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“Startup Business Solutions”

“Startup & Mentor Role”

Presented By,

Mr. Rohit Pawar*

M.B.A, M.Phil., Ph.D ( Pursuing)
Consultant & Business Developer
KITCoEK
INTRODUCTION
India is a nation of more than 1.3 billion people. Our
demographic dividend is skewed towards a sub 35
population and we have a requirement of adding more than
1 crore jobs each year. To meet this requirement, India
needs a collective effort from its sharpest brains – in each
corner of the country. For the crore new working force
entrants, learning the tricks of the trade – for whatever
endeavour it is that they want to pursue, is critical. The gap
is wide and the need for experienced mentors to come
forward and invest their time in nurturing talent even if its
just nudging them in the right direction has never been more
pressing.
ROLE OF MENTOR
Apart from helping the nation move forward, as a mentor,
will help in your startup as a

Recognized as a Startup India Mentor

Share his wisdom and experiences in businesses
Will try to Evolve your own thinking
Develop a new relationship
ROLE OF MENTOR
 Partner Services
Depending on the stage of mentee, mentor can recommend user
friendly curated partner services around cloud hosting,
application development, legal consulting and others
 Useful Templates

Mentor can find useful templates which can be used by respective

mentees
 Online courses

Mentor will recommend foundational courses around

entrepreneurship and other related topics
ROLE OF MENTOR
Innovation challenges for Market Entry programs
A host of innovation challenges across corporate can help
mentee find new market opportunities
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Rajeev Manjarekar (Pune)
 An expert in handling mid-size business operations with over two
decades of experience in channel management, banking, consulting
and startup ecosystem, I am making use of conventional strategies
with a blend of new age Technology and Data Science.
 Currently advising a few ventures on consolidation of their business
through M&A route as an Investment Banker and arranging funds
for the growth of few SME and Technology start-ups.
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Actively mentoring a few budding entrepreneurs in India, Australia and
USA. I am also associated with Faster Capital, UAE based Virtual
Incubator (fastercapital.com/mentor/rajeev-manjrekar.html) as a Mentor
and India Representative.
 earlier worked with Adecco S.A. as a Zonal Business Head and Strategic
Account Director, I was responsible for P&L of staffing business of its
Large Corporate Vertical in India. Prior to that I have worked in Banking
for almost 11 years. As a Client Banker with ICICI Bank, I played a
strategic role in providing commercial banking solutions to its CXO level
Corporate Clients. I have also headed the regional teams of ICICI Bank’s
SME and Mortgage Finance business.
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
Actively 41 startups mentored
👉 7 startups have successfully raised funding
👉USD 8mn invested till date
👉2 M&A deals closed
👉300 plus investor connections
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Ratnadeep Ranjan (Pune)
A strong techno commercial professional with over 40 years of
international experience including 25 years C-level management role in
challenging environment both inside and outside India. Has an established
record of growth in running businesses in international markets. Led
Companies both in the established and emerging information
technology /engineering businesses specially in area of integrated systems.
Started career as an commissioned Army Engineer officer in Corps of
Engineers and served for over 10 Years.
contact: 09765917266 rdranjan@hotmail.com
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Nilesh Shinolikar (Pune)
Nilesh is a serial Entrepreneur, Trainer, Counceller and a Mentor.
He sets and outlines for company’s technological vision,
implementing technology strategies, and ensuring that the
technological resources are aligned with the company’s business
needs. Nilesh has completed MCS. degree from Somaiya College,
Mumbai and MBA from Welingkar Institute, Mumbai. He has
over 10 years of experience in Software Design, Development
and Training. Along with two successful startups. He is also a
Visiting professor at Symbiosis Institute of Geo-informatics and
University of Pune since last 8 years. He has trained and
mentored thousands of students in Geospatial and IT industry.
LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
Nilesh is also a specialized corporate trainer and delivered
many training to executives, managers, and leaders in the
business world. also, he has mentored various startups out
of which few are incubated at Symbiosis incubation Centre.
His another startup 'MRIE' aims on shaping the student or
an employee's career. His contribution is not limited only in
the corporate word however he also makes equal social
contribution. He has initiated multiple activities for the
benefits of society and street dogs via his community
Duddy care foundation. His vision is to make India 'To be
the nation with an Army of Smart Dogs'. You can visit
https://duddy.care for more details.
Thank You