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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