OUR MENTORS
RAJ BHATT
Raj Bhatt is founder of UK Careers. He is also Chairman and CEO at Elara Capital currently based out of London. He is deeply connected with his roots in Uttarakhand and is passionately associated with many development programs in Uttarakhand.
SANJEEV BIKCHANDANI
Sanjeev Bikchandani is renowned name in pure-play internet companies in India. He is very successful serial entrepreneur and the founder of Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, Shiksha, 99acres
PRASOON JOSHI
Prasoon is an Indian poet, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, and communication specialist and marketer, born in Almora Uttarakhand. He was appointed as the Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification in 2017. He is the advertising mastermind behind many successful brands in India
RAJ KUMAR UPADHYAYA
Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, an officer of the Indian Telecommunication Services (ITS) of Government of India, is the Executive Director and Chairman Board, C-DOT. Dr. Rajkumar Upadhay is a Governing Council Member of Telecom Export Promotion Council (TEPC), Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE), Telecommunications Standards Development Society (TSDSI) & Broadband India Forum (BIF).
Lt Gen RAJESH PANT (Retd)
Veteran Lt. General of Indian Army, awarded three times by President of India, presently National Cyber Security Coordinator under Prime Minister’s Office. Based in New Delhi
SANJIV PANDEY LIFE COACH & Ex-IAS(Allied) Officer.
IAS (Allied) officer of 1994 Batch. Worked with the Govt. of Delhi and UT Administration of Dadra Nagar Haveli in different administrative capacities. Works as a Life Coach now; provide life skills training at Govt. Academies, PSUs, Corporate and individuals including students. Mentor civil services aspirants. Conduct Wellness Workshops for holistic development of body-mind-soul (energy).
BRIG BHARAT RAWAT
Presently Vice Chancellor of a University. An electronics engineer served 35 year with Army, Have monitored and progressed training in Army at Apex Level, now mentoring and counselling youngsters at University
PRAVEEN TYAGI
Praveen is established entrepreneur and CEO at Edu is fun. He is instrumental in setting up Himalayan super 30 program in Uttarakhand launched for preparing students for IIT.
Maj Gen KK Pant (Retd)
Defense and International relations Analyst. Personality assessor.
CHANDRA PRAKASH J
Chandraprakash is Co-founder & CEO of ixamBee.com, an online learning platform for preparation of competitive exams with years of experience into top banks of country. He is alumnus of ISB Hyderabad and GBPUAT
Smita Vermani
Smita Vermani has over 28 years’ experience in various areas of finance like investment banking, project finance, treasury, syndication, restructuring, equity broking and mutual funds. Held leadership positions in various organisations since last 18 years. Some organizations she has served include IFCI, IDBI Capital, Tata AMC, ICICI AMC, UTI.
Pralhad Adhikari
Pralhad Adhikari, An IIM Ahmedabad aluminous, accomplished industry professional with more than two decades of Industry experience in Consulting, Technology & Managed Services in global markets. A research scholar & technology thought leader, certified international career coach, a social entrepreneur and a mentor to budding grassroot entrepreneurs specially in Education, Environment & Social sectors
Lt Col Sanjay Joshi (Retd)
Lt Col Sanjay Joshi (Retd), an Indian Army veteran with more than two decades of military experience. Comprehensive knowledge on safety-security management and administration in a diverse and cross functional environment. A certified professional in Project Management Fundamentals, Career mentoring for young people and First line psychological counselling.
Gaurav Rodiyal
Gaurav Rodiyal, an entrepreneur & designated partner at Infosential LLP. He is also the Project Lead at UK Careers programme. His experience of over 5 years spans management consulting, entrepreneurship, taxation, corporate compliances & financial services. Gaurav has always been passionate about Social Work, Education & Entrepreneurship. He is associated with a couple of Rural Business Incubators & NGO’s, where he (along with his team members) contributes with his services voluntarily as much as he can in his limited capacity
Purabi Sarkar
Purabi Sarkar, has years of experience in the realm of Business development and as a mentor. Her core focus is on analyzing the risks, finding the gaps and coming up with the effective solutions in order to cope up with the problem. She completed her masters in computer science from BITS & her masters from Indian Institute of Management from Kozhikode. She has also done a course on Strategic Management from Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Anjana Ray
Current position : Associate Director, Sana Biotechnology, Cambridge,MA
Dr. Anjana Ray received her PhD from G B Pant University of agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. She has been working in the area of biomedical research and development since 2008. Currently she is working as Associate Director at Sana Biotechnology , Cambridge, MA .USA
Dhawal Pant
Dhawal is a Managing Partner at Dhanacharya Advisors, a financial consultancy firm in Delhi. He is also a partner at a leading luxury fashion brand ‘Brave & Brats. He is a CFA from CFA Institute, USA & a qualified Chartered Accountant. He’s a trained vocalist in India Classical Music from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, New Delhi.
Dr. Praveen chandra
Dr. Praveen chandra Tiwari, has a doctorate in High Energy Physics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has received his BSc honours in Physics from Ramjas college, Delhi University. His passion and curiosity towards high energy physics has led him to CERN, Geneva to explore dark matter. His interest lies in search of dark matter and other interesting phenomenon in the field of high energy particle physics.