To provide you, the participants, with the best possible experience, we at Innopreneurs hand-pick our Jury members to ensure the best quality of the assessment for you. These members all come from esteemed and established positions in companies and from entrepreneurial backgrounds all around the world. We, at Innopreneurs, would like to individually thank our Jury members for the hours and time that they devote to judging you.
We have two types of jury members at Innopreneurs, one is the external members and the other the internal ones. The internal members of our Jury are all senior members of the staff at the Lemon School of Entrepreneurship and all of our subsidiary bodies. Our external jury members are all individuals from different career paths and professions spanning various fields, industries and countries who helped us assess the startup pitches during Regional Rounds, Pre-finale Rounds, Finale Rounds and the Grand Finale. You may visit our recent blog here to know more about how we have conducted these rounds and ensured the maximum deliverables to the participating startups.
6th Edition being in an online format has been massive in terms of participating jury members. There were over 100 jury members who joined this pool from various countries.
We send our personal thanks to our Jury members pool who helped us co-creating this 6th edition.
Regional Rounds Jury Members
Dr. Charvi Mehta, Technical Expert & Policy Lead, GIZ India from Delhi , India
Mr. Shatanand Pandit, Co-founder, skillquadrant.com from Nagpur, India
Prof. S Jeyavelu, Dean, VIT-AP School of Business from Vijayawada, India
Mr. Mandar Akant, VP & Regional Sales Head - International Trade & Foreign Exchange, HDFC Bank from Nagpur, India
Mr. Hemang Vaidya, Technology Analyst, iCreate from Ahmedabad, India
Ms. Sonika Gupta, Swaraj University from Udaipur, India
Dr. Krishna Parmar, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management Studies, GTU from Gandhi Nagar, India
Mr. Rahul Hasija, Founder, SwaCard from Udaipur, India
Ms. Neerja Shrivastava, Partnership Director, SB international from Dubai, UAE
Mr. Ram Gurung, Deputy Chief of the Entrepreneurship Department, Ministry of Labor and Human Resources from Thimphu, Bhutan
Dr. Tshering Cigay, Chief Executive Officer, Thimphu Tech Park Ltd from Thimphu, Bhutan
Mr. Sharad Sharma, Co-Founder, MRP International FZE from Dubai, UAE
Prof. Pravin Dwaramwar, Director, RCOEM Technology Business Incubators Foundation, SRCOEM from Nagpur, India
Mr. Ahmad Faisal Angaar, Director - Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Asara Global Group from Kabul , Afghanistan
Mr. Harilal Bhaskar, CEO, Atal Incubation Center, Indian Institute of Information Technology - Kottayam from Kottayam, India
Mr. Madhav Reddy, Founder, RedMad Learnings from Visakhapatnam, India
Dr. Anurag Shrivastava, Professor, ABV - IIITM from Gwalior, India
Ms. Mariyam Visam, Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Economic Development from Male, Maldives
Ms. Nasrulla Adnan, Co-founder and CTO, Lottiefiles from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Sreenivas Rajan, Consultant, Holistic+Knowledge from Ahmedabad, India
Mr. Shivam Soni, Founder and CEO, Miashka Diamonds from Delhi, India
Dr. V. K. Arora, Chief Executive Officer, IGDTUW Anveshan Foundation from Delhi, India
Mr. Hussain Jinan, Co-founder & CEO, SparkHub from Male, Maldives
Mr. Hemant Lodha, Director, SMS Ltd. from Nagpur, India
Prof. Sachin Mandavgane, Associate Professor, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) from Nagpur, India
Dr. Mohit Dubey, Chief Executive Officer, AIC-MIT ADT Incubator Forum, MIT ADT University from Pune, India
Mr. Mahesh Rakheja, Technical Public Speaker & Cyber Security Trainer from Nagpur, India
Mr. Dibyesh Giri, Founder, Smart Tech Solutions from Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr. Manoj Jha, IT / HR / Business Strategy Expert / Startup Coach from Hyderabad, India
Dr. Shraddha Ozha, Head of Entrepreneurship Cell, Army Institute of Technology from Pune, India
Mr. Sumesh Menon, Chief Information Officer, DataFortune from Pune, India
Mr. Kaustav Chatterjee, Founder & CEO, Green Vigil Foundation from Nagpur, India
Ms. Akanksha Sanghi, Founder & CEO, Scarab Ideas from Mumbai, India
Mr. Anil Alex, Sales Leader - India & ANZ, Portescap from Mumbai, India
Dr. Tejashree Shah, Manager - Collaborations and Programmes, iCreate from Ahmedabad, India
Mr. Praveen Nagda, Chief Executive Officer, Peregrine Public Relations Pvt Ltd from Mumbai, India
Mr. Nitin Katiyar, Founder & CEO, Kratin Group from Nagpur, India
Mr. Koustubh Bhattacharya, Chief Operations Officer, Udaipur Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Udaipur, India
Dr. Dwarika Prasad Uniyal, Pro- Vice Chancellor, R V University from Bangalore, India
Mr. Kapil Sharma, Founder & CEO, PADHARO from Udaipur, India
Mr. Tushar Vadera, Co-founder & CTO, Innolat Technologies from Raipur, India
Mr. Yash Brahmabhatt, Program Manager, Zone Startups from Mumbai, India
Mr. Pramod Pampatwar, Director, Jhulelal Institute of Technology from Nagpur, India
Mr. Rishabh Verdia from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Udaipur, India
Mr. Manish Godha from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Udaipur, India
