A conscientious and internally driven individual with a creative and versatile personality who believes in living life to the fullest. A quick learner with strong analytical skills and a ruthless attitude to time management, who loves challenges, articulates abstract ideas with clarity and has a passion for excellence.

A Startup mentor, Angel investor & Cyber Security Leader with 15+ yrs experience in cyber security products and services with keen interest in Fintech, Ed-tech, Healthtech, Saas, Blockchain, IOT etc. He has worked with companies like Deloitte, Wipro, RSA and now British Telecom based in Singapore as Director of Cyber Security for South East Asia, Japan & South Korea region and since he has worked in various geographies like US, Europe APAC and Middle East, he understands various economies & cultures. He is a mentor to IIT Bomba School of Entrepreneurship. His first Tedx Talk in Sept 2020 talks about Cyber Crime and World of Hackers! He is a mentor and investor to many startups including Sepal, 2wheelr, Expertrons, Scripbox, Businessonbot, Dukaan, Even, Archer Infosec LLP and many more...his investment thesis revolves around tech driven startups with a scalability factor which genuinely focuses on solving a problem and also believes in engaging at a very early stage! Deric believes in the philosophy of enjoying other people’s success and enjoys working with startups to fuel their growth story!

B.Tech (Mech) IITB- 1992-96

Advice on how to deal with a business situation

An Automotive R&D and Product Innovation professional with over 30 years of Entrepreneurial and Corporate experience, and extensive experience of working with major OEMs / Tier-1 Suppliers worldwide. Has worked in leadership positions with Passenger Vehicle, Transportation and Agri-equipment OEMs on global Product Design & Development assignments. Currently working as an independent consultant on innovation projects with Tier-1 suppliers, helping with the integration of new materials and technologies into their next generation of products. Also works as a mentor/advisor and guest faculty with Design & Engineering Institutes worldwide, and is empaneled as a ‘Automotive domain expert’ with leading Management Consulting firms.

Mentor for large number of startups

R&D Scientist; Academics/Teaching; Mentoring Startups

Entrepreneur with successful startups in for profit and not for profit space. I mentor many entrepreneurs with a special focus on developing skills that they need to run a start-up.

Mentor for early stage startups

Presently VP in Permanent Magnets Ltd, Mumbai

An IIT-IIM graduate who is passionate about Strategy & Perfection. A risk-taker who likes to challenge the status quo, believes in an entrepreneurial approach to develop sustainable solutions. Corporate Strategy professional with more than 10+ years experience, handled M&A’s, value chains, new businesses and verticals from asset intensive to thin margins businesses. Having developed innovative strategies from large corporates to dynamic startups across different industries gives me an additional edge & insight to convert opportunities into businesses. The work experience includes collaborating with CXO's, MDs, Cofounders and Consultants from Bain & Co., GENPACT, KPMG, EY, Reddit Consulting, Universal Consulting & Others On Panel of Mentors for World Resource Institute & Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay to support and promote budding startups.

Full of Dynamism and Never Say Die! attitude, Sandeep Gandotra with his well crafted and highly scalable ideas bring Hope and Cheer to the Lives and Livelihood of over 1.3 billion Indian Population in this year of 2020 when job losses and scarcity is rampant. His Focus being largely towards Sustenance and Captive Economy. He was the first person who coined the word "StartupIndia" in year 2012 to promote entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, his startup was awarded Twice consecutively in 2017 and in 2018 for "INNOVATIVE IDEA OF THE YEAR" by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. Sandeep Gandotra is a voracious reader, highly creative, a People's Person who is interested in New iDeas, Measured and Analytical Design and Experience, New Technologies and Digital. He feels that the Time has Emerged for "MAKING THAT CHANGE" happen. He still gets a kick for helping Entrepreneurs and startups who are determined to make it happen despite all odds. He is easily approachable and affable, you can connect with him: [email protected] LAPALAP is the FUTURE OF RETAIL.... Highly scalable yet disruptive micro distribution. Creation of new age Entrepreneurs with humongous job creation is on anvil. Lapalap aims to bring efficiency in all aspects of retail; be it logistics, operations, from warehousing to the last-mile. The future of RETAIL is connected. Building blocks of an ecosystem that will enable mass adoption. Creating a solution that would address the key challenges faced by Retailers today – high cost, quality, consistency, efficiency, healthy and safe. www.lapalap.com

