Special Programmes at Startup Mahakumbh
Startup MahaRathi
This is an exciting highlight of the event is the Startup MahaRathi Challenge, a high- impact platform designed to identify and accelerate India’s most promising early to growth-stage startups across 10 key sectors, including AI, DeepTech & Cybersecurity, HealthTech & BioTech, Gaming & Sports, Fintech, Incubators & Accelerators, Mobility, Agritech, B2B & Precision Manufacturing, D2C, Energy & Climate Tech, and Defence & SpaceTech.Highlights of this flagship initiative
- National Recognition by DPIIT
- ₹30 Crore Funding Pool (Top startups receive grants of up to ₹5 Lakh)
- Connect with 100+ VCs, Family Offices & UHNIs
- Mentorship from Industry Leaders & Policy Experts
- Dedicated Support for Emerging States & Union Territories
Masterclasses
Designed for deep learning and skill enhancement, Masterclasses at Startup Mahakumbh offer intensive sessions led by global experts and industry veterans. These sessions provide actionable knowledge and practical insights. Startups will gain hands-on expertise to sharpen their business acumen and stay ahead in a competitive market.B2B Meetings
B2B Meetings serve as a powerful networking avenue, connecting startups with investors, corporates, and potential business partners. These curated, high-impact meetings facilitate meaningful collaborations, funding opportunities, and strategic partnerships.Futurepreneurs
Mentoring
The Mentoring program at Startup Mahakumbh brings together seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts to guide and support emerging startups. Through one-on- one sessions and group discussions, mentors will offer valuable insights on business strategy, scaling operations, fundraising, and overcoming challenges. Powered by 
Behind every successful startup is the right mentorship. Startup Mahakumbh brings you exclusive the Mentoring Zones powered by TiE, which will provide a unique opportunity for founders to gain direct access to top industry mentors, investors, and thought leaders who have been there, done that, and can help navigate the path to success.
Whether you're refining your product, tackling operational challenges, or scaling your business, these high-impact mentoring sessions will offer invaluable insights, strategic direction, and critical connections to fuel your growth. The mentoring will be sector-focused, with Mentoring Zones embedded across the 10 thematic pavilions.
How It Works:- Tackle challenges with expert advice
- Refine strategies for market success
- Unlock new growth opportunities in a dynamic, collaborative environment
Session Duration: 60 minutes
Format:
- Roundtable discussions with 6-7 mentees per mentor
- Interactive, challenge-solving discussions tailored to real-world startup issues
- Sector-specific and function-specific zones for highly relevant, targeted guidance
- Accelerate your startup journey with strategic insights from industry veterans
- Gain investor perspectives on fundraising, market positioning, and scaling
- Expand your network and connect with the right people who can open doors
So are you ready to take your startup to the next level? Then don’t miss this chance to be mentored by the best at Startup Mahakumbh!
Mentors @ Startup Mahakumbh
Aashish Mittal
Director, Vidhya Management Services Pvt Ltd
Abhay Singh Rathore
Director - Operations & Administration, Mynd Solutions Pvt Ltd
Addison Appu
Partner, ThinKuvate
Adil Hassan
Director, NEXT CHAPTER STUDIO
Aditi Gera
Head of Platform, BoldCap
Agam Chaudhary
CEO, Two99
Akanksha Malik
Founder, Growth360
Akash Khanduja
Partner, Finsurety Advisors LLP
Alok Bansal
CEO, Buildmyinfra
Alok Mittal
Exec Chairman, Indifi Technologies
Amit Chawla
Business Clarity Coach, ACDC Consulting Private Limited
Amita Karwal
Co-founder, Growth Strategy Ventures
Ankit Harjai
CIO, MountTech Growth Fund Kavachh
Aravindha Bollineni
CTO, Starbuzz.ai
Archana Chugh
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Arun Pandit
CEO, Hyphen SCS
Ashish Jain
CEO, The Startup Board
Ashish Kumar
