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Kaustubh Dhargalkar (KD)
Kaustubh Dhargalkar is a B.Tech (Electrical) from IT- BHU, MMS form Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and a Ph.D. from Mumbai University in Design thinking and Corporate innovation.
An entrepreneur-turned-academician & innovation evangelist, speaker at TEDx platforms, he founded three companies from 1990 to 2005 in the domain of Machine tools and automation.
He sold his commercial interests in these companies in 2005, and then plunged into academics & research. He was the Associate Dean – Business Design & Innovation at Welingkar’s WeSchool.
He is a Mentor at The Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Enterprise, at IIM-Ahmedabad and Jury & Mentor for Economic Times – Power of Ideas contest. He is currently Director & Head of Innovation – Opulent Infotech Pvt.Ltd. and Partner – Springs Innovations.
He is also a Mentor & Master Trainer with the National Entrepreneurship Network. He has mentored 100+ startups over the past eight years. He has won several national and international awards in the areas of innovation.
He has also been recognized by the Government of India with ‘Entrepreneurship Educator & Mentor Award’ by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Government of India) jointly with Intel, British Council, EDII & NEN in March 2015. He is a regular contributor in various national and international journals, including Contributor writer for Knowledge@Wharton, the official newsletter of Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. His core areas of interest and expertise include Design Thinking & Innovation, Disruptive Business Model Creation, Scenario Building and Entrepreneurship Mentoring.
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Kaustubh Dhargalkar (KD)
Kaustubh Dhargalkar is a B.Tech (Electrical) from IT- BHU, MMS form Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and a Ph.D. from Mumbai University in Design thinking and Corporate innovation.
An entrepreneur-turned-academician & innovation evangelist, speaker at TEDx platforms, he founded three companies from 1990 to 2005 in the domain of Machine tools and automation.
He sold his commercial interests in these companies in 2005, and then plunged into academics & research. He was the Associate Dean – Business Design & Innovation at Welingkar’s WeSchool.
He is a Mentor at The Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Enterprise, at IIM-Ahmedabad and Jury & Mentor for Economic Times – Power of Ideas contest. He is currently Director & Head of Innovation – Opulent Infotech Pvt.Ltd. and Partner – Springs Innovations.
He is also a Mentor & Master Trainer with the National Entrepreneurship Network. He has mentored 100+ startups over the past eight years. He has won several national and international awards in the areas of innovation.
He has also been recognized by the Government of India with ‘Entrepreneurship Educator & Mentor Award’ by the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Government of India) jointly with Intel, British Council, EDII & NEN in March 2015. He is a regular contributor in various national and international journals, including Contributor writer for Knowledge@Wharton, the official newsletter of Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. His core areas of interest and expertise include Design Thinking & Innovation, Disruptive Business Model Creation, Scenario Building and Entrepreneurship Mentoring.