Clinical Mentor Forum
Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research and Business Incubation Foundation
Dr. Abhimanyu Kadapathri
HCG Cancer Center
Dr Chandrika Kumbam
Medical Director Even Healthcare
Dr. Ganesh Rao U
Restorative Dentist Curaden
Dental Clinic
Dr. Mahendra Kumar
Dr. Maneesh Sinha
Consultant Urologist NU Hospital
Dr. Murali Mohan S
Head of Neurosciences Sagar Hospitals
Dr. Naga Subramani
Dr. Prasanna Venkatesh
Managing Director NU Hospital
Dr. Srihari Sharma K N
Associate Prof.,
College of Physiotherapy
Dayananda Sagar University
Dr. Shruti Singh
Dr. Laxmi T Rao
Professor NIMHANS
Dr. Sudheendra M Rao
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon Manipal Hospital
Dr. Gursev Sandlas
Dr. Om J Lakhani
Endocrinologist Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad
Niranjan Andhalkar
Founder & Director ProRelix Research
Dr Amit K Jotwani
Dr. Sravannthi
Maya Founder & CEO The Raft
Dr Salman Khan R
Consultant ReAct Africa & Dure Technologies
Sugandhi Gopal
CEO Carditek
Dr Ramesh Karmegam
Co-founder Flying Organics Pvt Ltd
Brinchu Kunjumon
Founder & CEO Beverse Health
Dr Abhishek Pathak
Meena Dalal
Director TrialGuna
Dr Praveen Vadlamudi
COO Healmed Solutions LLC
Dr. Niyoti Khilare
Mr. Sudhir Ambala Patel
Founder and Director Quinary Clinical Research Pvt Ltd
Madhusudhan k
Consultant physician KIMS SUPERSPECIALITY HOSPITAL
Dr. Anoop Amarnath
Geriatrician Medicine Specialist Manipal Hospital
Mentors
Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research and Business Incubation Foundation
Ashim Roy
(Uber Diagnostics Pvt Ltd)
Ramanathan V
Startup Mentor – Society For Innovation And Development IISC
Vijayarajan A
Founder & CTO Innaccel
Ravi Ramaswamy
Sriram SL
Business Consultant
Saswati Ray
Senior Marketing Manager Mouser Electronics
Shyam Vasudev Rao
Arvind Tiwari
Iot Evangelist Multi Disciplinary, Futurist
Arjun Rao
General Partner Speciale Invest
Dr. Ashok Das
Shruti Singhal
Regional Head – Bangalore Indian Angel Network
Kaustubh Kailas Jadhav
Founding Partner SyndiCap Ventures
Shreyansh Singhal
Shyamnath Harinath
General Manager – Innovation & Digital Business Siemens Healthineers
Dr. Kiran Atre
Sr. Manager Applied Materials
Sanjay Pithadia
Amit Kumar Rathi
Managing Director Unitus Fund
Shashi Bhushan
Plaftform Creator GTM4Health
Anant R Koppar
Venkatakrishnan S
CTO & Head – Research & Development Forus Health Pvt Ltd
Nilanjan Chaudhuri
Advisor And Mentor Business Growth & Acceleration
Sathya Pramod
Inflection Point Ventures
Somshubhro (Som)
Co-Founder/Chair IOTforum/IOTnext Partner Bharat Innovation Fund
Vedanarayanan V
Sme Business Head Razorpay
Siva Ramamoorthy
Dr. Renu Mukunda
Director – Social Innovation Cherysh
Dr Chaitra Harsha
Vipragen Biosciences Pvt Ltd
Dr. Sathya Gupta
Dr. Shweta Chawla Bhatia
Institute Innovation Ambassador PhD (Tech) Nanotechnology
Karuna Jain
Co-Founder and Partner Enzia Ventures
Neeraj Lal
Sumanyu Sharma
Portfolio & Innovation Social Alpha
Shikha Pillai
Head Strategy Siemens Healthineers Development Center
Veerendra Shetty
Lokesh Boregowda
Director Samsung R&D Institute
Maheen Khan
Lead – Accelerator Program Mathworks
Avinash N Bhat
Kalyan Varma
Global Business Field Manager TUV Rheinland Pvt Ltd
Dr. Manoj Kumar
Director ST Microelectronics
Our Startups Speak
We came up with a startup idea for the PACE program by the DERBI foundation. The PACE program helped us build an effective business model and learnt about different aspects of starting up through renowned mentors from the industry and PACE actually gave us the PACE we needed for our startup.
