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Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee approved by Governing Council can provide general guidance, potential funding sources, resource network access, and mentoring support for incubator staff members and incubated startups. Additionally, committee members can help to raise general awareness of incubator activities in nearby regions. The advisory committee will be made up of individuals that share the incubator's vision and can help the incubator fulfill its mission.

The advisory committee will be composed of approximately six to fifteen members with relevant sector expertise and experience of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Apart from Governing Council, at a minimum, the committee should be constituted with representation from local business leadership, industrial association, financial services, legal services, alumnae of parent institute and the members of nearby ecosystem enablers.

Sector-wise Advisors

Fashion Sector:

  • Dr. K. M. Pachiyappan, Head, Dept. of Costume Design & Fashion, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore.

  • Mr. G. Somasundaram, Advisor, Soft Interventions Mechery Handloom Cluster, MSME Ministry, Bangalore

Biotechnology Sector

  • Dr. V. Shanmugaiah, Associate Prof. of Microbial Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

  • Dr. S.Sulochana, Associate Prof. Rtd., NIFTEM, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

  • Dr.V.Ragunathan, Secretary, Traditional Paddy Council, Tiruvarur.

  • Dr. Natanamurugaraj Govindhan, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, University of Malaysia, Penang.

Agri Sector

  • Dr. R. Ravindhran, Associate Professor of Botany, Loyola College, Chennai.

  • Dr. A.P.Aruna, CEO, Periyar TBI, Vallam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

  • Mr. Saravanan, Agri EDII, Tiruchirappalli.

  • Dr. M. Manivasaan, Vfarm organic foundation, Perambalur, Tamil Nadu

Food and Nutrition:

  • Dr. Dharmaraja Allimuthu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, IIT, Kanpur

  • Dr. T. Jeya Rajasekar, Principal, Dr. Somervel Memorial CSI Medical College & Hospital, Karakonam, Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

Management Sector:

  • Dr. Kandunuru Niranjan, Professor, Marri laxman Reddy Institute of technology and Management, Dundigal, Hyderabad.

IT Sector:

  • Dr. Madhumangal Pal, Assistant Professor Department of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal,India.

  • Dr. B. Surendhiran, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, NIT, Pudhucherry

  • Dr. R. Usharani, Assitant Professor, Dept. of Computational Intelligence, School of computing, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai

  • Mr. G. Chandrakumar, LPDG GmBH, Cloud Computing, Senior Architect, German.

Associated NGOs:

  • CREATE Organization, Tiruvarur

  • Nel Mart, Tiruvarur

  • Traditional Paddy Congress, Tiruvarur

  • Manvasanai, Chennai

  • Magudam organization, Thanjavur

  • Lions and Leo Clubs

  • Ayya Food, Chennai