candlesticks.

Founder Get A Life Pvt Limited (MyGALF), Set up in 2022 it is valued at ~5 million dollars .MyGALF s a fast growing wellness aggregator firm. Based in Mumbai, it has a PAN India presence and global aspirations. GALF Wellness App  creates support for several health concerns faced by todays youth, including both physical and mental health. 
An  advocate of mentoring women leaders and Amit is part of the UN He-for-She campaign. A doting father of 2 teenage girls, Amit is passionate about endurance sports and completed Ironman70.3 at Kazakhstan in August 2022.

D. S. Prashant, the CEO of the Startup and IT Promotion Cell in the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications in Goa, has played a pivotal role in fostering entrepreneurship in the region. Prashant began his career with Glaxo India Ltd. in 1996 and transitioned to entrepreneurship development in 2000. Over the last 23 years, he has trained 10,000 individuals, supporting the establishment of over 2500 micro-enterprises, nurturing more than 150 startups, and securing funding for over 50 of them. He holds key positions in state and educational committees, including the Goa State Innovation Council, Innovation and Research Projects Appraisal Committee, Goa State Council for Science and Technology, District Skill Committee, among others, actively contributing to innovation and research projects.

Lalit is a serial entrepreneur, Past Chairman Confederation of Indian Industry Goa India, Keynote Speaker, and Marketer who can add significant strategic value to project. Lalit have diverse business experience across different industries and he is an Artist, a Hotelier, a Distributor, a storyteller and a lifelong learner.

Lohit is the Founder & CEO at Edzok. Lohit graduated from BITS Pilani in 2009, and started his company from the business incubator at BITS Pilani. Since then Lohit has worked with governments, chain of schools and higher ed institutions to better different aspects of education. Lohit was also instrumental in executing UDAAN by CBSE to empower underprivileged girl children write JEE. Lohit's was ranked globally among top 25 by the Alan Alda Centre for Communicating Science at the Stony Brooke University. Lohit has also been named the "Star Entrepreneur of the Year" at IIIS and has been the recipient of BITSAA Global 30 Under 30 Award. Lohit has been a speaker at TEDx, Harvard's HUII and others.

I am currently working as the Associate Vice President at Kotak Investment Bank, specializing in the Digital, AI and Robotics vertical. My work here is to lead the bank's thought leadership initiatives and develop a strong body of research that provides insights and actionable transaction strategies to our partners looking for M&A transactions and IPOs. These functions are a bigger part of a personal initiative to understand the internet economy and culture in India, similar to how Ben Evans and Eugene Wei have done for the US and Jeff Towson for China.

Mr. Varun Chawla Contributed to the World Startup Report which helps investors, entrepreneurs and other stakeholders of the startup ecosystem get a better idea of the opportunities and challenges of startup ecosystems around the world. Mr. Varun Chawla work with Founders as their institutional co-founder until their venture is a self sufficient organisation and ready to scale. But we are not advisors, mentors, investors, incubators or accelerators - we are all of these! We are always co-building with the Founder, creatively, conscientiously, through the power of communities.

Mr. Vipul Choubey is a product and growth leader with 10+ years’ experience, worked with Loco (esports & gaming entertainment), Flipkart (e-commerce), Zenius education (Edtech in Indonesia), Skuad (SaaS for global employment) & nearbuy.com. Mr. Vibul Choubey have built & led product, design and cross functional teams across 0-1 & 1-100 journeys for early and growth stage companies. Mr. Vipul Choubey lead BITS Spark, BITS Pilani angel investment arm, passionate about helping early stage founders & teams build and develop companies and  have helped 20+ founders with fundraise, mentorship and being a 2 am friend in their journey.

Mr. Rahul Bahadur is a dynamic and versatile professional, holding pivotal roles in various esteemed organizations including ARKLE Energy Solutions, Energy Swaraj Foundation, and Climate Collective. With extensive experience in strategic alliances at the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and as a Project Officer at IIT Goa, this expert excels in strategic planning, team management, and innovation ecosystem development. Demonstrated expertise in entrepreneurship, leadership, research, technology development, and project management. Skilled in market research, product management, sales, fundraising, and financial management. Proficient in pitching, storytelling, and tender writing, with a proven track record in optimizing processes and achieving measurable outcomes.

Suresh Krishna NAS, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, founded WolfersTech in 2019 to drive innovation. He authored two books, "சில்லறைகவிதை" and "சிறகுகள்," and launched "Pocket Friendly," an e-commerce venture. WolfersTech earned a prestigious startup award from Veltech University. In 2021, he released "Scribble Thoughts" and started the "Hope Community" to combat hunger and self-destructive tendencies. In 2022, he co-founded TalkSmart, an AI speech coaching company. WolfersTech focuses on AI-based SaaS solutions, emphasizing leadership and inclusivity, aiming for a diverse team with 45% men, 45% women, and 10% transgender individuals.

Dynamic, dedicated, and determined, people person, qualified MBA (Finance & Marketing) having 15+ years of experience in Startup ecosystem & Investment Banking. Outcome and Impact driven Manager, Mentor, Coach, Innovation Catalyst, and Ecosystem Creator who built a vibrant innovation ecosystem with startup entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, partners, trainers, evangelists, and associates. Effectively develop and execute a defined business plan using benchmark industry standards to maximize business efficiency and productivity.

Prof.Snehanshu saha has develop methods in Computational Learning Theory (COLT), Mathematics of Data Science (MDS), AstroInformatics (AIM) and novel ML/Modeling applications (AML). These and interpretable Deep learning techniques and acceleration in deep and wide neural networks, aided by chaos-causality paradigm are my current and future research interests.He has contributed more than 100 articles in top ranked conferences and Journals including several IEEE and ACM Transactions and am a Senior Member-IEEE, Senior Member-ACM and a Fellow-IETE. He is the  co-founder of HappyMonk AI, an AI product company.

Being a Climate Ambassador, I understand that global warming has serious consequences, and there is no one silver bullet. We need to work collectively on multiple fronts. I also recognize that transitioning to a circular economy offers a holistic approach to addressing global warming by tackling resource consumption, energy use, and waste generation, all critical drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. With the above as a goal, I founded Do it Zero (DIZ), a circular economy company with a vision to drive “Zero Waste to Landfill.” We are building technology and program management capabilities to conduct recycling and reuse campaigns from an e-waste, textiles, and plastics perspective.

I am the founder of Avataar Skincare Technologies- a platform with a vision to plug all the gaps in Indian beauty market through standardized and modern services. Prior to Avataar, I was Engagement Leader with Heidrick Consulting, the leadership advisory arm of the top executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles, with a mandate to expand and grow the firm in the Indian market and deliver extra ordinary business outcomes for our clients. Part of several client development pitches, internal Bain strategy, recruitment and social endeavors I joined Bain & company from IIM Bangalore, prior to which I had 2 years of experience with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bhopal as Production planner for rectifiers division. Shop floor experience (100+ workers) and accountability to deliver monthly production of 100Cr+.