About Us
Ground Zero for starting up
NSRCEL offers you the ability to niche down and get specific- be it ventures for profit or social causes, particular industries or special entrepreneurship programmes for women and student entrepreneurs, we have it all!
Head over to the faculty section to understand the expertise our team can offer you.
About us
Our
Focus
Areas
NSRCEL embodies the entrepreneurial spirit in India. Over the years, we have curated programs that attempt to reach every niche of the business ecosystem.

Social
ventures

Emerging Businesses

Women and student entrepreneurship
Our Story
Founded in 1973, IIM Bangalore is known to be one of India’s best business schools. Facilitating a 100 acre campus in the Garden City of India, the institute creates a playground for the nation’s brightest innovators and problem solvers.
NSRCEL is IIM Bangalore’s flagship business incubator that is a non-profit institution purely focused on aiding creators and funding startups in their journey. With nearly 600 ventures incubated that exceed $1.5 Billion in combined value, there’s nothing stopping you from embarking on your entrepreneurial path.
We build bigger and do it better. NSRCEL shows you that the impossible is just a benchmark!
Our Team

Prof. Srivardhini K Jha
Associate Professor - Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore and Chairperson, NSRCEL

Anand Sri Ganesh
Chief Executive Officer

Ankita Pegu
Manager, Women Startup Program

Anna Babu
Incubation Program

Zeba Abida Ferzin
Administrative Support

Vikyath Nanjappa
AVP, Incubation Programs

Deepu Joseph Varghese
Mentoring & Launchpad Program

Saralaa Saravanan
Women Startup Program

Nethravathi Dhannur
Manager, Legal & Finance

Pranay Doni
Manager, Finance

Nihal Choudyal
Manager, Incubation Program

Shloka Sachdev
AVP, Marketing

Chaitali Pandey
Asst. Manager, Marketing

Jibin Mathew
Women Startup Program

Surabhi Yelsangikar
Manager, Launchpad Program

Shriyam Yagnik
Social Entrepreneurship

Nachiket Kulkarni
Sr. Manager, Social Entrepreneurship

Jemy Anna Jacob
Social Entrepreneurship

Susmita Ghosh
AVP, Women Entrepreneurship

Smriti Rai
Incubation Program

Deboleena Das
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program

Kavya Y
Accountant, Finance

Priscilla Ghosh
Manager, HR & Entrepreneurship Programs

Samhita Rambhatla
Lead, Alumni & Community

Shreeka Shravya
Marketing

Shreya Agrawal
Manager, Incubation Program

Thoidingjam Romario
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program

Vijaylaxmi Patil
Social Entrepreneurship

Gauri Parate
Launchpad

Amit Abraham
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Jonita John Siddi
Women Entrepreneurship Program

C.B Patil
Swavalambane Program

Akhil S
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Vishal S
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Manika Gulati
Marketing

Krishnapriya Venugopalan
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Suprerna Chakraborty
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Anand BV
Swavalambane Program

Ashna Thakkar
Incubation Program

Devanshi Jansari
Incubation Program

Kartik Kumar Choudhary
Women Startup Program

Priyanka Annette Fernandez
Human Resources

Divya Krishnaprasad
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Saranya Anand
Launchpad

Akanksha Singh
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program

Rishi Aditya
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Akshay Bapte
Student Entrepreneurship

Chitvan Chamadia
Manager, Social Entrepreneurship

Debleena Deka
Human Resources

Disha Singh
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Laavanyaa
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Manika Shukla
Manager, Swavalambane Program

Manjushree Padmanabhan
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women

Vivek Goyal
Insights and Analysis
Faculty Advisory Committee

K Kumar
Dean - Alumni Relations & Development - Professor- Entrepreneurship

Sabarinathan G
(Associate Professor, IIMB) - Advisory Committee

Saras Sarasvathy
Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship

Suresh Bhagavatula
Professor - Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore

Srivardhini K Jha
Associate Professor - Entrepreneurship, IIM Bangalore and Chairperson, NSRCEL

Dahlia Mani
IIMB Young Faculty Research Chair - Assistant Professor - Entrepreneurship

Prof Mukta Kulkarni
Professor - Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management Chairperson, Internal Committee

Prof Pulak Ghosh
IIMB Chair of Excellence, Professor - Decision Sciences

Prof Sourav Mukherjee
Professor - Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management
Investment Committee

Sanjay Anandaram
Board member, Co-founder NICEorg, Startup Mentor, Volunteer iSpirt, Board Member TiE Bangalore

Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan
Director, IIMB Professor - Strategy

Parag Dhol
Venture Capital at Athera Venture Partners
Key Mentors

Rajiv Sawhney
Ex-COO, NSRCEL, with extensive experience in leadership roles in telecom and consumer goods and services industries

Founder and CEO, Brand Circle

Mohan Sundaram
CEO, ARTILAB Foundation President, Disability NGOs Alliance Trustee and Board Member, APD Bangalore

