Mentors

Our Mentors

Gov Shekhar Dutt, SM (Retd.)

Member, IIPA Former Governor, Chattisgarh Former Dy NSA & Secretary NSCS Former Defence Secretary

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

Board of Advisor, IIMUN Former Chief of the Air Staff

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

Former Chief of the Air Chief

Admiral Karambir Singh, PVSM, AVSM, ADC (Retd.)

Former Chief of the Naval 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.)

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

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, ADC (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, ADC (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, ADC (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

Dr G Shreekumar Menon, IRS (Retd)

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

Lt Col V S Velan

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

Major Amit Bansal (Retd)

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

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 J S Sahambi

Prof, Electrical Engg, IIT Ropar

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

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”.

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

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

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)

Prof. Dipankar Banerjee

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

Prof (Dr) Bhavna Agarwal

Professor & Director, KCC Institutes, Gr Noida

Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri

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

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

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