Divya Sampath
Divya Sampath is an Innovation Advisor at Aspire For Her in Bangalore, mentoring women in entrepreneurship, employment, and education through community networks. Aspire For Her advocates for gender diversity and supports women in the workforce to uplift the economy. Additionally, she is a Portfolio Partner Sponsor at AWE Funds, promoting women's equity and empowerment. With over 25 years of experience in incubating businesses, leading international teams, and driving large-scale programs, Divya is dedicated to fostering inclusive innovation and sustainable growth.
Innovation and Growth Advisor at Aspire For Her
Aspire For Her
https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyasampath/
Finance, Technology, Angel Investor
Emmanuel Murray
Emmanuel Murray, an Investment Director at Caspian, brings over four decades of experience in agriculture, rural credit, and microenterprise finance. He manages the LeAF Fund, focusing on early and growth-stage investments in the food and agriculture sector with an emphasis on social and environmental impact. Emmanuel serves on Caspian Debt's Credit Committee and holds directorial positions at NABKISAN Finance Ltd and Batwaan Krishi and KiVi. An avid speaker and commentator on social trends, he supports India's food and agriculture startup ecosystem as an angel investor in social enterprises.
Investment Director
Caspian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-murray/
Rural Management Expert
Lipika Dey
Dr. Lipika Dey is a Professor at Ashoka University's Computer Science Department. Until December 2023, she was the Chief Scientist at Tata Consultancy Services, leading research in Economic and Financial Intelligence. Her expertise includes Natural Language Processing, AI Applications, Machine Learning, and multi-structured data analytics. She received the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2021 and TCS's Distinguished Scientist award in 2012. Previously, she was a faculty member in Mathematics at IIT Delhi. With a PhD from IIT Kharagpur, she is actively involved in ACM-W and advocates for Women in STEM.
Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Ashoka University.
Ashoka University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lipika-dey-3381713/
Education, Technology
Manita Subba
Ms. Manita Subba, an Assistant Professor at Sikkim Manipal University, balances her academic responsibilities with a fervent pursuit of a PhD in Sociology at North Bengal University. Her research focuses on the lives of women vendors in Gangtok, delving into the socio-economic intricacies and challenges they face in the informal sector. Through her scholarly endeavors, she aims to illuminate the experiences of marginalized women and contribute valuable insights to both academic scholarship and policy discussions on gender, labor, and urban development in Sikkim.
Assistant Professor
Sikkim Alpine University, Namchi, Kamrang
linkedin.com/in/manita-subba-338a53223
Education
Sayma Rahman
Sayma Rahman, hailing from Bangladesh is the founder and CEO of SR Ventures & Consultancy, a business consulting firm providing services to local and international organisations. She has over 16 years of experience in key positions at Grameenphone, Telenor Group and Robi Axiata. She bagged the award of 'Top Progressing Woman Leader in Bangladesh' in 2016. Sayma is also actively engaged with the StartUp ecosystem as an investor and advisor.
Founder and CEO
SR Ventures and Consultancy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saymarahman/
Angel Investor
Subrata Rana
Subrata Rana is the Founder Director of EcoDev Solutions – a boutique knowledge & advisory organisation. He has worked in the areas of Behavioral Economics, Data Analytics and ML/AI for the last three decades. He is a former World Bank Economist and has served at three CGIAR (Consultative Group of International Agriculture Research) centres in Asia, Africa and Latin America as Lead Economist. He is an entrepreneur by choice. EcoDev Solutions has operations in Asia and Africa where the Company works with Corporations, Government and Philanthropies. Subrata is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India and Stanford University, USA.
CEO & Managing Director
EcoDev Consultancy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/subrata-rana-01689712/
Technology