FOUNDING COMMUNITY
Eminent business leaders, tech entrepreneurs and academicians are a part of Plaksha community. They are deeply involved in all aspects of the university from program design and research initiatives to mentoring students. Know more about our Founders, Faculty, Academic Advisory Board and the team
Founding Group
Founding Group
Founders & Trustees
Founders
Donors & Contributors
Corporate Donors
Academic Advisory Board
Plaksha team
Founding Group
Aakash Chaudhry
Co-Promoter & Managing Director, AESL
AESL
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Ajay Arora
Managing Director, D’Decor Home Fabrics
Alok Goyal
Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners
Alok Mittal
Founder & CEO, Indifi Technologies
Aman Singla
Co-founder at Immersa
Ambarish Raghuvanshi
Co-Promoter and former CFO, Info Edge India
Ameet Kumar Gupta
Whole Time Director Havells India Ltd.
Anil Chawla
Co-Founder & Promoter, Clix Capital
Anil Rai Gupta
Chairman & Managing Director Havells India
Anurag Goel
General Partner, Cactus Venture Partners
APL Apollo
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Apurva Parekh
Executive Director, Pidilite Industries Limited
Arjun Bhagat
Chairman & CEO, Calibrated Group
Ashish Gupta
Founder, Benori Knowledge Solutions
Ashish Kacholia
Director, Lucky Investment Managers Pvt Ltd
Ashish Kumar
Managing Partner and CIO, Infinity Alternati
ATE Chandra Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Atin Kukreja
CEO, Rippledot Capital
Axis Bank
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Bharti Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Brijesh Agarwal
Founder & Director, IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
CP Gurnani
MD and CEO, Tech Mahindra
Dalip Pathak
Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus LLC
Deepak Raj
Founder, Raj Associates
Devashish Chopra
Global Industry Analyst at Wellington Mana
Dilipkumar Khandelwal
Managing Director and CEO, Deutsche India
Dinesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO, IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
Divyata Ashiya
Chief Operating Officer, GS Merchant Bank In
Diwakar Nigam
CMD, Newgen Software Technologies
Dr. Ashish Gupta
Senior Managing Director, Helion Ventures
Dr. Ravi Jasuja
Director, Translational Research & Discover
DSP Investment Managers
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Gayatri Sondhi
Private Investor, Multipoint Capital LLC
Gopal Jain
Managing Partner, Gaja Capital
Guru Pangal
GM Storage, Google Cloud
Harish Bahl
Founder & CEO, Smile Group
Havells
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Hitesh Oberoi
Co-Promoter, MD and CEO, Info Edge India
HT Parekh Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Indegene
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
InfoEdge
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Jai Rajpal
Founder and CEO, Crescent Asset Management
Jefferies
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Jitendra Gupta
Founder, Citrus Pay
Kamal Khetan
Chairman & Managing Director, Sunteck Rea
Kapil Agarwal
Chief Architect & Founder, Upaya Solutions
Karan Gilhotra
Co-Chairman, PHD Chamber of Commerce
Krish Mantripragada
Fmr. EVP & Chief Product Officer, Medallia
Lalit Agarwal
Chairman and Managing Director, V-Mart Re
Madhav Bhatkuly
CEO & Chief Investment Officer, New Horiz
Madhusudan Kela
Founder, MK Ventures
Manas Fuloria
Co- Founder, Nagarro
Manish Gupta
Co-founder and CEO, Indegene
Manmohan Gupta
Founder, Nagarro
Mohit Thukral
Founder & CEO, Vivtera Global Solutions
Monik Sameer Koticha
Managing Director, Fortress Group
Motilal Oswal
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Mphasis
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Mukesh Sharma
Chairman and Director, Prometheus School
Mukul Agrawal
Chairman, Param Capital
Murugavel Janakiraman
Founder & CEO, Matrimony.com
Natasha Malpani Oswal
Creative Producer, Boundless Media
Navin Chaddha
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Neeraj Aggarwal
Chairman, Asia Pacific Boston Consulting Gr
Niten Malhan
Founder & Managing Partner, New Mark Adv
Nitin Rakesh
CEO, Mphasis
Pallav Nadhani
Founder & CEO, Charts.com
Pankaj Agarwal
Founder, Hello Travel
Pankaj Chaddah
Founder, Zomato
Pramod Bhasin
Chairman, Clix Capital
Priya Baveja
Entrepreneur | Mentor
Priya Jadhav
Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
Rajeev Leekha
Partner, Complus Asset Management
Rajesh Sachdeva
Founding Partner, Flowering Tree Investmen
Rajiv Goel
Executive Director, Havells India Ltd.
