Team

Former General Manager
Analytics & AI, Accenture

Prateek Madhav
Co-Founder & CEO, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)
Ravi Narayan
CEO, T-Hub, Ex-Global Director (Microsoft for Start-ups)
Jawahar Bekay
Executive Chairman, TAO Automation Co-Founder, Microland & Planetasia
Krishnamoorthy Ananthasivam
Ex-VP, Head of Retail, CPG & Logistics, Infosys
Suryaprakash
Ex-SVP, Digital Head (Infosys), Angel Investor

As the AssisTech Foundation continued to gain recognition for its efforts to promote the use of assistive technology (AT), more and more individuals began to support its cause. These individuals came from all walks of life – some had personal experiences with disabilities or had loved ones who did, while others simply recognized the importance of AT in improving quality of life for those in need. We formed a close knit community of such individuals called “Friends of ATF” which includes leaders from Business, Social & Disability Sector, Technology, Government, Educational Institutes, Venture Funding, Research Labs, Diversity & Inclusion, Corporate CSR etc. These individuals recognized the importance of the AssisTech Foundation’s work and lent their support in various ways. Some donated time, money, or resources, while others simply spread the word about the foundation’s mission to friends and family. Regardless of their background or personal experiences, these individuals shared a common belief – that everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, deserves the opportunity to live their best life, with the help of assistive technology when needed.

ATF PATRONS

Parag Dhol
General Partner, Athera Venture Partners (formerly Inventus India)
Prof Rishikesha T Krishnan
Director, IIM Bangalore
Pravin Rao
Ex COO and Member of Board at Infosys Ltd

FRIENDS OF ATF

Savio D Souza
Ex Vice-President & Head Infosys Labs
V S Basavaraju
Head of Education & Project Management, The Karnataka Welfare Association for the Blind, Bangalore
Pete Horsley
Founder of Remarkable Tech, Co-Founder of +N

 

 

Bala Girisaballa
Founder and Director at PurpleFront, & MD at Vista Equity Partners | Former MD Microsoft Accelerator India
Shekhar Naik
Padma Shri Awardee , Former Captain of the Indian Blind Cricket Team | Program Administrator at the Indian Institute of Management
Mukta Kulkarni
Professor and Mphasis Chair for Digital Accessibility and Inclusion, IIM Bangalore
Deepa Narasimhan
Diversity And Inclusion Champion' 'Startup Evangelist' 'Advisory Member Of Social Enterprise' And 'Thought Leader In Inclusion
Divyanshu Ganatra
Founder Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF) | Partner at SVP India.
Gayathri Vasudevan
Chief Impact Officer at Sambhav Foundation & Chairperson at LabourNet Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Arshad Sayyad
Managing Director and Country Head at 3dverse, | Board Member at VeARC and RuralShores Business Services Pvt Ltd.
Naganand Doraswamy
Managing Partner & Founder at Ideaspring Capital
Raj Rajkumar
Ex Site Lead & CSR Head, TE Connectivity
Suryanarayanan A
Independent Consultant to start-ups, Former COO, NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore
Subrahmanyam Ivatury
CEO and Co-Founder, Social Convergence
Shiva Jayagopal
Founder Chairman of WinVinaya Foundation
Manohar Swaminathan
Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research India
Sandeep Alur
CTO at Microsoft Technology Centre , India
Raj Parthasarathy
Ex Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Co-Founder & CTO,CreditNirvana
Rumi Mallick
Director, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, EY
Girish Kamath
Former Vice President and Managing Director India at Picsart
Manish Dugar
CFO, Mphasis, Former CFO - Practo, InMobi & Wipro
Sandhya Vasudevan
former Managing Director Deutsche Bank & Thomson Reuters |

MENTORS

Sunil Varhadkar
Advisor & Investor with Digital Startups

 

 

Nitika Goel
CMO of Zinnov Management Consulting
Prof. Sourav Mukherji
Professor Organizational Behavior & Human Resources Management, IIM Bangalore
Abhishek Bajaj
startup marketer and storyteller
Shreya Krishnan
Vice President - Marketing and Communications at Anviti Insurance Brokers.
Abhay Kulkarni
Ex-VP, Service Offering Head – Business Unit, Infosys
Sunish Gupta
Inventor, Patent Holder, Assistive Technology & Inclusive Design Professional
Sunil Bhumralkar
Strategic Advisor To Start Up in the areas of Audit, Assurance and Financial Accounting

TEAM

Former General Manager
Analytics & AI, Accenture

Prateek Madhav
Co-Founder & CEO, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)
Chahat Dubey
Head of Partnerships and Research, ATF
Selcia Jasmeen
Programs and Operations Lead
Ramesh N
Office Manager
Priyanka Saha
Program Manager, ATF Adidvara
Sarthak Bhardwaj
Research and Development Associate
Ruchi Bakshi
UX Designing Research Fellow
Shivani Bhatnagar
Tech Development Volunteer, ATF Adidvara
Samarth Ashwath
UI/UX Designer, ATF Adidvara
Ranjan Deep
Tech Associate, ATF Adidvara
Akshata Revankar
Research Volunteer, AssisTech Foundation
Armaan Sayyad
Tech Development Intern, ATF
Dhruv Sharma
Research and development Associate

ENABLERS

Janhavi Joshi
Head of Partnerships and Programs
Anindya Chakraborty
ATF Enabler
Srividhya Parthasarathy
ATF Enabler
Nilesh Kumar Singh
ATF Enabler
Mayank Kumar
Operations and Partnership Lead, AssisTech Foundation (ATF)

INTERNS

Bhuvan Jhalani
Intern
Chinmay Kulkarni
Intern
Charu Mittal
Intern
Charvi Sharma
Intern
Diksha Sanyal
Intern
Swati Priya Patro
Intern
Mudit Nahar
Intern
Aayush Varma
Intern
Keerthana R
UI/UX intern