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GSF announces 2013 batch of Entrepreneurs in Residence Program in Asia
16 Jul 2013

Multi-city start-up accelerator, GSF that provides seed funding to promising Indian start-ups has announced its    2013  Summer    Program  by    introducing   group   of  Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiRs) in Asia.     

The 13  global   leaders   come     from   diverse     geographic  and functional backgrounds and range in    age   from   19   to   their  early   forties. They  have  worked  at  and   led   some of   the most  exciting companies in the world, reads a staement.            

Incepted in 2012 by Rajesh   Sawhney,  GSF is a tech accelerator backed by  20  Indian and five funds from   across the world. The program provides promising  startups in the mobile,  local,  social,  cloud,  and impact  spaces unparalleled  access  to  venture networks,  personalized and intensive  mentoring,  and initial  capital.       

2013 GSF Entrepreneurs in Residence  

Delhi 

Rishab  Malik: Rishab is an entrepreneur, a  sportsman  and  a  traveler  who  has  lived  in   five  countries    and  traveled   to    over  25. Raised    in   Delhi   and   educated   in   France,    Singapore,    and    the    US,    he  is    a    Founding  Member  of  the  Hub  Singapore  and  has  started  two    tech  companies  of  his  own  on  two  different  continents.  Rishab  studied  economics  at  The    University  of  Texas  and  also  has  an  MBA    from    INSEAD.         

Tanuj  Moore :  After  four  years  of  investment  banking  in  New  York,  Tanuj  followed  a  similar  journey    through    Food    Ka    Mood,  Mumbai’s  first  online  food  ordering  portal  which  he    founded   and  then    successfully  exited  in    2012.  He earned   his   undergraduate    degree Cum    Laude from    Ohio Wesleyan University.     

Marina   Zolotoverkh : Marina    brings  to  GSF  broad  consulting    expertise  in    IT,    finance,    and  capital    markets  as  well  as  in  marine  shipping  and  audit.  She is    an    avid    traveler,    diver,   and    a multilingual,   speaking English,    Russian,    Ukrainian as   well    as basic German and    Hindi.  Marina    holds   MSc  in Banking    &  Finance  from    University  of  Leeds  (UK)  a  Master’s  Degree  in  Audit  and  State    Financial  Control  from    Kiev  National  Economic  University  (Ukraine),    and  an  MBA    from    INSEAD. 

Adam Caplan: Adam comes to GSF from a career at the intersection of entrepreneurship and  development.  He  launched  the  Aga  Khan  Foundation’s  Impact  Investing    Initiative    and    has  a    passion    for  entrepreneurs  who    boldly    attack  pressing  global  challenges.  Restless  for new  cultures  and  people,  Adam  has worked  on four continents    in    the    past   year  and  holds  a   Masters    in  International  Business and Development  Economics  from  The  Fletcher  School  of  Law  and  Diplomacy  at Tufts University.     

Mumbai     

Vikul Goyal: Vikul  is    a  global  energy  guru  with  field  experience  in  Africa,  India,  and  the  Middle    East. Since  being  named  National  Talent  Search  Scholar  in  2000,    he  has  built  an    impressive  portfolio  that  pushes  the  next  frontier  of  energy  exploration    that  will   power    our   planet.        Vikul  holds  an  MBA    from    Harvard  Business  School  and  a  bachelor  of    technology  in  mechanical  engineering  from    Indian    Institute    of   Technology   (IIT),    Guwahati. 

Sanjay Jain: In more  than  two  decades  of  work  that  defies  definition  Sanjay    applied   his   talents    to    organizations  like  Coca-Cola,  Allianz  Group,  Bajaj  Allianz,  Ogilvy,  Times  of  India  Group    and  Reliance  Capital.  He has proven success record  of  challenging  leadership across diverse consumer  industries  of  FMCG,  Media,  Retail  Finance,  Investments, Insurance, Home and Commercial  Lending.  He    is an economics graduate and has a  PGDMM  in  marketing. 
   
Rachna  Manwani: You would  think Rachna has been preparing  to  be an EiR  her  whole career with  expertise in  customer  segmentation, traditional, digital and social  marketing analytics, market  research,  data  warehousing,  big  and  medium    data  solutions,  sales  force  strategy    operations  management.  She  has  a  MBA  from Chicago  Booth  School  of  Business,  a  Masters in  Management  Information  Systems  and  a  Bachelors  in  Biomedical  Engineering.           

Damini  Satija: Damini  is  a  student  at  the  University  of  California,  Berkeley  studying  Economics.  She    was  raised  in   England   and   India.  She    has    worked  with  social    entrepreneurs  in    both  London  and  Mumbai  in  the  areas  of  criminal  rehabilitation    and  'equity   based'    education    funding.       

South    (Bangalore  and Chennai)     

Brij  Bhasin: Brij  has  somehow  managed  to  live  most  of  his  life  in  either  one  of  the  hottest  (Nagpur,  India)  or  the  coldest  (Minneapolis,  USA)  places  in  world,    before    finally    landing    in    Bangalore.  Software    geek  by    training    and  startup    guy   by   nature,    he   is    a    serial    entrepreneur  with   over    10   years    of   experience    in   creation    and  delivery    of    Technology    products.   Brij  has  a  Bachelor’s  in  Computer  Science  from    University  of  Minnesota,    Minneapolis. 
   
Bhavna Toor: Bhavna    is  a    true   global    citizen,    having    grown    up   in    India,   Bangladesh,    Nigeria,    U.K.,  Tanzania,  and  the  U.S.     A    former  Miss  India  New  York,  actress,  model,  dancer,  TV    anchor,  and  avid  marathon    runner,    Bhavna’s   true    passion   is   providing  young  social    entrepreneurs  a  platform    to  affect  change.     She    has   an   MBA    from    New  York    University’s  Stern  School  of  Business. 
   
Srinath Gaddam: Srinath  recently  moved  from Boston to  India and  is   excited to build a strong ecosystem for  Indian  entrepreneurship.    He  has  been  a  project  manager  and  executive,    identifying  new  business  opportunities    and    launching  new   products    for  the  information  security  market.  Srinath  has  an  MBA    from    the  Indian  School    of    Business  in  Finance  and  Strategy,  and  an  M.S.  and  B.S.  in  Computer  Science  from    the    University  of  Massachusetts,  Amherst. 
   
Chris Kieran: Chris is  passionate  about  sustainability,  food and design. He  managed  the  research  programs  of  the  Yale  Center  for  Business  and  the  Environment  and  worked  at    a    San    Francisco  food-­‐tech    startup    before  co-­‐founding    the    New  York-­‐ based  crowdfunding  company  Zokos.  His    work  has    been  covered by  TIME, Forbes, Wired,  The  Wall  Street  Journal,  The  Financial  Times,  and The Economist. Chris has a Masters  Degree  from the  Yale  School  of  Forestry  and  Environmental  Studies.     

Jery   Althaf: Prior  to  becoming  a  Young  India  Fellow  in  2012,  Jery  cofounded  DialBlood.com,  an  initiative  to  connect  blood  donors  to  recipients  through a phone call. He is also on  the  organizing  team of  the  Global  Humanitarian Technology Conference in  Silicon  Valley. Jery did his engineering degree from College of  Engineering  Trivandrum and worked for a year at Mahindra and   Mahindra. 

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Nikhil
17 Jul 2013

Have met the Delhi team - truly rocking guys