ABOUT LEMON IDEAS
People who help
ideas move.
Since 2013, Lemon Ideas has brought founders, mentors, industry leaders and institutions together to turn possibilities into meaningful ventures.
13years since
2013
2013
THE CORE TEAM
People behind
the ecosystem.
A team of builders, educators and enablers working across entrepreneurship, technology and school innovation.
01Deepak Menaria
Founder & Chief Idea Farmer
02Mukesh Ashar
Director, Lemon Ideas
03Abhishek Angole
Director — Business & Technology
04Dr. Suresh Chari
Director — School Initiatives
05Ashwin Korde
Programme Coordinator
MENTORS & ADVISORS
Experience,
within reach.
Specialists and practitioners who bring practical perspective to founders and programmes across the Lemon Ideas ecosystem.
Dr. Dwarika Uniyal
Customer Insights & Trends
Dr. S. Jeyavelu
Innovation
Dr. Nagaraja Prakasam
Social Entrepreneurship
Nitin Gujrathi
Technology
Poonam Menaria
Self Awareness
Dr. Prabodh Yelne
Self & Psychology
Praveen Kanda
Technology
Dr. Sanjay Arora
Entrepreneurial Marketing
Dr. Ramjee Pallela
Healthcare & Biotechnology
Anu Joshi Shreshtha
Social Impact
Ravi Kumar
Startup Growth
C. H. Vaishnav
Education Startups
Kapil Sharma
Technology
Vamsi Udayagiri
AgriTech
Rahul Joshi
AI & Emerging Technologies
Sagar Bhajani
Startup Growth
N. Girish Raju
Banking & Finance
Ravi Karia
Legal & Intellectual Property
Capt. Priti Singh
Advisor
Grace Akello
Africa Advisor
Vishal Arora
Raising Money
EMINENT GUESTS
Leaders who have
shared our stage.
Public leaders, institution builders, investors and entrepreneurs who have enriched Lemon Ideas programmes with their presence and perspective.
Shri Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways
Shri Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Anurag Thakur
Former Union Minister of State, Finance & Corporate Affairs
Maj. Gen. Vetsop Namgyel
Ambassador of Bhutan to India
H. E. Grace Akello
Ambassador of Uganda
H. E. Ram Prasad Subedi
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Nepal
R. Ramanan
Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission
Dr. Abhay Jere
Vice Chairman, AICTE
Dr. Bhimraya Metri
Director, IIM Nagpur
Dr. Pankaj Bhoyar
Minister of State, Government of Maharashtra
Madhur Bajaj
Former Vice Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd.
S. M. Unnikrishnan
Former MD & CEO, Thermax
S. T. Sampathkumaran
CEO, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd.
Takashi Suzuki
Chief Director General, JETRO
Dr. Nagaraja Prakasam
Founder, Native Angel Network
Anshu Gupta
Founder, GOONJ
Amit Singhal
Founding Partner, Fluid Ventures
Prajakt Raut
Founder, Applyifi & The Growth Labs
Mahavir Pratap Sharma
Chair, TiE India Angels & Rajasthan Angels
Aseem Gupta, IAS
Former Principal Secretary, Maharashtra
Shravan Hardikar
Former Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Jaykaran Singh
Development Commissioner, MIHAN
Chamanlal Dhanda
Programme Director, GIZ India
Chintan Bakshi
CEO, Startup Oasis
Lionel Gommery
Technical Director, Veolia India
Mithun John
Former Joint CEO, Maharashtra State Innovation Society
Pranav Sharma
President, Baidyanath Group
Venkatesh Iyer
Founder & CEO, Goli Vada Pav
Vikram Gandhe
MasterChef India Winner
THE ECOSYSTEM
Different experiences.
One shared purpose.
To bring good ideas closer to the people, knowledge and opportunities that help them grow.
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