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.