What You’ll Learn
What does it take to set up a startup and manage it successfully.
Key Skills you will pick up
​What, Why and How of a startup
The 7 departments of a startups
>Marketing, Finance, Sales, Operations, R&D, Product/Service and HR
Business Management in each vertical of a startup.
How to start up?
What You’ll Create
Portfolio on how you set up and ran a department of a startup in 4 weeks.
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Work Internships
In the summer break, you get to work as an assistant to the CEO of various startups.​
About the Mentor
Ankit Machhar
Director-Ecosystem, Wadhwani Foundation | Leading India's largest Startup Acceleration Program | Scaling Startups - Partnerships, Network and Ecosystem.
With over 13 years of experience as an entrepreneur, mentor, advisor, investor and an active ecosystem enabler, Ankit is currently the Director – Ecosystem, India at Wadhwani Foundation (a US based global philanthropic organisation) and leads the largest startup acceleration program in India – Wadhwani Liftoff Program. Ankit has been working closely with top 130+ Incubators, Accelerators, State Startup Missions, early-stage Investors/micro-VCs, and startup ecosystem enablers to support 2500+ Startups spread across 125 cities and 18 states of India. Ankit has spent over a decade in creating & supporting technology entrepreneurship ecosystem, fostering innovation, establishing incubation spaces, supporting startups in fundraising and revenue enhancement, and currently offers close guidance to over 10+ startups in various capacities such as mentor, advisor, and investor.
Heads the Liftoff Program by Wadhwani Foundation in India
A seasoned professional with 12+ years of experience in building robust startup and entrepreneurship ecosystems in India, working closely with Governments, Incubators, Accelerators, Investors and ecosystem players
Had extensive involvement in supporting over 1000 early-stage startups through various interventions, including mentoring and advising
Designated Mentor at Startup India Hub, a ‘Mentor of Change’ at Atal Tinkering Lab, and Mentor/Coach at renowned incubators, including CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad, FIED IIM Kashipur, AIC RNTU Bhopal, iB Hubs, MIT AoE Pune, and IIC – PDPU Gandhinagar
Previous roles include working with iCreate (a Government of Gujarat Technology Business Incubator), spearheading strategic partnerships and building a technology entrepreneurship ecosystem across India
Played key roles in organizing the Vibrant Gujarat Startup & Technology Summit in 2016, 2018 & 2019 and led the design of the session ‘Startups, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship’ during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investment Summit 2017
An MBA in Entrepreneurship & Family Business with a Gold Medal from Nirma University, Ahmedabad, and a BE in Electronics and Telecommunication from Pune University