Rajiv Kuchhal
General Partner, Exfinity Venture Fund
Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Vice-Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
Rakesh Jaggi
Sr. VP Sales & Commercial, Schlumberger
Rishi Yadav
Founder & CEO, Zettabytes Inc
Ritesh Malik
Founder, Innov8 Coworking
Rohit Arora
Founder and Chairman, Silverskills
Rohit Kaila
Vice President – Engineering, Walmart Globa
Ruchir Godura
Director, Enterprise Account Sales at Outrea
Sachit Ahuja
Managing Director, Tillman Global Holdings
Sachit Malhotra
Founder, GMP Proprietary Trading
Sameer Jain
Founder & CEO, Net Solutions
Sandeep Tyagi
Chairman & CEO, Estee Capital
Sanjay Parikh
Co-founder, Executive Vice President and B
Saurabh Mittal
Chairman, Mission Holdings
SK Jain
Founder and Managing Partner, RatnaTray
Srikanth Velamakanni
Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive and Ex
Sudhir Jangir
Founder & CTO, Zettabytes Inc.
Sujeet Kumar
Co- Founder, Udaan.com
Sumita Ambasta
Founder and Executive Director, Flowerin
Sunny Singh
Partner, RoundGlass
Sunteck
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Sushil Dharmarha
Director, Polarities Co. Ltd
Ursheet Parikh
Partner, Mayfield
V Mart
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
V. Vaidyanathan
Managing Director & CEO,IDFC FIRST Bank
Vikas Taneja
Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston
Vikram Sehgal
Chief Operating Officer, Nagarro
Vikrant Bhargava
Managing Partner, Veddis Ventures
Vineet Nayyar
Former Executive Vice-Chairman, Tech Mahindra
Vivek Khare
Advisor, Corporate Development and Early S
Vivek Vaidya
Founder and General Partner, Super{set} V
Founders & Trustees
Aakash Chaudhry
Co-Promoter & Managing Director, AESL
Ajay Arora
Managing Director, D’Decor Home Fabrics
Alok Mittal
Founder & CEO, Indifi Technologies
Ambarish Raghuvanshi
Co-Promoter and former CFO, Info Edge India
Ameet Kumar Gupta
Whole Time Director Havells India Ltd.
Anil Chawla
Co-Founder & Promoter, Clix Capital
Anil Rai Gupta
Chairman & Managing Director Havells India
Anurag Goel
General Partner, Cactus Venture Partners
Apurva Parekh
Executive Director, Pidilite Industries Limited
Arjun Bhagat
Chairman & CEO, Calibrated Group
Ashish Gupta
Founder, Benori Knowledge Solutions
Ashish Kacholia
Director, Lucky Investment Managers Pvt Ltd
Brijesh Agarwal
Founder & Director, IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
CP Gurnani
MD and CEO, Tech Mahindra
Dalip Pathak
Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus LLC
Divyata Ashiya
Chief Operating Officer, GS Merchant Bank In
Diwakar Nigam
CMD, Newgen Software Technologies
Gagan Hasteer
VP, Content Engineering, Netflix
Ganesh Ramani
Partner, Goldman Sachs
Gaurav Suri
CEO, Arcesium LLC
Gayatri Sondhi
Private Investor, Multipoint Capital LLC
Harish Bahl
Founder & CEO, Smile Group
Hitesh Oberoi
Co-Promoter, MD and CEO, Info Edge India
Jai Rajpal
Founder and CEO, Crescent Asset Management
Kamal Khetan
Chairman & Managing Director, Sunteck Rea
Kapil Agarwal
Chief Architect & Founder, Upaya Solutions
Lalit Agarwal
Chairman and Managing Director, V-Mart Re
Madhusudan Kela
Founder, MK Ventures
Manas Fuloria
Co- Founder, Nagarro
Mohit Thukral
Founder & CEO, Vivtera Global Solutions
Monik Sameer Koticha
Managing Director, Fortress Group
Mukesh Sharma
Chairman and Director, Prometheus School
Mukul Agrawal
Chairman, Param Capital
Natasha Malpani Oswal
Creative Producer, Boundless Media
Navin Chaddha
Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Neeraj Aggarwal
Chairman, Asia Pacific Boston Consulting Gr
Niten Malhan
Founder & Managing Partner, New Mark Adv
Nitin Rakesh
CEO, Mphasis
Pankaj Chaddah
Founder, Zomato
Pramod Bhasin
Chairman, Clix Capital
Rajesh Sachdeva
Founding Partner, Flowering Tree Investmen
Rajiv Kuchhal
General Partner, Exfinity Venture Fund
Rakesh Bharti Mittal
Vice-Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
Rakesh Jaggi
Sr. VP Sales & Commercial, Schlumberger
Ritesh Malik
Founder, Innov8 Coworking
Sachit Ahuja
Managing Director, Tillman Global Holdings
Saurabh Mittal
Chairman, Mission Holdings
SK Jain
Founder and Managing Partner, RatnaTray
Srikanth Velamakanni
Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive and Ex
Sujeet Kumar
Co- Founder, Udaan.com
Sumita Ambasta
Founder and Executive Director, Flowerin
Sunny Singh
Partner, RoundGlass
Ursheet Parikh
Partner, Mayfield
Vikrant Bhargava
Managing Partner, Veddis Ventures
Vineet Nayyar
Former Executive Vice-Chairman, Tech Mahindra
*Representative list
Vivek Khare
Advisor, Corporate Development and Early S
Vivek Vaidya
Founder and General Partner, Super{set} V
Founders
Alok Goyal
Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners
Ashish Kumar
Managing Partner and CIO, Infinity Alternati
Devashish Chopra
Global Industry Analyst at Wellington Mana
Dilipkumar Khandelwal
Managing Director and CEO, Deutsche India
Dr. Ashish Gupta
Senior Managing Director, Helion Ventures
Dr. Ravi Jasuja
Director, Translational Research & Discover
Guru Pangal
GM Storage, Google Cloud
Krish Mantripragada
Fmr. EVP & Chief Product Officer, Medallia
Manish Gupta
Co-founder and CEO, Indegene
Manmohan Gupta
Founder, Nagarro
Priya Jadhav
Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
Rajiv Goel
Executive Director, Havells India Ltd.
