Mentors

Our Mentors

Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik PVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Board of Advisor, IIMUN | Former Chief of the Air Staff

Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd.)

Former Chief of the Air Staff

Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)

Former Chief of the Naval Staff

Air Chief Marshal V K Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd.)

Former Chief of the Air Staff

Dr Arvind Gupta

Director, Vivekananda International Foundation | Former Dy NSA & Secretary NSCS | Former DG, MPIDSA

Mr A S Kiran Kumar

Member Space Commission | Former Chairman, ISRO | Former Chairman, Space Commission | Former Secretary, Department of Space (DoS)

Lt Gen (Dr) AKS Chandele PVSM, AVSM (Retd.)

Chairman, Geospatial World Chamber of Commerce | President, Def. Internal Security & Public Safety, GW | Director, Electronics Sector Skill Council of India | Advisor, Electronics Industry Association of India

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd.)

Former DG Military Operations (DGMO) | Former DG, CENJOWS | Council Member, USI | Board Member, CIEU

Lt Gen V G Khandare PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd.)

Chairman, CDF | Former Principal Adviser, Ministry of Defence (MoD) | Former Military Advisor, NSCS | Former DG DIA & DC IDS(Int), HQ IDS | Member - National Adv Committee, ISpA

Lt Gen S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Former Member, National Security Advisory Board | Former DG, CCCS | Distinguished Fellow, CAPS

Air Marshal Daljit Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

Former DG, Air Operations | Air Officer Commanding Operational Fighter Base | Former Defence Attaché – Thailand

Air Marshal A S Bhonsle AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Former Member of UPSC | Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations), HQ IDS

Lt Gen A B Shivane PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Former, DG Mechanized Forces Chief | Security Advisor, Economic Council of India | Advisor, Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS)

Air Marshal Sukh Chain Singh VSM (Retd)

Former Defence Attaché – Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos | Independent Director, KONKAN Railway | Former Advisor, Israel Aerospace Industries

Lt Gen Satish Dua PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

Former Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman COSC (CISC) | Former GOC, XV Corps

Air Marshal Anil Khosla PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd)

Former Vice Chief of Air Staff, IAF | Fellow - USI & CAPS | Strategic Advisor – Synergia Foundation

Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande , AVSM (Retd.)

Former, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (FCNI) | Former Flag Officer, Doctrines & Concepts

Air Marshal (Dr) Rajeev Sachdeva AVSM (Retd.)

Former Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Ops) | Former Commandant - College of Def. Management | Former Member Secretary, Defence Acquisition Council | Former Chairman, SCAPCC (MoD)

Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.)

Former FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command

Maj Gen (Dr) Pawan Anand AVSM (Retd)

Director – USI Centre for Atma Nirbhar Bharat & Technologies | Honorary Adjunct Fellow – National Maritime Foundation

Air Marshal B R Krishna PVSM, AVSM, SC (Retd.)

Former CISC, HQ IDS | Former AOC-in-C, Western Air Command

Air Marshal D Choudhury PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM (Retd.)

Distinguished Fellow, VIF | Former Commandant, National Defence College

Vice Admiral S N Ghormade PVSM, AVSM, NM (Retd.)

Former Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | Member - National Advisory Committee,Indian Space Association (ISpA) | Former Member, DRDO Review Committee

Lt Gen Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM (Retd.)

Former GOC-in-C, Southern Command

Maj Gen (Dr) R Siva Kumar (Retd.)

Dr Muralikrishna V Iyyanki

Prof (Dr.) Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi IAS (Retd.)

Former Chairman, NCVET | Former Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab | Distinguished Visiting Professor, IIT Ropar

Nagendra Nath Sinha

Former Secretary, MoRD & Ministry of Steel | Former Chairman, NHAI | Former Secretary (Border Management), MHA

Mr Vikas Khitha

Vice President & Head, L&T Precision Engineering & Systems

Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri

President, SIA-India | Chairman & MD, Ananth Technologies Ltd

Prof. Dipankar Banerjee

Director, IIST | Former Director, ARIES | Co-chair, Science Working Group of ISRO’s Aditya Mission

Mr Baliada Erappa Poonacha

Assistant Director (Retd.), Intelligence Bureau | Founding Team, SPG

Mr Sanjay Sahay, IPS (Retd)

Former ADGP, Karnataka | Founder & Director, TechConPro Pvt Ltd

Sanjay Beniwal, IPS (Retd.)

Former DG Prisons (Tihar Jail)

AVM Rajiva Ranjan VM (Retd)

Former ACIDS (ICT), HQ IDS | Former ACAS OPS (SPACE), IAF | Former ACIDS (PP&FS), HQ IDS

Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta VSM

Former DG – Defence Cyber Agency | Former ACNS (Submarines)

AVM (Dr) Devesh Vatsa VSM (Retd)

Advisor, Cyber Security & Critical Technologies, DSCI Nasscom

AVM Ajay Shukla VM (Retd)

Former ACIDS (ICT), HQ IDS | Former Air Advisor – DRDO | Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation

AVM Aketi Suresh Kumar VSM (Retd)

Former ACAS (Org & Cer)

AVM Pawan Kumar (Retd)

Former DG Defence Space Agency

Prof Vijaykrishnan Narayanan

Associate Dean for Innovation, Penn State Univ Robert Noll Chair Professor of Comp Sc & Engg and Electrical Engg Dir, Penn State Center for AI Foundations and Engg Systems.

