Ridhish Talwar

Mentor

Head - Programs at AdvantEdge VC

*60-day Founder's Adda program*

Key instrument in looking to identify and help build the next set of "Indicorns" (i.e. Companies valued at INR 1000 crore).

Chandrima Sinha

Mentor

Vice President at Invest India

*Leads the multi-stakeholder initiative, India Investment Grid (Grid)
*Previously, Director, at the IDFC group *Over two decades of combined international and domestic experience in consulting, primarily at the public-private interface.
*Served on the boards of Uttarakhand Infrastructure Development Company Limited (U-Dec) and Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Ltd. (DIMTS).
*Led the investment promotion and facilitation activities across sectors, creating and building thirty sectoral teams

Vidur Vyas

Mentor

Ex VP Marketing at Hike Messenger

* Founder of NorthSide, a strategic business and brand marketing consulting company
* Over 22 years of experience across consumer packaged goods, mobile applications and business consulting.
*In his last 10 years, he has held senior leadership roles as VP Marketing for hike, Sr. Director for Nutrition and Beverage innovation for PepsiCo India Region and Chief Marketing Office (Sr. Director) for the PepsiCo Foods Business in India.

Through his career, he is credited for building powerful brands like Lay’s, Kurkure and Quaker in India and successfully launching many local innovations in the food and beverage space. Vidur also enjoys speaking on consumer topics and was invited for panel discussions at the Harvard Business School in 2012 and 2014 where he spoke about building brands in India and how e-commerce could shape the future of retail in India.