Dr. Sunil Kumar- Vice Chancellor – Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya- State Technical University- During the keynote address by Dr. Sunil Kumar he applauded the initiatives by STPI for start-ups and also praised Next generation Incubation Scheme. He requested all the students under RGPV university to apply for the scheme and work in the field of innovations. He highlighted the fact that for any expected outcome for the betterment of the start-up ecosystem of the region all the machineries whether it is Government, academia or private organization’s has to work in a collaborative manner so that the targets are achieved easily. He also committed that RGPV would extend it’s full support for rolling out NGIS in Madhya Pradesh region.

Dr. Devesh Tyagi is Scientist ‘G’, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI). He has more than 27 years of experience in IT/ESDM sector. He has been actively involved in the promotion of IT/ESDM sector and also working for the promotion of entrepreneurship, innovation and product creation in the country.

He has also been involved in various policy formations for IT/ESDM sector. Prior to joining STPI, he served National Informatics Centre (NIC) in various capacities.

He has a wide range of experience in Project Management and Software development. He possesses strong technical capabilities and delivered lot of remarkable projects during this period. Dr. Tyagi has earned his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Marathawada University and Masters Degree from BITS, Pilani.

Shri Vishesh Garhpale is an IAS Officer of MP Cadre from 2008 batch. He is a graduate in Computer Science from RGPV. Presently he is serving as Managing Director for Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam and Director of Madhya Pradesh MSME Department.

Prior to this, he has served as Collector at Satna, Katni, Khandwa Sidhi , as Commissioner Municipal Corporation Bhopal, Managing Director of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co. Ltd and Chief Executive Officer of Zila Panchayati Raj of Jabalpur.

He also worked on many public issues including e-governance, education, health, sanitization and safety. During his tenure as the Katni collector, Shri Garhpale introduced an app “LOK SEWAK APP” to keep to mark attendance for his officials which was highly appreciated state government and NITI AYOG and is a best way to implement the welfare, development policies, schemes and programmes with betterment in Governance.

He also started Bharat Nirman Coaching to prepare the children for the examination. Due to this initiative, about 21 children from government schools were selected in Navodaya School. He also worked on the audio-video learning concept in for government schools and did many works as Khandwa collector for malnourished children.

Shri Atul N Bharat is Group Director of Acropolis Group of Institutions – Indore. Shri Bharat is the recipient of Governor Award- IES Teachers Excellence Award . 2011 M.P for outstanding contribution for employment generation in the State. He is a member of Steering Committee of CII West Region for Employability Skill Development and MSME IP Facilitation Centre (IPFC) in MP. He along with his team has bagged many prestigious awards in the field of Entrepreneurship and Start-up ecosystem.

Shri Bharat holds a strong network with more than 200 companies in Technology, Engineering and Management. He is among First 20 Certified Entrepreneurship Educator from Standford TVP, IIM Bengaluru. He was from the First batch of Certified Entrepreneurship Course Developer from ISB Hyderabad. He is currently working with London Business school & Gold man sachs on social initiative of developing 10000 woman entrepreneurs across globe with NEN in India. His Focus area includes Idea Generation & Validation, Opportunity Evaluation, Feasibility analysis, Marketing & Branding, Scalability, Customer Service, Acquisition & Retention.

Shri Pradeep Karambelkar is the Founder & Director of Vision Advisory Group & VASPL Initiatives (Startup Incubation Center) and also Regional Director of BNI India-Bhopal Chapter. Being a Business Evangelist & Business Coach with over 20 years of experience in building profitable ventures from scratch, Shri Karambelkar has a keen interest in introducing processes, tools, and concepts that help business owners and entrepreneurs grow their ideas into profitable ventures. His expertise spreads over multiple ventures in domains ranging from Investment Services, Financial Products, Education, Skill development, Startup Incubation to ITeS, Real Estate, FMCG, etc. Shri Karambelkar is a man with a vision on a mission to oversee, assist, and guide early-stage businesses in starting, developing and growing exponentially.

He holds various leadership positions as the President of TIE Madhya Pradesh, Chairman- Bhopal Management Association, Council Member of CII MP and immediate past chair of MP PHDCCI.

Shri Amit Agrawal is Founder and Chief Technical Officer of M/s. Cyber Infrastructure (P) Limited. He is a passout of MIT, Mandsaur 2002 batch. He started his start-up M/s cyber infrastructure private limited in year 2003. As one of the youngest & dynamic passed out engineering student he dreamt to become an entrepreneur in the year 2003.Starting from a small startup in 2003 December , M/s. Cyber Infrastructure (P) Limited is now among the fortune 5000 group companies & has multiple offices in various locations all over the major cities of the world including India, USA, Australia, Singapore and South Africa. M/s. Cyber Infrastructure (P) Limited is exporting IT/ITES solution & products worldwide with major business in US and Europe. Shri Amit Agrawalas a technology Geeks since 2002 is leading and managing multiple projects, while maintaining budgets and meeting deadlines. He also steers the development lifecycle of various initiatives and mentors the start-ups in the research and implementation of innovative Web/ Mobile & Cloud Solutions. He is responsible for assimilation and adoption of latest technology in the company.