IIT Ropar TIF (AWaDH)
Deep Tech R&D Driven Accelerator (TIH)
Somveer Anand
Mission Director
IM Punjab
Vijetha Shastry
Associate Director at Standard Chartered Bank
Hanisha Vaswani
Founder & Managing Partner
Majority Fund
Shashank Randev
Founder VC
100X.VC
Chanchal Bhoorani
Vice President, West Bridge Capital
Sweta Tiwari
VP-Venture Building
Alteria Capital
Kiran Joseph
Digital Sustainability PM
Syngenta
Amit Mishra
Co-Founder & Partner
3to1 Capital
Anubhav Tiwari
CIO, NIELIT-MeitY, Government of India
Neera Inamdar
Co-founder, Grex & Realx
Director, GAIN Accelerator
Zaran Bhagwagar
AVP-Startup Ventures
Xelpmoc
Prof. Rupinder Tewari
Mentor, TEC,
Punjab University, Chandigarh
Dr. Hemang Shah
India Engineering Lead
(Director), Qualcomm
Dr Ritesh Kumar
Pr. Scientist
CSIR – CSIO
Vaniya Dangwal
Head – Partnership
Headstart Network
Gautham S
VC Platforms
Blume Ventures
Mamta Bhardwaj
Sr. Scientist C
DST-Centre for Policy Research
Tushar Vadera
Lead, Headstart Investor Circle, Co-Founder, SetMyCart
Nikhil Muppavarapu
AVP (Incubation)
Tamil Nadu Technology Hub
Balaji Ayyangar
Lead Architect
Trikon
Dr. J.K. Pandey
Member – NASI, IWRA
Professor, UPES
Dr. Jayant Pawar
Assistant Director-IIE
Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth
Dr Deepak Motwani
Principal – Investor Relations, WEN
Harsh Pangi
Founder
IP-FY
Saurabh Trivedi
Founder, IP Samadhan
Partner, Agility Ventures
Dr Pushpendra Singh
Project Director,
IIT Ropar – TIF
Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee
Policy Engagement Specialist, IWMI
Mili Kataria
Founder
Pandora’s Box
Dr. Radhika Trikha
Chief Operating Officer
IIT Ropar- TIF
Kiran Vuppala
Head – Mazumdar Shaw
Medical Foundation – TBI
Mukesh Kestwal
Chieft Innovation Officer
IIT Ropar- TIF
Aman Sidhant
Investor, WestBridge Capital
Mayuresh Raut
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Seafund
Amit Gupta
Director – Practice Growth, Factoryal
Ajay Singh Rajawat
Manager (Support & Onboarding)
Digital India Bhashini Division – DIC- DIBD
Pradeep Dhage
Asst Innovation Director, Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt of India
Mentoring Support
Technology Development
Corporate & Govt. Network
Extended Team
Lab Infrastructure & R&D Support
Note: These terms are just for the overview, if you meet any of the criteria, do apply for the program.
AWaDH team will invite applications and entries from startups and entrepreneurs through rolling basis or by open innovation challenges.
The Metrics based screening will be done by internal committee. Startups with prior technology, innovation, IP and Patents shall be prioritized.
Participants have to go through internal pitch evaluation session in front of the IIT Ropar - Incubator Seed Management Committee (ISMC)
The startups selected through Internal Pitch will have to pitch Infront of the external expert committee consist of Investors, VC Firms and ISMC members.
Startups recommended by Incubator Seed Management Committee and Demo Day panel will be funded through Grant, Equity or loan (upto 50L)
We also invite your support in terms of potential investment opportunities in the showcased startups. We also extend an invitation for your support regarding potential investment opportunities in the showcased startups. We are pleased to mention that we are open to exploring joint investment prospects
We would like your support as a jury member to finalise the startups, and help us to decide on the quantum of funds that may be invested in them.
Discussion / MoU / SoI to support and enable deep-tech-focused startups and to launch initiatives at SAMRIDHI.
a total of 50 startups will showcase their technologies & products. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to engage with the startups on a one-to-one basis and explore their innovations firsthand. Also, recommend your startup to apply for the Exhibition
We are open to exploring joint investment prospects in startups that align with your vision, investment thesis and show promising potential. Investment models can be discussed together if you identify any startups during the pitching sessions that capture your interest.
To share in your wide network, communities, social media and recommendations for startups to Pitch / Exhibit.
Let’s collaborate and explore mutually beneficial investment avenues to drive the success of these startups and foster innovation in the industry. For the benefits of the deep-tech R&D focus startups, we have put together a corpus of 4 Cr INR fund to support 12 final shortlisted startups, with a cap of 50 Lakh max, depending on various factors, including requirement, stage, patent, product, revenue, market, team etc during the Conclave.
IIT Ropar - Technology Innovation Foundation (AWaDH)
cio@ihub-awadh.in
IIT Ropar - Technology Innovation Foundation (AWaDH)
ceo@ihub-awadh.in