Mr. Karan Agrawal from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Udaipur, India
Ms. Anita Rao, Executive Member, Vidharbha Industries Association from Nagpur, India
Mr. Aditya Shah from The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), Udaipur, India
Mr. Keshav Daga, Director, Plastisurge from Amravati , India
Mr. Quais Hussain, Telved from Nagpur, India
Mr. Rahul Soman, Founder & CEO, Wacation on Wheels from Nagpur, India
Mr. Manish Khanchandani, Co-Founder, Khichadiwala from Nagpur, India
Prof. Hemant Deshmukh, Dr Ambedkar Institute of Management Studies and Research from Nagpur, India
Mr. Preetam Dhengle, Co-founder, UniVEse Virtual Arcade from Nagpur, India
Mr. Sagar Kirtane, Co-founder, WebBeta Solutions from Nagpur, India
Mr. Sourav Ganguli, National Placements Head, iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. from Bangalore, India
Dr. Priya Ranjan, Scientist & Former Head, Capacity Building & Training Div, Central Silk Board from Bangalore, India
Mr. Kishore Godithi, Co-founder, UniVEse Virtual Arcade from Nagpur, India
Mr. Tanveer Mirza, President, Yashodhara Foundation from Nagpur, India
Mr. Tasvvar Ali, Technical Expert, GIZ India from Aurangabad, India
Mr. Dwarika Singh, Managing Director, ITSC Technologies Pvt Ltd from Bhopal, India
Mr. Moncy Issac, Former Deputy Secretary, Central Silk Board from Bangalore, India
Mr. Rajesh Pugalia, Founder, Sabzilana.com from Nagpur, India
Mr. Ajay Sharma, IBM from Hyderabad, India
Mr. Avi Kumar Ujjawane, Managing Director, Aviven Engitech from Nagpur, India
Pre Finale Rounds Jury Members
Mr. Anil Alex, Sales Leader - India & ANZ, Portescap from Mumbai, India
Dr. Charvi Mehta, Technical Expert & Policy Lead, GIZ India from Delhi , India
Dr. Hemanth Nandigala, Owner, Virchow Biotech from Hyderabad, India
Mr. Prasad Digikar
Prof OP Sharma
Suhas Budhe, Managing Director, Biocare India Pvt Ltd from Nagpur, India
Mr. Hemang Vaidya, Technology Analyst, iCreate from Ahmedabad, India
Mr. Viren Mistry
Mr. Manish Jain, Founder, Swaraj University from Udaipur, India
Lt Col Prasad SN, PhD, Chairperson - Accreditations, Chief Quality Assurance Officer, SDMIMD from Mysore, India
Mr. Manoj Jha , IT / HR / Business Strategy Expert, Former CIO & Head of IT - BEML Ltd from Hyderabad, India
Mr. Sumesh Menon, Chief Information Officer, DataFortune from Pune, India
Mr. Praveen Kanda, Founder & CEO, Innodeed Systems Pvt Ltd from Raipur, India
Mr. Vijay Anand, Founder & CEO, The Startup Centre from Chennai, India
Mr. Sourav Ganguli , National Head Placements, iNurture Education Solutions from Bangalore, India
Mr. Shreedhar Ramamoorthy , Co-founder, Bionic Environmental Solutions
Mr. Amitabh Vyas, National Scouting Lead, Unltd India from Mumbai, India
Mr. Tanveer Mirza, President, Yashodhara Foundation from Nagpur, India
Mr. Atul Gupta, Director, Excel Controlinkage Pvt. Ltd from Nagpur, India
Ms. Rashmi Khurana, Director- Partnership, Regional Head - West India, Wadhwani Advantage, Wadhwani Foundation from Pune, India
Finale & Grand Finale Jury Members
Mr. Atul Gupta, Director, Excel Controlinkage Pvt. Ltd from Nagpur, India
Mr. Chintan Bakshi, Chief Executive Officer, Startup Oasis from Jaipur, India
Mr. Deepak Chandran, CFO, Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, Angel Investor, IP Ventures from -, Singapore
Mr. Prajakt Raut, Co-Founder, Applyifi from Delhi , India
Mr. Raghu Cavale, SVP & Head India Business, Infosys from -, India
Mr. Shankar Kumar, Advisor, GIZ India from Delhi , India
Mr. Nagraja Prakasam, Impact Investor, Partner - Acumen Fund from Bangalore, India
Mr. Vatsal Kanakiya, Chief Technology Officer, 100X.vc from Mumbai , India
Mr. Dheeraj Saxena, Director (Engineering), Portescap from Mumbai, India
Internal Jury Members
Mr. Deepak Menaria, Founder & CEO, Lemon Ideas from Nagpur, India
Lt. Col. Saurabh Shah (Retd), Vice President - BD & Partnerships, Lemon School of Entrepreneurship from Vadodara, India
Mr. Mukesh Ashar, Co-founder & Chief Mentor, Lemon School of Entrepreneurship from Nagpur, India
Mr. N. Girish Raju, Lead Startup Catalyst, Lemon Ideas from Nagpur, India
Mr. Nitin Gujarathi, Chair - Technology, Lemon School of Entrepreneurship from Nagpur, India
Mr. Mohan A, Consultant, Lemon from Visakhapatnam, India
Some of the jury members have contributed across the stages hence, you would have found few of the names overlapped across stages. The beauty is that internal jury members contribute until the regional rounds only, from pre-finale engagement onwards, the internal team at Lemon becomes the part of the participating startups and starts giving many of the intellectual inputs to them. Hence, in the further assessment process of the competition, the internal jury members are out or not being taken into consideration.
We would once again like to extend our thank you to every single jury member listed on this blog article for all the time, effort, passion, patience and interest you have devoted into Innopreneurs. With the competition coming to an end, we hope to see you again next year and thank you for contributing to the next generation of entrepreneurship.
If you have any questions and/or are interested in getting involved, please do not hesitate to contact us at innopreneurs@lemonideas.in