Our team understands tech & span industries & domains
Advisory Board
Dr. Ajai Garg
Director at Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Has authored more than 20 Research Papers and holds 2 Patents.
Expertise in IPR, e-governance, emerging technology trends & new digital paradigms
Girish Shivani
Co-founder of YourNest
26+ years of experience across domains like IT consulting, Telecom, Media, and Financial Services
Specializes in Early-Stage Venture Capital investing, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics.
Dr. Mohan Kaul
Vice Chair and member of the board of Indo-UK Institute of Health
An influential and recognized policy adviser, business leader & a social entrepreneur
Served as Chairman of Global Investment Advisory Ltd & Executive Chairman of Commonwealth Investment Corporation
Sanjay Vidyarthi
Co-founder of Agritech Enablers Pvt Ltd, and Bharat to India Connect (B2Ic)
MD/CXO of 2 NASDAQ listed and an NYSE listed companies
34+ years of experience across IT, Telecommunications, Services & Social sector
Proficiency in market expansion, team building & leadership
Sameer Gupta
Director at Haldivita
30+ years of global experience in Managing Organizations, Business Development & Financial Operations.
Helping businesses grow by defining goals, developing financial model and devising growth strategy
Sanjeev Kakkar
An alumnus of IIT-D & BITS
Co-founder of RT Outsourcing Services -reverse logistics, hardware service, and IT waste management.
Sanjeev led the company into 4 rounds of VC funding and exits.
Exited the company in 2011 and founded an incubator, Aegis
Tripti Singhal Somani
TEDxSpeaker ,CA, MSMEs Success Coach & Founder of a woman incubator “Womennovator”
Brings a decade plus career with PwC, GT & World Bank, ecosystem in Finance, Strategy, Governance, Market Validation & Fund Raising
Contributing as “Policy ChangeMaker” for Govt to support Women & MSME entrepreneurs
Yamini Bhushan Pandey
CEO of AIC Indian School of Business
Yamini is an IIT Mumbai alumnus and a Tech Startup Founder (Y Combinator Startup School Graduate)
Experienced in Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Worked closely with all the prominent Ecosystem Partners, Technology Incubators, Investment firms & Govt. entities
Board of Directors
Rajeev Seoni
Director & Co-Founder
B.Tech IIT-BHU, M.Tech IIT Kanpur, and an MBA.
24 years of experience in a CIO role,
12 years in EY India and earlier in Hughes Software, HCL Infosys, Delhi Stock Exchange.
Served in the Indian Navy for over 2 decades with significant contribution in Warship Design.
Mohit Arora
Director & Co-Founder
An Entrepreneur with experience in building scalable & profitable business models,
Was in core team of via.com & had a successful exit in 2010,
Ex Director & Board member of Zillious Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Leadership Team
Vikram Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO
BE NITK Suratkul,
PGD in International Business IIFT,
An entrepreneur turned angel investor,
Years of experience in implementing strategies & building synergies through business development
Mohit Arora
Co-Founder & CFO
An Entrepreneur with experience in building scalable & profitable business models,
Was in core team of via.com & had a successful exit in 2010,
Ex Director & Board member of Zillious Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Hemlata Varlani
CMO & Lead-Impact Investment
An alumni of Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) & is a triple postgraduate, in the fields of Marketing, PR & Advertising
24 years of proven and blended experience with global brands, start-ups and social enterprises.
DFAN Team
Jai Jeevan Roy
Senior Business Analyst
Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology ( BSc MLT ) & Post Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration from INLEAD College, Gurugram. 7+ Years of experience in medical administration at Fortis & Max Healthcare
Saloni Rai Verma
Admin & HR
Bachelor of Arts from Gwalior, MP.
15+ years of experience of managing administrative work in various private companies and bank
Gauri singhal
Intern
Pursuing economics honors from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Interested in finance and investment, consulting, and startup valuation.
Anshul
Intern
Anshul is a graduate of Hindu college delhi university. During his college, he worked with companies like EY, DFAN, etc. After college, he joined Bain and Company and was an analyst for 8 months.