Co-Founder & General Partner, Fundamentum
Atul Sachdeva
Co-Founder, AppSmartz
Bhavika Nijhawan
Vitalis Capital
Chandan Mishra
VP Marketing, SCIKIQ
Chandrabhan Singh Nathawat
Head- Innovation & Incubation Centre, IMT Ghaziabad
Chandrakantha Rao Inna
Management Consultant also CMD of a start-up, Inna Karavali FPC Ltd
Chirag Gupta
Founder, 4700BC
Chirag Jain
CEO, Textify Analytics
Damodar Sikaria
Founder, Local Vocal Technologies Pvt Ltd
Davinder Singh
CEO, ACIC-BMU Foundation
Daya Prakash
Founder, TalentOnLease
Devapriya Khanna
Founder and Managing Partner, Connexus Global Ventures
Dhaval Gupta
Managing Director, CyberMedia
Dheeraj Gupta
CEO, Ravian AI
Dinesh Agarwal
Founder & CEO, IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
Dipti Lavya Swain
Managing Partner, DLS Law Offices
Dr Jagadis Gupta Kapuganti
Scientist and Entrepreneur, Fruvetech Pvt Ltd
Dr Raju M R
Head, Kerala Genome Data Centre
Dr. Anasuya Roy
Founder, CEO, Nanosafe Solutions
Dr. Mahjabin Banu
HoD, Management Studies, Inderprastha Engineering College
Dr. Mukesh Rawat
Associate Dean, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology
Dr. Vishal Gandhi
CEO, BIORx Venture Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Gaurav Gupta
Co-founder, Shipway by Unicommerce
Gaurav Saboo
Senior Vice President, Axis Bank Ltd
Gaurav Srivastava
Founder, HaystackAnalytics
Girish Shivani
Managing Partner, YourNest VC
Girish Somvanshi
Director, Artelus
Gitanjali Puri
Co-Founder, Growth Strategy Ventures
Govind Kedia
Managing Director, Arctic Invent
Gurudath Sadanandan
Managing Director, Namaarchive Media Solutions Private Limited
Hemant Kohli
Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor
Himanshu Singhal
CEO-NSUT IIF, CEO-AIACTR IRF, CISO NSUT, Netaji Subhas University of Technology
Inderjit Makkar
Founder, Factacy AI
Iqbal Tahir
Partner, Dua Assocaiates
Ish Anand
Board Member & Global VP, iCapital Ventures
Jatin Thakur
Director, Our Coach
Kapil Gupta
CEO, Solh Wellness
Kashyap Pandya
Director, Syncoro Ventures Private Limited
Kiran Chandra Kalluri
Partner, Dallas Venture Capital
Kumaar Bagrodia
Founder, Neuroleap, Arkni PhotoBioLife, HALE
Kumar Amit
Co-Founder & COO, Castler
Lalit Bansal
Founder, EIY SYS PVT LTD
Madhu Kiran
CEO & Co Founder, My Finance Wellness
Manik Juneja
CTO & Co Founder, Kitchen Stadium Inc. New York
Manik Verma
Cofounder and CPO, LeapX
Manish Garg
Director - Engineering, Compunnel Inc
Manish Vij
Managing Partner, Smile Group
Nakul Saxena
Angel Investor
Neha Malhotra
Founder & Managing Partner, MeritX Ventures
Neha Misra
CEO, Fin Lit Project Services Pvt Ltd
Nida Sahar
CEO and Founder, Director, Nife Labs, Start up Leadership Program
Nidhi Bawashe
Project Manager, Delaplex Ltd.
Nikhil Gupta
MD, NK ENTERPRISES
Paroma Roy Chowdhury
Board Advisor, Ashoka University
Pavan Verma
CEO, Redian Software
Pawan Raj Kumar
Partner, Zeca Capital
Pradeep Gupta
Mentor, TiE Charter Member
Prateek Sachan
CTO, Bolna AI
Prateek Singh
Founder and CEO, Brevistay
Prof. Priyanka Gupta
CEO IPEC-TBI Foundation, IPEC-TBI Foundation
Prof. Sidharth Tripathy
Director - Entrepreneurship & Innovation, SRM UNIVERSITY ANDHRA PRADESH
Rahul Agarwalla
Managing Partner, SenseAI Ventures
Rahul Chauhan
Founder, RoomsXpert.com
Rahul Jain
Director, SKIL WIZ (P) Ltd.
Raujeev Dev Taneja
Founding Promoter, Pure Natural Products Private Limited
Ravi Soni
Co-Founder & CEO, Obbserv Group
Ravikiran Papthimar
Sr Director - Product & Technology, Incture Technologies
Ravinder Kumar
Founder & CEO, Tecnod8.ai
Rishabh Jain
Founder, Bowstring Studio
Ritesh Tiwari
Co-Founder, Castler
Ritwik Sahay
Partner, RKP & Associates
Sagar Chauhan
Assistant Vice President - Product & Tech, Greenhonchos Solutions Pvt Ltd (Building KartmaX, an ecommerce SaaS platform)
Saket Agrawal
CEO, Greenverse Pvt.Ltd
Sameer Malik
Founder, UcliQ Services Pvt Ltd
Samir Sood
Founder, Venture Highway
Sandeep Bisht
Partner, RKP & ASSOCIATES, LAW OFFICES
Sanjeev Sularia
CEO and Co-Founder, Intelligence Node (Acquired by The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.)
