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School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras

People

Founders are made by people, not policies

The faculty, staff and mentors who run the school and back its founders.

Leadership

Faculty leadership

Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan

Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan

Director, IIT Madras

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

Head, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Prof. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam

Prof. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam

Advisor, Nirmaan

Prof. Manish Anand

Prof. Manish Anand

Advisor, CFI

Governance

Governing Council

The council that steers the school's strategy — faculty, academic partners and distinguished alumni.

Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam

Dean, Alumni & Corporate Relations, IIT Madras

Mr.Kunal Upadhyay

IIMA Ventures

Mr.Vishy Vishwanathan

IIT Madras Alumnus

Mr.K. K. Raman

IIT Madras Alumnus

Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal

Director in Charge, IITM Zanzibar

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

IIT Madras · Head, SIE

Prof. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam

IIT Madras · Advisor, Nirmaan

Prof. Manish Anand

IIT Madras · Advisor, CFI

Mentors & advisors

The mentor network

Faculty, founders and operators who mentor MS(E) scholars, Nirmaan teams and CFI's clubs and competition teams. If you'd like to mentor, we'd like to hear from you.

MS (Entrepreneurship)

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

MS(E) Mentor

Gopal Raman

MS(E) Mentor

Dr. T. Pradeep

MS(E) Mentor

Nirmaan

Prof. V. Kamakoti

Advisor

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

Co-founder

Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal

Advisor

Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan

Advisor

Dr. MohanaKrishnan Logan

Advisor

Prof. Manish Anand

Advisor

Dr. Sivasrinivasu Devadula

Advisor

Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam

Advisor

Dr. Satyesh Kumar Yadav

Advisor

Prof. Sathyanarayana N Gummadi

Advisor

Dr. T. Pradeep

Advisor

Prof. Sivarama Krishnan

Advisor

Prof. Vijayalakshmi

Advisor

Dr. Abhijit P. Deshpande

Advisor

Prof. Basavaraja Madivala Gurappa

Advisor

Prof. G. Sai Krishnan

Advisor

Prof. M. Pattabiraman

Advisor

Dr. S. Pandian

Advisor

Dr. Lalithambika

Advisor

Prof. R. Dhamodharan

Advisor

Prof. Milind Brahme

Advisor

Prof. Rama Shanker Verma

Advisor

Prof. Ramesh

Advisor

Prof. M. Thenmozhi

Advisor

Prof. David Kumar

Advisor

Prof. Joel George M

Advisor

Dr. Santhosh Kumar Sahu

Advisor

Prof. N. Manoj

Advisor

Dr. Vimal Edachery

Advisor

Dr. Ramesh Nayaka

Advisor

Prof. Bala Ramadurai

Advisor

Prof. Nandan Kumar Sinha

Guide

Prof. John Augustine

Advisor

Prof. A.R Ganesan

Technical Advisor

Prof. Varadhan SKM

Advisor

Dr. Hariharan K

Advisor

Prof. Mukesh Doble

Advisor

Dr. V Sriram

Advisor

Prof. Boby George

Advisor

Dr. Mathava Kumar S

Advisor

Dr. R. Velmurugan

Advisor

Prof. Shanti Swarup K

Advisor

Centre for Innovation (CFI)

Prof. Sathyan Subbiah

Faculty Advisor, Abhiyaan

Prof. Anuj Kumar Tiwari

Faculty Advisor, Abhyuday & Anveshak

Prof. Sivakumar M. S.

Faculty Advisor, Agnirath

Prof. Satyanarayanan Seshadri

Faculty Advisor, Raftar

Prof. Satyanarayanan R. Chakravarthy

Faculty Advisor, Avishkar Hyperloop

Prof. Karthik Raman

Faculty Advisor, iGEM

Dr. V. Sriram

Faculty Advisor, Amogh

Prof. Chester Rebeiro

Faculty Advisor, Cybersecurity Club

Devaprakash Muniraj

Faculty Advisor, Aero Club

Prof. Bijo Sebastian

Faculty Advisor, iBot

Prof. Rupesh Nasre

Faculty Advisor, Programming Club

Prof. Tiju Thomas

Faculty Advisor, Sahaay

Prof. Nishad Kothari

Faculty Advisor, Mathematics Club

Prof. Suresh Govindrajan

Faculty Advisor, Horizon

Prof. Arun Karuppaswamy B

Faculty Advisor, Electronics Club

Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal

Faculty Advisor, Team Envisage

Prof. Manish Anand

Faculty Advisor, Product Design Club

Prof. N. Manoj

Faculty Advisor, Biotech Club

Prof. G. Saravana Kumar

Faculty Advisor, 3D Printing Club

Prof. John Augustine

Faculty Advisor, WebOps & Blockchain

Prof. Kaushik Mitra

Faculty Advisor, AI Club

Staff

Operations team

Ms.Nandhini K.S

Ms.Nandhini K.S

Chief Operating Officer

coo@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Krishnaveni S.

Ms. Krishnaveni S.

Finance Manager

finance-manager@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms.Usha Sriram

Ms.Usha Sriram

Academic Liaison Officer

acad@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Sundarraj E.

Mr. Sundarraj E.

IP Manager

ip-manager@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Shaju N S

Mr. Shaju N S

Project Manager I & E

managerie@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Akash Sharma

Mr. Akash Sharma

Manager, Innovation

manager-innovation@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Anjana U. P.

Ms. Anjana U. P.

Pre-Incubation Coordinator

preincubation1@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Amrutha Narayanan

Ms. Amrutha Narayanan

Learning Development Coordinator

ldc@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Lakshmi

Ms. Lakshmi

Accounts Executive

accountscoordinator@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Melcy

Ms. Melcy

Senior Executive

financeexecutive@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. R. Manikandan

Mr. R. Manikandan

Facility Manager

facility-manager@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Sriram

Mr. Sriram

Technician

technician1@sie.iitm.ac.in
Ms. Suvanya

Ms. Suvanya

Technician (Safety & Inventory)

technician2@sie.iitm.ac.in
Mr. Velankanni Robert

Mr. Velankanni Robert

Senior Office Assistant

facility1@sie.iitm.ac.in
R

Mr.Rajesh

Office Assistant

Mr. Jaya Prakash M

Mr. Jaya Prakash M

Tech Support

techsupport@sie.iitm.ac.in