Organizing Team
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Organizing Team
Find the organizing team behind the Change Makers' Winter Camp:
Regional Mentor of Change (Karnataka) associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
Mr. Kiran Kumar is a Change Maker, Strategic Advisor, Management Consultant and Mentor with over 27 years of work experience. He advises & consults for IT Startups in the areas of innovation, product strategy and product management. He has earlier served in leadership, managerial and technical positions in several multi-national corporations developing, architecting, managing & offering innovative technology-based products, solutions & services to global customers across North America, Europe, Japan and Australia.
Mr. Kiran Kumar routines mentors school & college students, working professionals and budding entrepreneurs. He has been driving the "Tinker Champ" initiative since 2021 to spread a culture of creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and change-making through student-led initiatives and actions. He has been associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog as a “Regional Mentor of Change” since 2018 and has been instrumental in conceptualizing, designing and driving several national-level, state-level and school-level initiatives to spread a culture of creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship for school children. He has been recognized as one of the Top-performing Mentor, Exemplary Mentor, Most active Mentor, Most consistent Mentor, and Most popular Mentor by Atal Innovation Mission on multiple occasions.
Mr. Kiran Kumar holds a PGDBA in Marketing from Symbiosis, M.S. in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering from Bangalore University, and Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Board of Technical Examinations, Karnataka. He has also completed a Certificate programme in "Leading beyond Authority" from Common Purpose, United Kingdom.
Mentor of Change (Karnataka) associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
Mr. Shachidevi T K is a Senior Leader with 38 years of experience in Energy and Power sector. She has held several leadership positions at CXO level. She is also a Mentor of Change associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India.
Mr. Shachidevi holds MTech. degree in Power Systems from IIT Kharagpur and BE from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore university. In addition, she holds Master Black Belt certificate in Six Sigma and attended several international leadership programs.
She was instrumental in setting up four Engineering and R&D centers across various organizations and worked extensively and represented Indian firms in international platforms.
She has initiated and led many first-time projects in India and published 5 US patents and 2 Indian patent disclosures, published several technical papers in national and international forums. She is bestowed with several awards and recognitions for her contribution.
She believes that growth in Indian industrial sector can be accelerated by giving more encouragement to R&D and innovation.
Mentor of Change (Andhra Pradesh) associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
Mr. Phaneendra is the Academic Coordinator at Nagarjuna Model School, State of Andhra Pradesh. Phaneendra is a technocrat turned educationalist by choice. Creating a change in the education system is one of his primary goals. Being an educator for more than a decade has helped him in understanding the power of students and their young minds. He strongly believes young minds can achieve anything with the right guidance and support.
Driven with Passion, he enabled Nagarjuna Model school to win the Best startup eco-system Enabler Award by Atal Incubation Center, Srikrishna Devaraya University, Andhra Pradesh.
Phaneendra is one of the active Mentors of Change from Andhra Pradesh, associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India. Phaneendra was recognized as an Exemplary Teacher of Change by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India.
Mentor of Change (Karnataka) associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
An eclectic profile with an overall work experience of 30 years in Social Enterprising, Learning & Development, OD Consulting, Teaching and Research. Srilatha is a Certified and Empaneled Professional Mediator from IIAM & APCAM and A Certified Happiness Life Coach from Transformation Academy of Florida, USA. Founder and Managing Director of Krishna Sri Paripurna Foundation, Sec 8 Company and Not-for-Profit Organization with the website – www.happybirthdaygift.in
Srilatha has hands-on experience in handling large scale change management/OD initiatives for both Service and manufacturing industries and working across all levels of an organization to deliver key business goals in a multifaceted environment. “Cultural Transformation through High Performance Work Systems” at GMR Airports; “Self-Management Teams initiative” for Formulation Plants of Dr. Reddy’s Labs; “Value Stream Mapping” at Ecologics Technologies; “Organization Climate Survey” at HSIL and AGI Glaspac; “BSC - Policy Deployment through X Matrix” at Coromandel Fertilizers were few prestigious projects handled successfully by Srilatha.
Engaged with StartUp Incubators and Accelerators in mentoring StartUp Founders and Professionals on Emotional Literacy and Regulation, Exploring and Experiencing Happiness, Personality Mapping for Success in Life, etc to name a few.
Associated with NITI AAYOG as Mentor of Change for Atal Innovation Mission of Government of India with special focus on Behavioral Skills Training for Students and Teachers both offline and online.
Srilatha is a Post graduate in Public Administration from Osmania University, stood University First and was awarded three Gold Medals for the year 1990. She pursued MBA in PMIR from A.P. Productivity Council. A Fellow PhD scholar of University of Hyderabad under the Program of Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi.
Ms. Tilottama Shrinivasa
Mentor of Change (Karnataka) associated with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
Tilottama Shrinivasa is the CTO & Founder Director of Peach Engineering Pvt. Ltd (est. 2004) & the founder of Engyana Consulting LLP that offers MSMEs quick & easy access to top engineering experts.
She is also the founder of Sustainable Transformations Pvt. Ltd, which offers consultancy in the field of biofuels-based energy solutions.
With a B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from KIT, Germany, she specialises in structures, FEA and product design.
She has worked with SuTRA (IISc, Bangalore), a pioneering program in the use of SVOs as diesel substitutes for rural development. She was also a consultant for Altair Engineering, India and consultants for the HECTOR School of Engineering & Management, KIT, Germany.
She was part of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program at IIMB and, subsequently, the Goldman Sachs Ambassador program in ISB, Mohali.
Tilottama is a founder of LeFaffa, a group of accomplished women, with the aim to promote gender equality by focussing on positive stories of women as role models.
If you have any questions regarding the Winter Camp, please drop an email to wintercamp2023@nmskadapa.edu.in