Sankalp Sinha
General Manager & BDE, IBM
Satish Kumar Arora
Co-Founder, AppSmartz & Game See Pvt. Ltd.
Satish Medapati
Chief Data Officer, Movius
Saurabh Gupta
Founder, Garage Collective
Saurabh Jain
Founder, Fun2Do Labs
Sayantan Hajra
Co-founder & CEO, 1Channel
Sheetal Arora
CEO, UpTroop.io
Shubham Bhoir
Founder, CEO, Engineer's Cradle
Siddharth Agarwal
Angel Investor
Sidhharrth S Kumaar
Founder, Numrovani
Smita Mishra
Founder and CEO, Fandoro Technologies Pvt Ltd
Sonal Khanna
Co-founder & COO, Secure Blink
Souniya Khurana
Founder & CEO, WYN Studio
SriGanesh Sultanpurkar
Co-founder, CTO, Tryitfirst Labs
Sriwant Wariz
Founder, IVORY (Design & Digital Marketing Consultancy)
Subramanian Chandramouli
Author, Sales and GTM Specialist, Vrddhi Business Solutions
Sunil K Goyal
MD, YourNest Venture Capital
Tapendra Dev
Founder & CEO, Secure Blink
Uday Kothari
Mentor & TiE Pune Angels Chair, TiE Pune
Umesh Vasu
CEO, Tharam-Thiran Green Energy Flow Private Limited
Utkarsh Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Infloso AI
Vikesh Sharma
Founder & CMD, POWERMITRA CLEANTECH PVT. LTD
Vikram Mehta
Founder & CEO, Cy5 Private Limited
Vineet Khurana
CEO, SACC India
Vineet Singh
Founder & CEO, Castler
Vishal Singhal
Co-Founder, CellStrat.ai
Vivek Chadha
Co-Founder, AccelerateX Ventures
Vivek Kejriwal
CEO, OneWay.Cab
Atul Sachdeva
Co-founder, AppSmartz
Arundhati Dhar
Partner, TheAttorneys LLP
Dr Raju M R
Head, Kerala Genome Data Centre
Sameer Malik
Founder, UcliQ Services Pvt Ltd
Varshul
Founder, Dubverse.ai
CarryMinati at Startup Mahakumbh
Kamiya Jani
Chief Travelling Officer, Curly Tales
Kamiya Jani: The Storyteller Behind Curly Tales, Visit Startup Mahakumbh!
Kamiya Jani—her name resonates with stories waiting to be told. As the Chief Travelling Officer of Curly Tales, she brings an engaging twist to every narrative by uncovering hidden gems and sharing authentic experiences. Her dedication to travel and storytelling has earned her recognition from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India in the travel category. Through Curly Tales, she has built a thriving community of food and travel enthusiasts, inspiring millions to explore new places, cultures, and flavors.Visit Date : 4th April 2025.
Visit Timing : 11:00AM - 02:00PM
Bhuvan Bam: Visit Startup Mahakumbh!
Bhuvan Bam is a pioneer in the digital content space, building a powerful empire with BB Ki Vines and redefining storytelling with his signature wit. As the first Indian creator to surpass 10M YouTube subscribers, he set new benchmarks for digital entertainment. Expanding beyond YouTube, he made a successful transition to OTT with hits like Taaza Khabar and Rafta Rafta, proving his versatility. A true visionary, Bhuvan continues to push creative and business boundaries, inspiring the next generation of content creators.
Visit Date : 4th April 2025.
Visit Timing : 01:45PM - 02:00PM
Mind Matters by Art of Living
An exclusive session for Start up founders to harness the power of mind.
Startups thrive on passion, creativity, and the ability to adapt. But they also demand resilience, mental wellbeing, and strong interpersonal dynamics. We are here at Startup Mahakumbh to support founders, teams, and investors in nurturing not just brilliant ideas, but brilliant minds. Whether you're scaling a team, navigating uncertainty, or simply seeking to build a culture of excellence, we invite you to experience the power of inner transformation for achieving outer success.
Let’s build organizations that don’t just grow — they thrive.
Venue - Hall 6 : D2C Pavilion
Shweta Vyas
CEO, Art of Living Corporate Programs
Venue - Hall 6 : D2C Pavilion
Divam Kapoor
Director, DMA Infra & Gulshan Group