Prof Maruthi Akella

Prof, Dept of Aerospace Engg & Engg Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin | Cockrell Family Endowed Chair in Engineering | “Asteroid 5376” named as “Maruthiakella”.

Dr G Shreekumar Menon, IRS (Retd)

Former DG, National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes & Narcotics, & Multi-Disciplinary School of Economic Intelligence India PhD (Narcotics)

Dr J S Sahambi

Prof, Electrical Engg, IIT Ropar

Air Cmde D Vedajna (Retd)

KMA with Airbus

Capt (IN) Anurag Bisen (Retd.)

Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation | Former Senior Defence Specialist, NSCS

Cmde (Dr) A P Golaya, VSM (Retd.)

Founder, GOGI Innovations | Former Oi/C TDAC | Indian Navy Former Senior Defence Specialist, NSCS

Dr Siddharth Shekhar Singh

Associate Professor of Marketing, ISB Independent Dir, NCDEX eMarkets Ltd Dir, DLabs (ISBs Incubation, Acceleration, and Investment arm)| Member, National Advisory Committee of ISpA

Dr Ranjana Kaul

Partner, Dua Associates VP, International Institute of Space Law (IISL) | Founding member of Spaceport SARABHAI (S2)

Brig Ranvir Singh (Retd)

Former Senior Vice President JP Hydro Vishnuprayag Hydel Project, Joshimath

Dr Krishnalata Singh

PhD | Sanskrit Educationist | Social Impact Author

Dr Ravinder Pal Singh

Investor: Deep Tech & Science Professor: Innovation & Entrepreneurship C-Level Leader: Tech & Engg | Member, National Advisory Committee of ISpA

Mr Atul Tripathi

Honorary Adjunct Fellow - National Maritime Foundation | Ex Prime Minister's Office (NSCS)

Prof Dr Naveen Coomar

Founder and Managing Partner, Naveen & Naveen | President, RIPA India | Vice President, Impetus Infotech | Former Senior VP, JP Hydro Vishnuprayag Hydel Project

Dr Sudhir Kumar N

Former Director, CBPO at ISRO HQ | Former Assistant Manager, Tata Steel

Lata Singh

GIS Strategic Partner, IBM | Former Director, CA Technologies (Cloud and Managed Services)

Dr Shanuja Beri

Assistant Professor at Kalindi University

Prof (Dr) Bhavna Agarwal

Professor & Director, KCC Institutes, Gr Noida

Lt Col V S Velan

Founder, Elena Geo Tech | Former Key Contributor – MoD Integrated Space Cell

Dr PVGS Jayaram

CEO, NextStrat TechVision LLP | Director, Indian Security System Secretariat | Joint Director, Space Operations – Space Control Center

Prof. Shveta Singh

PFS Chair Professor & Finance Area Chair, DMS, IIT Delhi | Coordinator, NFCG | Associate Editor, JAMR

Dr N R Nappinnai Seran

Senior Advocate - Supreme Court | Cyber Law Author & Speaker | Former Advisor – Maharashtra Cyber Policy & Investigation

Mahesh C. Sharma

Chairman & Managing Director, GDX Group | Chairman, AAP International (NGO) | Former Director, World Association of Detectives (WAD)

Dr Dipak Kumar Giri

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur | Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Singapore-MIT Alliance

Prof Pabitra Mitra

Head, Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, IIT Kharagpur

Shailendra Singh Bisht

Associate Dean, Centre of Excellence for Digital Transformation | Associate Professor, IBS Hyderabad

Major Amit Bansal (Retd)

CEO & Chief Mentor, Essel Group | Former Business Head – Adventz Group | National Head – FIITJEE Operations

Adv Puneet Bhasin

Honorary Advisor to UN Digital Public Goods Privacy Standard | Founder, Cyberjure Legal Consulting | Board Advisor, Centre for National Security Studies

Mrs Uma Sudhindra

Advisor & Adjunct Faculty, Rashtriya Raksha University | Member, Board of Governors, IIM Visakhapatnam

Dr Satarupa Bhattacharjee Kapoor

Regional Head of Business Development, AutoDesk | Founder & CEO, PristDel Pvt Ltd | Former Manager, RMSI Pvt Ltd

Prof Manan Suri

Founder, Cryan AI Solutions | Associate Professor, IIIT Delhi | Research Advisor, TCS

Prof Mayank Shrivastava

Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Co-Founder, AGNIT Semiconductors Pvt Ltd | Former Senior Engineer - R&D, Intel Mobile Communications, USA

Advisors

Advisors and Subject Matter Experts

Dr Rajesh Kumar

SPYM, Partner

Cdr Anupam Prasad (Retd.)

Cdr V K Rai (Retd.)

Dr Surpreet Chopra

Chairperson at S C Heart Foundation

Dr Kuldeep Raizada

Founder and Chairman at Akriti Group

Dr Nithiyanandam PhD

GEOINT Veteran, Professor @Takshashila Institution

Mr. Sameep Aggarwal

Information Security

Sqn Ldr Sameer Joshi (Retd)

CEO & Director, NewSpace Research & Technologies Pvt Ltd | Head of Aviation, McLeod Russel India | VP - Aerospace & Defence, Threye Interactive Pvt Ltd

Ms Rachana Lanewala

Diana Yohannan

Director-Spatial Labs AccionLAND Private Limited