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Telangana, INDIA

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Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship

April 2024 – Till Date
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Incubation Centre & Corporate Relations,
Ashoka School of Business (ASB Hyderabad)

March 2022 – February 2024
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Osmania Technology Business Incubator,
Osmania University, Hyderabad

January 2021 – February 2022
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Lords Technology Business Incubator,
Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology

November 2020 – January 2021
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Technology Business Incubator,
Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab

September 2018 – October 2020
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Incubation Centre & Corporate Relations,
Ashoka Institute of Engineering & Technology

June 2017 – August 2018
Incubation Manager (Social Entrepreneurship)
Bala Vikasa Center for Social & Responsible Business,
SOPAR-Bala Vikasa (Canadian NGO)

June 2024 – Till Date
Startup Evaluator & Mentor
TN-RISE Women Startup Foundation,
Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Tamil Nadu

February 2024 – Till Date
Startup Evaluator & Mentor
Women Entrepreneurship Hub (WE-Hub),
Department of ITE&C, Government of Telangana

December 2023 – Till Date
Advisor – Techno Hub / Incubation Centre
Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI),
Institution of Engineers (IE-India)

December 2022 – Till Date
Institute Management Committee Member
National Skill Training Institute (NSTI-Hyderabad),
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

November 2020 – January 2021
Advisor – National Rural Entrepreneurship Mission,
Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education,
Ministry of Education, Government of India

Academics, Research & Development

August 2022 – August 2022
Selection Committee Member
National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM),
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology 

January 2021 – February 2022
Institute Nodal Officer
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) by IIT-Delhi,
Ministry of Education, Government of India

January 2020 – November 2020
Expert Evaluation Committee Member
National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT),
AICTE, Ministry of Education, Government of India

January 2019 – March 2022
Advisor / Expert
Engineering Reforms Section,
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

September 2018 – December 2019
Startup Evaluator & Mentor
Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC),
Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

March 2018 – December 2019
Empanelled Mentor – ATLs / AICs / ACICs 
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM),
NITI-Aayog, Government of India

April 2016 – May 2017
Associate Professor / Dean R&D
Bharat Institute of Engineering & Technology,
(Affiliated to JNTU-Hyderabad)

April 2013 – March 2016
Research Assistant (RA)
Groundwater Environmental Leadership Program (GelK), Kumamoto University, JAPAN

June 2011 – March 2013
Assistant Professor / OSD to Protem Chancellor
Koneru Lakshmaiah University, Guntur
(Deemed to be University)

January 2008 – May 2011
Research Analyst (Patents)
Intellectual Property & Science Division,
Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate Analytics)

June 2007 – December 2007
Geographical Information Systems Engineer
Satyam Computers (now Tech Mahindra)
NAVTEQ project of NOKIA Corporation

November 2005 – May 2007
Research Engineer Trainee
Pentagram Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.