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. Venkatesh Panchapagesan
Associate Professor of Finance and Chairperson NSRCEL
Anand Sri Ganesh
Chief Operating Officer
Ankita Pegu
Manager, Women Startup Program
Anna Babu
Incubation Program
Zeba Abida Ferzin
Administrative Support
Jacob C M
Manager, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program
Vikyath Nanjappa
AVP, Incubation Programs
Deepu Joseph Varghese
Mentoring & Launchpad Program
Nethravathi Dhannur
Manager, Legal & Finance
Saralaa Saravanan
Women Startup Program
Pranay Doni
Manager, Finance
Nihal Choudyal
Manager, Incubation Program
Shloka Sachdev
AVP, Marketing
Chaitali Pandey
Asst. Manager, Marketing
Abrar Torgal
Incubation Program
Jibin Mathew
Women Startup Program
Surabhi Yelsangikar
Manager, Launchpad Program
Shriyam Yagnik
Social Entrepreneurship
Nachiket Kulkarni
Sr. Manager, Social Entrepreneurship
Hema Shree Badarala
IICDC Program
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
Lead, Asst. 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
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
Entrepreneurship Chair at IIM Bangalore
Srivardhini K Jha
IIMB Young Faculty Research Chair - Assistant Professor - Entrepreneurship
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
NS Raghavan
Co-founder of Infosys, Investor, Advisor and Board Member at various organizations
Srinivas Prakhya
Associate Professor at IIMB - Consultant to companies, Visiting faculty at Carnegie Mellon University
Sanjay Anandaram
Board member, Co-founder NICEorg, Startup Mentor, Volunteer iSpirt, Board Member TiE Bangalore
Sabarinathan G
Associate Professor at IIMB - Advisor to venture capital funds
Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan
Director, IIMB Professor - Strategy
Aroon Raman
Managing Director, Telos Investments & Technologies
Parag Dhol
Venture Capital, Inventus India
Key Mentors
Suresh Bhagavatula
Associate Professor, IIM Bangalore
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
R.G Ambwani
Director, Klexserve Private Limited
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 Iyer
Board of Directors, EMMBI Industries Limited at Wissen Technology
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
P Somarajan
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