People Behind ASPIRE

Meet Our Team

Industry-led professionals who gained experience to make the next generation lead the industry. 

Our Board of Directors

Prof. Shireesh Kedare

Director, IIT Bombay

Prof. K.V.K. Rao

Deputy Director (Finance & External Affairs), IIT Bombay

Prof. Milind Atrey

Deputy Director (Academics, Research and Translation), IIT Bombay

Prof. Sachin Patwardhan

Dean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay

Prof. Swaroop Ganguly

Professor-in-charge, IITB Research Park Foundation

Prof. Devang Khakhar

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Mr. Pradeep Goyal

Founder Chairman & MD, Pradeep Metals Limited

Dr. Hemant Kanakia

President, Kanakia Ventures

Dr. Nitin Kareer

Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra

Ms. Rekha Koita

Co-Founder, Koita Foundation

Prime Movers

Prof. Swaroop Ganguly

Professor-in-charge

Ms. Kameshwari Mangalampalli

Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Prerana Yadav

Manager (Industry-Academia Engagement)

Ms. Rama Parulkar

Executive Assistant

Mr. Vinay Gupta

Manager (Infrastructure)

Ms. Jefeena Sali

Assistant Manager (Infrastructure)

Ms. Renu Gandhi

Manager (Finance & Accounts)

Mr. Satyawan Morajkar

Associate (Finance & Accounts)

Ms. Nidhi Goel

Manager (Information Technology)

Mr. Uneet Meena

Associate (Information Technology)

Dr. Sneha Ranade

Senior Manager (Industry-Academia Engagement)

Ms. Tanvi

Assistant Manager (Industry-Academia Engagement)

At ASPIRE, the synergy of IIT Bombay’s intellectual prowess, cutting-edge R&D infrastructure, and the dynamic technology sector comes to life.
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Prof. Shireesh Kedare

Director, IIT Bombay

Prof. Shireesh Kedare officially took charge as the Director at IIT Bombay on May 6, 2024. He is a Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay, having earned his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1985 and completing his Ph.D. in 1992.      

Prof. Kedare has held several administrative roles at IIT Bombay and beyond, including serving as Professor-in-Charge of the Centre of Excellence in Oil, Gas, and Energy. With extensive industry experience, he has led initiatives in solar technology commercialization and rural technology development. He has contributed significantly to academia and industry collaborations, including as a board member of ONGC and IIT Madras.

Prof. K.V.K. Rao

Deputy Director (Finance & External Affairs), IIT Bombay

Dr. K V Krishna Rao is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and has over 30 years of experience in teaching, R&D and consultation in the area of Transportation Systems Engineering. He is presently the Deputy Director – Finance & External Affairs. He has a PhD in Urban Transportation Planning and a Masters in Transportation Engineering, both from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. His research interests include sustainable urban transportation planning, travel survey design and analysis, and urban land use transport modeling, among others. His contribution in preparing master plans for metro rail systems in the cities of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune and MMR in general is noteworthy. He has served as Dean and Associate Dean of Infrastructure Planning at IIT Bombay from 2006 to 2012 and was the Head of the Civil Engineering department from 2012 to 2017. He was conferred with the Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008, 2012 and 2016 by IIT Bombay. He is a member of professional bodies like ASCE, IRC, WCTRS, IUT and is represented on several technical committees of IRC and government agencies.

Prof. Milind Atrey

Deputy Director (Academics, Research and Translation), IIT Bombay

Prof. Milind Atrey is currently the Deputy Director – ART(Academics, Research and Translation) of IIT Bombay, INOX chair Professor of Cryogenics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He served as the Dean (R&D) of the IIT Bombay for over 4 years and as Professor-in-Charge of SINE (Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship), a business incubator at IIT Bombay for over 6 years.

Prof. Sachin Patwardhan

Dean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay

Prof. Sachin C. Patwardhan received the B.Tech. degree in chemical engineering from I.I.T. (B.H.U.), Varanasi, India in 1986, the M.Tech. degree in process control from I.I.T. Madras, India, in 1988 and the Ph.D. degree in systems and control engineering from I.I.T. Bombay in 1994 respectively. During 2000–2001 and 2008–2009, he held visiting positions at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, respectively. In 1995, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at I.I.T. Madras, India, as a Faculty Member and moved to I.I.T. Bombay, India, in 2001. He is currently a Core Faculty Professor of Chemical engineering at I.I.T Bombay and Dean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay. His research interests include nonlinear model predictive control, nonlinear Bayesian state estimation, fault tolerant control systems, and nonlinear system identification.