"Dr. Ajaykumar R. Kambekar is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at BVB's Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE) Mumbai and has 27+years of teaching experience and specialized in Offshore, Ocean & Coastal Engg., Civil Engg. •Research work 2007-2010 : Ph.D. (Civil Engineering-IITB) Thesis title “Wind Wave Simulation and Forecasting using Artificial Intelligence Techniques”. (Genetic Programming, Model Trees, Numerical methods) Study Area: Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, shallow and deep water locations. •2000-2002: M. Tech. (Civil Engineering-IITB) Thesis title “Estimation of Pile Group Scour Using Neural Networks” Study Area: Research Piers at Pacific coast of Japan, piers are constructed in 1969. Observation between 1984 to 1989 is used for Scour depth estimation around research piers. Research Areas: •Ocean Engineering (Wave Hydrodynamics, Ocean and Coastal structures, Soft Computing, AI), Hydrology (Soft Computing AI, Statistical and stochastic Analysis), Construction Management. Academics • Completed Diploma in Civil Engineering from MSBTE Mumbai India, B.E. from Amravati University India. and M.Tech. and PhD from IIT Bombay India Mumbai and management development Programme from IIM Indore india. • working on research projects related to Infrastructure Engg., Water resources Engg. • Actively involved in reviewing research papers at national and international journals. • worked as a Head CED, Dean Academics at SPCE Mumbai and currently Chairman Post Graduate Programmes at SPCE. • Reviewer at International Journals ASCE, Elsevier, Actapress, Hindwai, IWA, Techno-Press, Wiley VCH and Springer. • Member Board of Studies Civil Engineering at University of Mumbai, India, Dr. BATU, Raigad, Maharashtra, India and NMIMS, MPSTME Deemed University, Mumbai and Reviewer at International Journals ASCE, Elsevier, Actapress, Hindwai. • Completed international internship at TAISEI Corporation of Construction, Consultancy Tokiyo Japan • Delivered invited lectures at various institutions and chaired conference sessions in India and at Vienna, AUSTRIA and visited the USA, Japan, Austria and Poland for academic and research purposes. • Advisory Board member on Meteorology Hydrology and Water Management MHWM Editorial Office: Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute Podlesna 61, 01-673 Warsaw, Poland. • Editorial Board member: International Journal on ""Sustainable Marine Structures"" published by Nan Yang Academy of Sciences (NASS), Singapore • Editorial board member: “Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology” • Editorial board member: “Journal of Water Resources Engineering and Management” • Reviewer and the Member international scientific advisory committee, 2018 International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (ICCAEE 2018), Wellington, New Zealand on Dec 10-12, 2018. Consultancy and collaborative Research • Collaborative research/Guidance/Research Projects on Prediction of durability of concrete with sustainability in coastal region in association with Monash College Monash University, 49 Rainforest Walk Clayton VIC 3800 Australia • Member Boundary demarcation with survey Team for Kurla Terminus railway station, Indian Railways • Member, State Technical Agency (STA), Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojna (PMGSY), SPCE Andheri (West), Mumbai • Peer Review for estimation of SWD works in Western Suburbs regarding reconstruction of nallas in Santacruz (W), Mumbai, MCGM • Peer Review for estimation of SWD works in Western Suburbs - Widening, Deepening & Training Of S.N. D. T. Nalla From Proposed S. W. Pumping Station To Juhu Road Culvert In H/West Ward-Phase II work, MCGM • Peer Review for estimation of SWD work in Western Suburbs – Reconstruction of MogaraNalla in R.C.C. Box Drain from Saakar Swapna Bldg. to Avadh Narayan Tiwari marg, Andheri (E). MCGM • Peer Review for estimation of SWD work in Western Suburbs –Training of Nalla from P.M.G.P. colony to ONGC colony at S.R. Mahadik Road, Jogeshwari (East). MCGM • Peer Review for estimation of SWD work in Western Suburbs – Improvement of Storm Water Drain along MarolMaroshi Marg up to Krishna Nagar Nalla, Andheri (East). MCGM • Review and approval of training program and methodology for the National Graduates of Oman recruited by GALFAR E&C SAOG Company for InfiniProgramme management solutions Pune • Peer Review for estimation of Widening and Deepening and Training of S.N.D.T. Nalla from Juhu Road culvert to Pawan Hans culvert in H/west ward (Phase-III). MCGM • Peer Review for estimation of Fees for Peer Review for estimation of Training and Construction of Shivaji Nagar Nalla from Mangelawadi to S.N.D.T. in K/ West ward. MCGM • Completed consultancy project of Independent Survey of SwashrayaCo.Op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd. NA Plot CTS No. 400/1 and 400/2, of village Upsarastreet, Andheri (West), Mumbai 58 • Consultancy of third party audit of NABARD buildings at Ghatkopar Mumbai, NABARD • Consultancy of third party audit of Film City buildings at Goregaon Mumbai Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra • Structural audit of Central Press Old Buildings, New Buildings, Director Central Press & Canteen Buildings, at Charni Road Mumbai • Consultancy of Hydraulic and hydrologic analysis at Malad East catchment (OmkarContractor and Raje Consultant) • An integrated approach on life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC) for storm water drainage design of a national highway project • Financial Risk Assessment of Public Private Partnership Project • Hydrological And Hydraulic Analysis With Life Cycle Costing Of A Road Project • Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Infrastructure Development Some of the important Research Publications: • 2003: Estimation of pile group scour using neural networks, Applied Ocean Research, Elsevier, Oxford. • 2009: Data driven methods to analyze wave buoy observations,ASCE Int.Workshop on Computing in CE. Austin,Texas. • 2010: Wave simulation and forecasting using wind time history and data driven methods, J. of ships & Offshore Structures, Taylor and Francis. • 2010: Real time prediction of ocean waves using wind time series, Conf. Water 2010, Quebec, Canada. • 2012: Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Simulation and Forecasting of Wind Wave proceedings of QIP short term course on Coastal Processes and Modeling IIT Bombay. • 2014: “Forecasting productivity of human resource in building construction using artificial neural network” Special Issue of IMJ (Indore Management Journal) IIM Indore pp.156-169. • 2018: “Estimation of building construction cost using artificial neural networks”Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering • E-book chapter “Assessing Impact of Sea Level Rise Along the Coastline of Mumbai City Using Geographic Information System” e-book by Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,titled “Understanding Built Environment” © 2017 • 2020: Climate change and sea level rise in the last decade, from the perspective of goals set in the Paris agreement-an appraisal”, IMPACT: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology (IMPACT: IJREAT), ISSN (P): 2347–4599; ISSN (E): 2321–8843, Vol. 9, Issue 6, Jun 2021, 1–12 • 2021: “Uncertainties in Prediction of Future Sea Level Rise Due to Impact of Climate Change”, Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International25(7): 16-27, 2021; Article no.JGEESI.70594 ISSN: 2454-7352 • 2021: “Understanding ‘Glacial Geoengineering’: An Innovative Approach for Retarding the Sea Level Rise” Journal of Offshore Structure and Technology, ISSN: 2349-8986, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2021, DOI (Journal): 10.37591/JoOST • 2021: “Impact of Climate Change on Sea Level Rise Along the Coastline of Mumbai City, India” - Accepted for Publication in International Journal of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Vol:15, No:6, 2021, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology waset.org/abstracts/129256 Open Science Index ******************* "