INSTITUTION'S INNOVATION COUNCIL
Professor and Director of the Department of Entrepreneurship Education at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India.
He co-chairs the Post Graduate
Programmes Executive Committee.
With expertise in entrepreneurship
education, he trains and mentors both
budding and established entrepreneurs.
He leads the “Hastakala Setu Yojana”
project, mentoring over 20,000 traditional
artisans in Gujarat. Dr. Acharya engages
with startups at the incubation centre to
ensure their growth and sustainability.
He teaches courses in New Enterprise
Creation and Entrepreneurial Finance,
supervises FPM students, and conducts
various development programs for the
Government of Gujarat and the Ministry
of Education. He is also involved with
industry associations like FICCI, CII,
and GCCI, supporting innovation,
entrepreneurship, and intellectual
property initiatives.
Dr. Acharya has received the prestigious ‘National Teachers’ Award 2023
from the Hon’ble President of India,
Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 5th September 2023.
Received AICTE’s Lilawati Award 2020 as first runner up in the sub-theme
‘Women Entrepreneurship’ by presenting unique intervention
caried out under the overall theme ‘Women Empowerment’ on 11th April 2021.
Chief Executive Officer
Maxbyte Technologies Coimbatore
Mr Ramshankar has done his PG degree in Product Design & Commerce from PSG College of Technology. He has done his B.E in Mechatronics Engineering from Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology. He started his career as Technologist (design Automation) in GE Aviation in the year 2008. He had played a role of Senior Engineer and Assistant Manager in ZF Wind Power Technology during 2013-2015. He was a business consultant in Tech Mahindra. Currently he is a Chief Executive Officer in Maxbyte Technologies since 2016.
Senior IP Attorney
LS Davar & Co
Kolkatta
Antriksh Mishra is currently a Senior IP Attroney at L S Davar and Co. Before joining in the current role Antriksh has worked with Tier 1 IP law firms in India, and as an Patent and Copyright expert with the in house IP team of Tata Consultancy Services. Antriksh Mishra’s practice encompasses many aspects of IP law, with an emphasis on patent drafting, prosecution, client counseling, and advising clients on Intellectual Property commercialization and litigation strategies. Antriksh Mishra has a techno-legal expertise across multiple industries including, software, automobile, communication systems, electrical equipment’s, mobile applications, manufacturing and consumer electronics. Qualified as an Indian Patent Agent in 2016, Antriksh also expertise in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, for EPO and USPTO, IP transactional agreements, patent oppositions, trademark contentious and non-contentious matters, appeals and client advisory on patent, trademarks, copyright, design and contract related matters to corporates, startups, academic institutions, MSMEs, individual inventors, government.
Principal Attorney
LS Davar & Co
Kolkatta
Sonal Mishra is currently a Prinipal Attroney at L S Davar and Co. Sonal Mishra applies his techno-legal expertise in electrical, electronics, mechanical, communication technology and computer technology to patent matters. Sonal Mishra has a techno-legal expertise across multiple industries including, software, clean energy and renewables, steel, mining, automobile, communication systems, electrical equipment, mobile applications, manufacturing and consumer electronics. Qualified as an Indian Patent Attorney, Sonal also expertises in drafting and prosecuting patent applications, particularly for EPO and USPTO. Prior to joining Law School, Sonal worked with the Intellectual Property team at Accenture services Pvt. Ltd. He then joined Tata Consultancy Services as a Patent Attorney responsible particularly for drafting and prosecution applications across major patent offices including, but not limited to IPO, EPO, USPTO, JPO. Later, he joined an intellectual property law firm and worked there as an Intellectual Property specialist handling wide variety of matters including patent drafting and prosecution, Freedom-to-operate studies, licensing support, IP transactional agreements, patent oppositions, trademark contentious and non-contentious matters, appeals and client advisory on patent, trademarks, copyright, design and contract related matters to corporates, startups, academic institutions, MSMEs, individual inventors, government.
Founder and Managing Director
Thinkinnov Solution Technologies Private Limited
Chennai
Bala Sabari has done his PG degree in M.E (Product design and Commerce) from PSG College of Technology and UG degree in B.E (Mechanical Engineering) from Vellore Institute of Technology. He started his career as Dy Manager (PLM) in Mahindra & Mahindra in the year 2007. He was a PLM consultant in Berry-Wehmiller International Resources. He had played a role as Project Manager, Solution Architect, Technical Manager in Simens PLM Software. He had also represented different position in Nibana Solutions Private Ltd. Currently he is a Founder & Managing Director of Thinkinnov Solutions Technologies Private Ltd since 2017.
Founder & CEO Dhanvantri Biomedical Private Limited
Coimbatore
Ms. Sruthi Babu has completed her undergraduate engineering
degree in Biomedical engineering and her masters in
International Business. She is a certified Chief Innovation
Officer from Rochestor, New York.
She has published two patents.
She is a Social Innovator - BIRAC GoI, under the
program SIIP (Social Innovation Immersion Program)
call (2018-2019) for ageing and health and BIG Grante
call 14 2020-2021 at KIIT-TBI Odisha. Dhanvantri Biomedicals
is manufacturing World’s first wheelchair with inbuilt defecation
cleaning unit for immobile patients to wash themselves
after defecation and urination.