Lopa Mishra Jana is currently working as the COO/HoC of Electropreneur Park, Bhubaneswar, STPINEXT. She has over 14 years of experience in diverse spectrum of areas as well as organisations in the national and international realm. She has Graduate & Post graduate degrees in Engineering and Business Management. Her experience profile proves herself as a successful beginner, sustainer of entrepreneurial initiative as well as skills in operational and stakeholder management. She is an experienced Entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong business development professional focused in Global Business Management from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. She is skilled in Operations & Management, currently working for developing and executing inbound strategies. She is an effective leader who can optimize and streamline operation, making most out of the available resources.

Shri Subodh Sachan, Chief Innovation Officer – STPINEXT, Director – STPI HQ is heading pan-India startup initiatives of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) including establishment of domain specific Centres of Excellence in emerging technologies like IoT, AI, BlockChain, AR/VR etc. An IIT Roorkee and IIM Bangalore alumnus, is a senior professional from the Industry who has joined STPI as Director after working in the Industry at Global level in various capacities. He has worked in diversified areas of the technology industry, a major portion of which is into telecom & related fields. In particular, he has been part of start-ups in leadership role, right from inception to successful listing of the company (IPO). On the other side of the industry spectrum, he has also been part of senior management in MNCs and global telecom behemoths like Motorola and Nokia. He has successfully headed the Bangalore chapter of IIM Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).

Deepak Raj is Assistant Manager – Strategy & Operations at AIC STPINEXT INITIATIVES-HQ. He has more than 12 years of experience in Business Research and Strategy Development. Prior to this he was working in the area of Business Strategy Consulting. He has experience of multiple sectors across the value chain.

He has earned B.Sc. (H) Biotechnology, PGDCS (Marketing) and M.A. (Economics).

Niket Nikhare is Chief Operating Officer of “Centre of Excellence – MOTION”. He has more than 13 years of experience in Technical domain. Before STPI (Center of Excellence), he has served Indian Navy (Ministry of Defense) for 10 years as Lieutenant Commander, followed with various assignments in emerging technologies like IoT, AI and AR/VR.

He has earned B.E (Electronics & Communication) and M.B.A (HR) from Mumbai University.