Mr. Meghraj Kumbar
Deep tech products require a lot of research. However, commercializing research is tough as enterprises today are not very research-oriented, or startups cannot make an enterprise-ready product without research. Being a part of Derbi helped us bridge the gap between product research and productization due to the availability of mentors, academic experts and business experts on the same platform. It is a very rare mix in industry, and Derbi truly has brought the two biggest aspects of the success of a deep tech product. We also benefited from the government connections, monthly mentoring meetings, access to talent, workspace and lots more.
Mr. Madhu
YES! DERBI Foundation so far made a significant contribution to the remarkable progress of SOUJHE in just a few months. DERBI helped us develop industry connections, which in turn expedited the customer onboarding process. In-house mentors guided me to come up with a suitable business as well as a commercialization plan. Received early-stage funding. Got access to a very strong network to grow at must faster pace
Mr. Soumitra
It has been an amazing journey getting associated with Derbi and the team. As a startup, we encounter many difficulties; It makes it so much easier when you get strong people backing you. Monetary is another thing, Connects, Strategy, Team. Derbi makes sure someone is there in helping its startups.
I have seen multiple startups gain from the experience and infra support of the DERBI team. They are an extended arm of your company during its early stage.
Mr. Mohit Ambani
The object of our Startup is to offer Last Mile Healthcare Solution. We are trying to address the gap in quality healthcare in rural & semi-urban India. We aim to establish a Health Kiosk to connect the Urban healthcare ecosystem. The PACE Program in DERBI Foundation was a fantastic journey for us. The guidance & learning will help us in our Startup journey.
Mr. Suprokash Goswami
Program to accelerate the creation of entrepreneurs was an exceptionally well-tailored course to suit the needs of a startup. The mentors were highly knowledgeable and had an engaging approach. During three months, What I gained was efficiency, organization, clarity of concepts and above all, a lot of less stress. The course content met my expectations to improve my capability in a very competitive marketplace. I would recommend this program to every startup. Thanks to DERBI and Wadhwani foundation for coming up with this truly beneficial concept of showing us the roadmap to entrepreneurial success.
Dr. Binita S. Tunga. PhD
Derbi is making a lot of effort to help startups move ahead. Unlike many other programs, they are more hands-on in their approach. Derbi has partnered with professional organizations that provide great insights on product and business sides. They also put a lot of effort to bring in the best people available to help the startups. Lastly, they take feedback (however trivial) seriously and make an effort to improve on it.
Mr. Rohan Aggarwal
The PACE program, an initiative from DERBI Foundation, has been a great experience for us. The program scheduled in phases over 3 months was very useful, as it helped us revisit our basics at every phase and re-look at some of the assumptions. The best part of the program is the opportunity to interact and learn from the mentors, some of the best minds in the industry. Active engagement and constant feedback from Natarajan Sir and team have been very valuable for us.
Ms. Vinoudini Boj
Carbon hubs was mainly started due to the pollution problem of India, and unlike other technology, carbon hubs has a unique way to reduce pollution along with particular matter, and DERBI pace problem has helped me to network with industrial mentors and helped me gain knowledge of the market
Mr. Shalom Kingston
I am Sachin Dubey, the CEO of Module Innovations. I was selected for the DERBI, EMERGE program. EMERGE is one of the most exciting programs attended due to its design and invited speakers. The customized approach was new and not found in many other programs that I have attended
Mr. Sachin Dubey
PACE was a great 3-month program for early-stage start-ups like ours. It helped us in structuring our thoughts and getting better clarity on our business model.
Ms. Dhannya
Being selected by DERBI for incubation has been the best thing that has happened to HeartHealth Technologies since its inception in 2019. The HealthTech focus has given us exposure to Customers, Partners and Investors – from India and Globe. The mentorship has led to a refinement in our Product strategy and Go-To-Market plans and subsequent validation by Tier-1 Customers and Investors.
Thank You, Team DERBI, for guiding us through the early stages and setting us well on the way to success in a competitive market!
Mr. Ravi Chivukula
Mr. Jayakanth Kesan
This is an excellent program, and it gives a 360-degree perspective about various aspects of a startup from problem definition, business models, IP, and Go to market. The commitment shown by the ‘DERBI Team’ is great.
Helped me a lot in introspection and improvisation. I would recommend all entrepreneurs participate.
Mr. Mahadevan.P
The accelerator program EMERGE 2020 by DERBI FOUNDATION is a game-changer; it provided last-minute course corrections, funding support and, the biggest of all, business opportunities in the South of India, which was not even in our initial expansion radar.
Dr. Pankaj Parashar
DERBI’s PACE has helped EdubioSkills refine its Digital presence and Online sales/marketing. The program helped us refine the go-to-market strategy for the existing range of products based on a customer-centric approach.
I recommend the PACE program for early-stage startups in the Education & Healthcare sector.
Dr. Prabhakar Kulkarni