 

Prof. Swaroop Ganguly

Professor-in-charge, IITB Research Park Foundation

Prof. Swaroop Ganguly received the B.Tech. degree from IIT Kharagpur in 1999, and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. Thereafter, he worked in R&D roles at the University of Texas, Tokyo Electron Limited, and Freescale Semiconductor. In 2009, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay, where he is now Institute Chair Professor.  He has been a Visiting Scientist at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, and Visiting Faculty at the National ChaioTung YangMing University (NCYU) in Taiwan – also serving as the coordinator for IITB-NCYU collaboration. His research interests are in the domain of semiconductor technology and nanoelectronics, where he has been involved in R&D projects with Indian and global companies. He has led the Nanoelectronics Centre at IIT Bombay from 2016. He was Co-PI of the IITB Research Park since its inception until 2020.

Prof. Devang Khakhar

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Professor Devang Khakhar is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. Professor Khakhar did his B.Tech. from IIT Delhi in 1981 and his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1986. He joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay in January 1987, and has been with the Institute since then. Prof. Khakhar’s research interests include mechanics of granular materials and polymer processing. He has been recognised for his research by the Bhatnagar Prize and is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Science, India. Professor Khakhar serves as a member of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. He has served as Head, Chemical Engineering, Dean (Faculty Affairs) and Director at IIT Bombay.

Mr. Pradeep Goyal

Founder Chairman & MD, Pradeep Metals Limited

Mr. Pradeep Goyal was brought up in a family with a background of technical education and a drive to work for social causes. He completed his B Tech in Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Kanpur in 1978, graduating with the First Rank, for which he was awarded a silver medal by the President of India. He was also awarded the Best Metallurgist of the year by the Indian Institute of Metals. He completed Masters in Metallurgy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. After a small stint of work in the USA, Mr Goyal returned to India in 1983 to start PRADEEP METALS LIMITED which presently manufactures and exports machined forgings. He has been a fellow and later a Trustee of ASM International. He is conducting research in a novel process that manufactures steel using microwaves, and can potentially save energy and reduce greenhouse gases by 50%. He has held directorships and board positions in UPL Limited, Hind Rectifiers Limited, Technology Development Board, GOI, Janakalyan Sahakari Bank Limited, and National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology. He is also the Chairman of Ekal Abhiyan Trust, an NGO that runs over 100,000 single teacher schools in tribal areas of India, teaching 2.8 million children. He has been the Assistant Governor of Rotary International and a recipient of the Gandhi Peace prize for the year 2017.

Dr. Hemant Kanakia

President, Kanakia Ventures

An IIT Bombay alumnus, Dr. Kanakia pioneered a new type of switching fabric, which was used to build very fast data switches. He has patents on new ways of sending videos over packetized transport that have now become very core of video streaming services and a patent on ‘means and methods for fast routing of packets’, to his credit. Before joining Columbia Capital, he was founder and CEO of Torrent Networking Technology, co-founder of Photuris and Gemplex, inc. (now acquired by different companies). Previously, Dr. Kanakia served on the Board of Directors of many private companies as well as on the board of trustees for Virginia Tech and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Hemant Kanakia is focused on mentoring young entrepreneurs in India through India Angel networks in the sectors ranging from education, technology and healthcare.

Dr. Nitin Kareer

Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra

Dr. Nitin Kareer joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1988 with the objective of serving the public and positively impacting the lives of people. Working in several sectors across the State of Maharashtra, primarily in Revenue administration, Urban Development, Taxation, and Development administration have provided this opportunity in ample measure. He has been a recipient of the Satyen Mitra Award for the Best Adult Literacy Programme in the country in 1998 for the Sangli district. He has also been instrumental in full computerisation of the land transaction in the Registration Department in 2002 and has won the first prize at National e-Governance. He has been recognised internationally for his automated building plan approval system developed at Pune Municipal Corporation. He is also closely involved in the promotion of sports activities in the state of Maharashtra. Dr Nitin is continuously focused on ensuring the proper implementation of social sector schemes for empowerment of the public.

Ms. Rekha Koita

Co-Founder, Koita Foundation

Rekha is the co-founder of Koita Foundation, an organization which works with NGOs to build scale and enhance impact through process improvements and technology enhancements.  She has also been a corporate trainer for the past 10 years and specializes in business process consulting. Rekha was a management consultant at Accenture for over 8 years where her key focus areas included operations (business process re-engineering, ERP design and implementation, performance/profitability enhancement), and human resources (corporate governance, recruitment and training). Based on her experience in management consulting, Rekha conducts corporate training for leading Indian and multinational organizations. She also conducts training workshops for start-ups and NGOs in niche areas like problem solving and presentation skills. Rekha has done her B.Tech from IIT Mumbai in 1992, after she completed her Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University (USA) in 1994.