Angel Investor, Startup Mentor, Fund Advisor

Dr Archana Pillai
Director – Social Impact Advisory, Social Audit Network, India

Independent Consultant Ex- VP (Defense), Tata Advanced Materials Ltd

Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

Consultant Director, Trusted Shares and Investments Ltd

Director, Viscadia

Ex-VP Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd

Business Mentor Director, PointCross.Com Pvt Ltd, Cognisite Technologies Pvt Ltd and Ace Components & Electronics Pvt Ltd

Consultant VC and Member of the Board of Advisors, United Efforts

Tamanna Gupta
Founder and Director, Umanshi Marketing & Branding Pvt Ltd

Dilip Mehta
Consultant Ex-Managing Director, HMV SaReGaMa India Ltd

Technology and Strategy Advisor

Founder and Coach, AltParadigms

Consultant Ex-Director, SBU Head, Cognizant

Ex-VP and Head of Delivery, Infosys

General Partner and COO, Forum Synergies

Abhiram Katta
VC and Director, Endiya Partners

Viivevk Verma
ICF – Professional Certified Coach PCC, Founder – Upsurge Global & Venture Partner – Venture Catalysts

Aarti B Iyer
Marketing and Business Strategist Co-Founder, M2 Games

Randhir Mishra
Digital Transformation Evangelist, Digital Learning Design Expert & Professional Performance Coach

Vivek Srinivasan
Founder, Gradior Consulting. Family Businesses and SMEs Consultant

Alok Agarwal
Managing Partner, The Growth Labs Board Member, Prasar Bharti

Sanjeev Ahuja
Angle Investor Founder, MissingBridge

Divay Pranav
Director, Policy and Infrastructure Partnerships, Yulu

Mridul Mehta
Partner, Centrum Capital Limited

Rahul Bhambry
Ex- Johnson & Johnson

Dharmender Khanna
Angel Investor EX-VP, SSIPL Retail LTD

Dinkar Arora
Independent Consultant, Product, Strategy and Business Development

Rajbir Singh
Founder and Consulting Partner, Value Centria

Harsha Mutt
Independent Consultant Ex-Head of Solution – Financial Servies, HCL Technology

Kalpana Desigan
Head of Product – Business Operations, Postman

Independent Consultant, Ex-COO, NSRCEL

Rajesh Navaneetham
Angel Investor Partner, Semcostyle Institute India LLP

Krishna A
Executive Coach, Social Volunteer, Startup Mentor, Consultant

Nupur Arya
Senior Global Facilitator, Harvard Business Publishing

Chand Das
Angel Investor, Leadership Coach

Anilesh Seth
Co-founder of GigVistas & Independent Captives (GCC,GIC)

Renjit Philip
Business Mentor, Angel Investor and Consultant

Sri Krishnan
Ex Senior Vice President, Bosch and Consultant

Dr Bhaskar R Harita
Consultant, Founder and Advisor, Cita.ai

Girish Mehta
Consultant, Business Mentor and Coach

Krishnan S Iyer
CEO, Infrastructure Investment Firm
Finance | Valuation

Bhaskara Srinivas Prata
CEO, Sri Sai Agribio Labs Pvt Ltd, Consultant and Advisor

Sridhar Pabbisetty
Founding Director, Kautilya School of Public Policy

Ninan Eapen
Director, Strategic Alliances

Ravi Trivedi
Angel Investor, Indian Administrative Fellow, Agriculture, Govt of Karnataka

Pallavi Sharma
Consultant

Alexander Valiyaveettil John
CEO, Cynapto Technologies, Angel Investor

Mohib Sheth
CTO, Cynapto Technologies

Venkitraman Anand
Chief Executive and Wholetime Director, Harrisons Malayalam Limited at RP – Sanjiv Goenka Group

Sanjay Palsamudram
Managing and General Partner, SV3 Ventures

Anjana Vivek
Board Advisor, Mentor, Visiting Professor and Entrepreneur

Ashok Suyal

Dr Prashanth R Reddy
Head Of Department – ENT & Endoscopic Surgery, Sagar Hospitals

Sandhya Vasudevan
Board of Governors, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Ex – Deutsche Bank

G K Suresh

R Ramanan
Ex-First Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, Ex-Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog

P Somarajan

Sudhir Swamy

Swati Mohan

Nat Malupillai

Dipesh Sutariya

Rajiv Kuchal
Ex-Vice President, Infosys, Independent Consultant, Angel Investor

Muralidharan Sridharan
Chairman, Mobility Aftermarket

Sandeep Jain

Krishna Dorai

Rama Kannan
Independent Director, Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd. and Executive & Leadership Coach

Kannan Gopalakrishnan
Adjunct Faculty, Indian School of Development Management

Ankura Ranade

Sanjay Khare

Dr. Divleen J.
India Lead, Google Health

Brijnandan Mundhra
Director & CEO at Shree NM Electricals Ltd.
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