YouthNet partners with State govt on ‘The Entrepreneur’

YouthNet has partnered with the Government of Nagaland towards a programme titled ‘The Entrepreneur’, which will focus on entrepreneurship and enhance employability skills amongst youth in Nagaland.
‘The Entrepreneur’ programme will be launched on August 28.
In this edition, YouthNet introduces the chief mentor, advisor and faculty for the programme.

Chief Mentor – The Entrepreneur
Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Chairman and CEO, Jupiter Capital

Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the founder Jupiter Capital, an investment firm which currently manages a portfolio of over 800 million dollars.
He has extensive experience as an engineer and CPU architect working on operating systems and microprocessors for the legendary Pentium at Intel. Indeed, Rajeev’s initials along with other designers are embedded in each of Intel’s 486 chips.
He was amongst the first to launch cellular mobile services in India by founding and building BPL mobile in 1995.
In 2006, he was elected as an Independent MP to the Rajya Sabha and has since been very active in Parliament.

Chief Advisor – YouthNet Centre of Entrepreneurship and
Employment (YCEE)
Dr.Krishna Tanuku
Executive Director

Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (WCED), Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Dr. Tanuku is the Executive Director of the Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
He has a 25-year long illustrious, career across diverse geographies such as the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
He has worked in the areas of R&D, product management and marketing and has played leadership roles in major joint ventures in Europe, S. Korea, Japan and India.
He was the CEO of AT&T India in 1989 and has made numerous path-breaking developments in globalization of technology.
He has been educated at prestigious schools with an MBA in Finance and International business from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Executive MBA from INSEAD, France.

The Faculty
Dr.Rahul Mirchandani

Dr.Rahul Mirchandani is the Executive Director of Aries Agro Limited, an Indian Multinational company which has the country’s largest manufacturing base of plant nutrient fertilizers covering 8 million farmers in 22 Indian States.
He has been a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, a lecturer at the University of Canberra, Australia and has delivered sessions on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Oxford University, UK.

Dr. Navita Mahajan

Dr. Navita Mahajan is a 3rd generation entrepreneur, at Northern India Rubber Mills, where she looks after corporate promotion/communication and public relations.
Navita is the founder of Commonwealth-Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAAYE). Currently, she is a member of the CII National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Council and National Chair for YI Leadership Academy.

Rohan K Abraham

Rohan is the founder of Pledgeback Advisory Services. Rohan is also on the board of an Australian organisation working to remove energy poverty in India. Rohan has more than 11 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant working with large accounting firms such as Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young and Grant Thornton.

Hemant Nitturkar

Hemant Nitturkar is currently the Project Development Officer, India for AVRDC-The World Vegetable Centre, Taiwan. He has founded several firms such as Finfocus Pty Ltd in Sydney, Australia and CARMa Venture Services (I) Private Limited in Hyderabad, which aims to create a habitat for supporting entrepreneurship. He was also the CEO of India Development Gateway, a firm that aims to provide a platform that brings social enterprises and investors together.

Ashok Meda

Ashok Meda is the CEO of Shri Prabha Global Management Exchange Exim.  He has over 2 decades of experience in banking institutions in different countries with assignments such as Vice President – ING Bank, Chief Manager – Syndicate Bank.  He has worked extensively in 8 African countries with banking institutions with financial services for core sectors such as agriculture and power.
Meanwhile, for The Entrepreneur programme, the participants will take part in a six weeks course where they will learn skills such as employee management, operations management, technology and business, marketing and  basic finance and accounting, to name a few.