The people behind every student’s journey.
The founding team, advisors, members and mentors working to open doors for students in rural and Tier-3 colleges.
Mahesh Chillakuru
Mahesh Chillakuru is the Founder of Innovat Bharat Foundation, driven by a vision to make entrepreneurship an accessible career option for students in rural and Tier-3 colleges. With over eight years of experience in sales, business development, and marketing, he brings a practical understanding of building businesses, engaging customers, and creating growth opportunities.
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Mahesh Chillakuru is the Founder of Innovat Bharat Foundation, driven by a vision to make entrepreneurship an accessible career option for students in rural and Tier-3 colleges. With over eight years of experience in sales, business development, and marketing, he brings a practical understanding of building businesses, engaging customers, and creating growth opportunities.
His entrepreneurial journey includes building Mana Dukaan, alongside his work in social impact initiatives. His participation in Jagriti Yatra 2022 further strengthened his belief in entrepreneurship as a means to create opportunities and contribute to Bharat’s development.
Through Innovat Bharat, he is working to build an ecosystem where students can discover their potential, develop innovative ideas, build products, and become entrepreneurs in their own towns.
Suma Rowthula
Suma Rowthula, Co-founder of Innovat Bharat, blends a background in computer science with hands-on experience in social impact and healthcare partnerships.
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Suma Rowthula, Co-founder of Innovat Bharat, blends a background in computer science with hands-on experience in social impact and healthcare partnerships. From fundraising and community building to scaling strategic collaborations at Pyxill Health, her journey reflects a commitment to driving meaningful innovation. Inspired by her travels and cultural curiosity, she is building Innovat Bharat to empower ideas that create real-world impact.
As a fellow of the Jagriti Yatra, Suma has traveled across India engaging with grassroots entrepreneurs and changemakers, gaining first-hand insights into inclusive development. This experience strengthened her belief in building solutions that are locally relevant, scalable, and socially impactful.
Narayana Murthy
Narayana Murthy has two decades of experience and excels in driving business growth by formulating and managing data-driven projects.
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Narayana Murthy has two decades of experience and excels in driving business growth by formulating and managing data-driven projects. He oversees data collation and cleansing for data scientists, delegates tasks, and monitors their performance. By utilizing advanced statistical techniques, he generates actionable insights and ensures model reliability through cross-validation. He produces comprehensive reports on project outcomes and offers strategic recommendations, always staying updated on the latest advancements in Data Science and related fields.
As a lead data strategist, he collaborates with engineering teams and customers to identify and integrate new datasets, analyze trends and patterns, and develop data products that meet customer needs and objectives. He has partnered with prominent clients such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Uber across various domains including IT, retail, and logistics.
Amit Gupta
Amit Gupta brings varied experience in management, industry verticals, technology solution-providing, customer service, complex multi-tier sales and project implementation in the 22 years in the IT industry with national and multi-national organisations.
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Amit Gupta brings varied experience in management, industry verticals, technology solution-providing, customer service, complex multi-tier sales and project implementation in the 22 years in the IT industry with national and multi-national organisations.
He has also spent nearly two decades as faculty in management schools in India and Oman – general management, entrepreneurship and executive learning programs: workflow and processes, TQM, change management, leadership and talent nurturing and management.
Uday Kumar Tinnaluru
Uday Kumar Tinnaluru has 5+ years of industry experience and is currently driving a team as Senior Subject Matter Expert at Amazon India.
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Uday Kumar Tinnaluru has 5+ years of industry experience and is currently driving a team as Senior Subject Matter Expert at Amazon India. His expertise in adapting to new technologies to tackle dynamic challenges in a fast-paced environment makes him a suitable mentor for students interested in starting their own businesses.
Vishal Nagapal
Vishal Nagapal is a results-driven Quality Assurance leader with 15+ years of experience in IT Business Consulting and Management.
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Vishal Nagapal is a results-driven Quality Assurance leader with 15+ years of experience in IT Business Consulting and Management. He is ISTQB certified, with expertise in Investment Management, Banking, and Capital Markets. He has a proven track record of delivering high-quality solutions, driving innovation, and leading teams. He is currently leading projects at Hexaware Technologies, leveraging Agile, Waterfall, and cutting-edge testing tools.
Suresh Konduru
