Profiles

Lokesh V, CEO & Founder, an Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy & Management practioner. Earlier, as a Senior Executive - Innovation & Intellectual Property Management at Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), he was responsible for Innovation & IPR Management as a part of Strategic Planning & Initiatives of the Electrical & Electronics Division.With a background of Mechanical Engineering, he has worked for 12 years in Mechanical Design                            Read more

Deepu Chandran P K (Deepu), Partner & Co-Founder, is an MBA (PGDM) from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication engineering from National Institute of Technology, Calicut. Previously, he has worked with Indian multinationals such as Larsen & Toubro Limited and the Adani Group. He has also worked on challenging assignments with consulting majors like PRTM,                 Read more

Tojin Eapen, Partner & Co-Founder, has a degree in Electrical Engineering from NIT Calicut and an MBA from the Indian School of Business (ISB). Prior to joining Innomantra, he was General Manager at a technology company which provided Auto-ID products and solutions for a range of industries. He began his career at Larsen & Toubro where he worked in product development and marketing.                                                                                                             Read more

Rakesh Babu   K L, Partner & Co-Founder, has a degree in Computer Science from Mysore University; with Post Graduation in Marketing Management and Specialized in Advertising, with excellent academic records.Being from a business family, he has been involved in managing a Consumer Product manufacturing business for a decade. He has traveled widely and has vast Experience                                                                                                                          Read more

Arun Bhardwaj, Co-founder, Chief Innovation Officer & Sr.Adviser, Born in the lap of Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh) in the home of educationalists, Arun grew up in an environment where asking questions was encouraged; and curiosity was considered foundation to enlightenment.He dedicates all his learning in life to those who encouraged him in his quest to figure things out and responded to his childhood curiosities. Growing up in spiritual environment    Read more

Dr.Shantha Shankar, Chief Adviser - Technology & Patents, has obtained her PhD from the Indian Institute of Science and is a MSc Gold Medallist. She was awarded the Young Scientist Fellowship by Department of Science & Technology (DST) to pursue research in Nanotechnology. She was the Principal Investigator of Government funded Nanotechnology projects at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science.She worked at General Electric Global        Read more

Dr.Shashidhara, Chief Adviser - Technology & Patents, is graduated from Bangalore University in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Post Graduation from Mysore University in Industrial Electronics and PhD from IIT-Bombay in Digital Signal processing and Artificial Neural Networks. He also served as technologist at Philips Innovation Labs, Bangalore in its Intellectual Property and Standards for more than 5 years.                                                            Read more

Shri T C James, Prime Mentor & Chief Adviser, is currently Director, National Intellectual Property Organization, the only Indian NGO in the field of Intellectual Property recognized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the specialized agency of the UN for Intellectual Property Right matters. He is a former Director, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Division Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India,             Read more

Waltraut Ritter, Sr.Adviser & Strategic Partner - Innovation & Knowledge Management, is research director of Knowledge Enterprises, which she founded in Hong Kong in 1997, specializing in research and advisory services relating to innovation, knowledge, intellectual capital.Ritter has worked in information and knowledge management since 1989, when she served as information management consultant for the UNDP                                           Read more

Jatin DeSai, Sr.Adviser & Strategic Partner - Strategic Innovation, Jatin is a seasoned business executive, strategic advisor, and a coach for senior leadership teams. He has extensive field experience in the areas of strategy alignment, corporate innovation, talent management, global competency development, culture transformation, and information technology.Jatin has been active in leadership and operating since 1983 when he co-founded                        Read more

Dr.Pradeep V Desai, Sr.Adviser - Innovation Management, has over two decades of experience in managing innovation, research and development in the business of Information Technology. He has worked in number of reputed Information Technology Companies. He is the founder of Innovation for Value Creation (I4VC) an innovation intermediary. Dr. Pradeep specializes in setting up Global R&D                                                                                Read more

Anuradha Goyal, Sr.Adviser - Innovation Management, has 15 years of experience, working with diverse companies Infosys, Coca-Cola India and Birlasoft and a multitude of clients thereof. She has played diverse roles in various capacities during these years. Her work experience across industries and across domains gives her a 360-degree view and perspective of the situation at hand.                                                                                                                         Read more

Prabu Kesavan, Chief Adviser - IP Valuations & a Strategic Partner,is a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is practicing in India for the last 24 years. He has extensive experience in the fields of Accountancy, Audit & Taxation and Valuation. He is also a qualified Information Systems Auditor. He is in the panel of audit of many companies in India like Insurance, Banks, Textile Corporations, Industries and other Business entities.                                                   Read more

Dr.N.Subramanya, Sr.Adviser - IP Contracts & Enforcement Laws, has B.Sc and LLB degrees from University of Mysore where he did his masters and Doctorate in Political Science . After PhD he did research under UNHCR Chair on refugee law at National Law School, Bangalore and subsequently started teaching Human rights to LLM at JSS Law college for two years                                                                                                                                                            Read more

Rakesh Prabhu, Sr.Adviser - IPR & Cyberlaws, is an Intellectual Property (IP) Counsel and a Registered Patent Agent authorized to appear before the Indian Patent Office. Rakesh heads the IP group at the law firm ALMT Legal and functions out of their Bangalore office. Rakesh has extensive experience in handling and advising on IP matters.                                                                                                                                                                                   Read more

Kunal Katdare, Sr.Adviser - New Product Development, is currently part of the Management Team at Stellaris Technologies Private Limited. Kunal has successfully led several projects for customers from different parts of the world - USA, Australia, China, Hong Kong and India. As a provider of software services in the niche area of Document Capture solutions. Kunal and his team continually innovate on their operations. Earlier, as Project Lead at                   Read more