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entrepreneurship. He has published one book, the field of data analytics using R, Python, and their 'Grow Your Business' Programme. Area of Interest has authored 30 research papers for conferences and
11 manuals and two reports. Tableau. His PhD thesis applies advanced soft includes Techno-Entrepreneurship, Design Thinking, scholarly journals.
computing techniques such as rough set, fuzzy Digital Marketing, Business Opportunity Identification,
Ishwar Kumar rough set, formal concept analysis and many Innovations, and Life Skills Development. Harkesh Mittal
Ph.D. (Management), hybridized models of soft computing and B.Sc Dairy Technology
M.A. (Criminology) machine learning in the fields of finance and T. A. Nikita PGDMA
PGDBA (Marketing), Behavioural finance. C.A , M.Phil (Commerce) hkmittal@ediindia.org
PGDHR (Human Rights) afsa-a@ediindia.org
Alumnus of National Dairy Research Institute and IIM
ishwar@ediindia.org Rajib Roy
Ahmedabad, Shri Harkesh Mittal, Former Adviser &
PhD (Entrepreneurship) A teacher in the areas of Accounting, Costing,
Head, NSTEDB, DST, Govt. of India, has been
Teaching and research interests include rajib@ediindia.org Management Accounting, Taxation and Finance, she
instrumental in giving a new vibrancy to promoting
innovation and new product development, possesses over 18 years of experience in academia and
innovation and entrepreneurial acumen among a wide
brand management, strategic design An alumnus of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, and his PhD industry. Currently pursuing Ph.D. on the topic 'To
management, and public policy. Presently thesis is titled as “Developing a Framework for Study the Acceptance level of Technology in Personal section of Indian entrepreneurs ranging from grass-
attached with the Department of Business Measuring Entrepreneurial Intention among Finance with reference to different Demographics and roots industries to high-end deep-tech enterprises for
Science & Technology Students in India”. He nearly four decades. He was responsible for the
Development & National Outreach at EDII and Social - economic factors of Investors in Selected Cities
has done significant research in the field of conceptualisation and implementation of many
is engaged in managing activities related to of Gujarat'. At EDII, she is involved in teaching Post
entrepreneurship. His research has been innovation and entrepreneurship development
CSR, Cluster Development and MSME Graduate students and in coordinating key National
published in several peer-reviewed programmes. He continues to be a key figure in the
Development in India. Awarded with the international journals, namely, IEMJ, IJTDE, level programmes & mentoring research work of promotion of innovations & start-ups in India and his
Highly-Commended Emerald/AIMA Indian IJEVG, CS etc. PGDM-BE students, also coordinated TOT Mizoram ED
Management Research Fund Award in 2010. Programme. services are being used by many Governments.
He is on various high-level committees of the
Shibin Mohamed T.K
Government of India. In 2017, he was awarded the Best
Biswajit Acharjya M.E. (Aeronautical), Ganapathi Batthini
Mentor award by the Ministry of Skill Development and
PhD (Behavioural Finance & B.Tech (Mechanical) MLISc
Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India.
Soft Computing) shibin@ediindia.org ganapathi@ediindia.org
MBA, B.Tech Mayank Upadhyay
MBA (Finance and Marketing), An academician with 10 years of experience in A library and information science professional, with ACWA
B.Tech (Textile Engineering guiding various technology-based startups close to three decades of experience, he heads EDII's mayank@ediindia.org
biswajit@ediindia.org across the state of Kerala. Pioneered in library and information centre. His work comprises
institutionalizing IEDCs in various colleges. developing, managing and disseminating information in S p e c i a l i s e s i n t h e a r e a s o f f i n a n c e ,
An academician with diverse experience of 7 Being a UN-certified Empretec Programme business management, entrepreneurship, social and management accounting, project planning
graduate, mentored potential and existing
years in both industry and academia. He has engineering sectors. He is the Editor of the conference and strategic management, with extensive experience
student entrepreneurs across the state.
worked with various other reputed proceedings of MANLIBNET 2013: International in development banking, commercial banking,
Undertook various project initiatives of EDII in
universities of India. His research and Conference on Entrepreneurial Approaches to management consulting and NGO management.
Kerala as Facebook-Boost Your Business, DST-
publication span various topics such as – Librarianship, MANLIBNET 2019: Sustainable Involved in conceptualising and conducting of a number
TEDP's in Internet of Things and Blockchain
finance management, Behavioural finance, Librarianship, Editor of the conference proceedings of of national and international programmes in corporate
Technology, MEDP's for Rural Sector & Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship and Principal
Gold investment, Soft computing, Machine financial strategic planning and management,
Research Studies on startups. He is also
Learning, and Cultural heritage. Dr. Acharjya Author of Emerging trends in entrepreneurship project formulation and appraisal, microfinance and
certified as a Lead Trainer by Facebook for
attended many workshops and conference in research review of the Journal of Entrepreneurship. He management control systems.