Rishi Yadav
Founder & CEO, Zettabytes Inc
Sameer Jain
Founder & CEO, Net Solutions
Sanjay Parikh
Co-founder, Executive Vice President and B
Sudhir Jangir
Founder & CTO, Zettabytes Inc.
Vikas Taneja
Managing Director & Senior Partner, Boston
Vikram Sehgal
Chief Operating Officer, Nagarro
Donors & Contributors
Aman Singla
Co-founder at Immersa
Atin Kukreja
CEO, Rippledot Capital
Deepak Raj
Founder, Raj Associates
Dinesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO, IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
Gopal Jain
Managing Partner, Gaja Capital
Jitendra Gupta
Founder, Citrus Pay
Karan Gilhotra
Co-Chairman, PHD Chamber of Commerce
Madhav Bhatkuly
CEO & Chief Investment Officer, New Horiz
Murugavel Janakiraman
Founder & CEO, Matrimony.com
Pallav Nadhani
Founder & CEO, Charts.com
Pankaj Agarwal
Founder, Hello Travel
Priya Baveja
Entrepreneur | Mentor
Rajeev Leekha
Partner, Complus Asset Management
Rohit Arora
Founder and Chairman, Silverskills
Rohit Kaila
Vice President – Engineering, Walmart Globa
Ruchir Godura
Director, Enterprise Account Sales at Outrea
Sachit Malhotra
Founder, GMP Proprietary Trading
Sandeep Tyagi
Chairman & CEO, Estee Capital
Sushil Dharmarha
Director, Polarities Co. Ltd
V. Vaidyanathan
Managing Director & CEO,IDFC FIRST Bank
Corporate Donors
AESL
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
APL Apollo
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
ATE Chandra Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Axis Bank
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Bharti Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
DSP Investment Managers
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Havells
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
HT Parekh Foundation
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Indegene
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
InfoEdge
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Jefferies
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Motilal Oswal
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Mphasis
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Sunteck
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
V Mart
Corporate Donor, Plaksha University
Academic Advisory Board
Dr. Abhijit Banerjee
Professor of Economics, MIT Co-founder, J-
Dr. Anant Agarwal
Founder and CEO, edX
Dr. Arvind Raman
Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty, Purdue
Dr. Ashish Nanda
Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad
Dr. BN Jain
Former Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani; Professor
Dr. Frances Ligler
Professor at NC State and UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. James Holloway
Provost and Executive Vice President for Ac
Dr. Jennifer Cochran
Shriram Chair of the Department of Bioengi
Dr. Julia Ross
Dean of Engineering, Virginia Tech
Dr. Kaushik Basu
Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Pro
Dr. Krishna Palepu
Professor of Business Administration, Harv
Dr. Pankaj Jalote
Founding Director, IIIT Delhi
Dr. Shankar Sastry
Former Dean of Engineering, University of
Dr. Sharad Malik
Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pr
Dr. Sriram Rajamani
Managing Director, Microsoft Research India
Dr. Vijay Kumar
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Ap
Dr. Yannis C. Yortsos
Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, Univers
Prof. Rajesh K. Gupta
Professor and Qualcomm Endowed Chair, U
Prof. Venkatesh Narayanmurthi
Benjamin Peirce Professor, Harvard University
Plaksha team
Anshuman Bhuchar
Director – IT, Plaksha University
Dr. B.L. Ramakrishna
Chief Academic Advisor, Plaksha University
Kanchi Khanna
Director – Outreach and Admissions, Plaksha
Pallavi Jain
Director – Strategy and Programs, Plaksha U
*Representative list
Sarika Gupta Bhattacharyya
Director – Development, Plaksha University
Srabani Ghosh
Director – Technology Leaders Program, Plaksha