deAsra Mentors
Entrepreneurs need mentors to support and guide them in their business journey. It is said that a good mentor explains, a superior mentor demonstrates, however, the greatest mentor inspires and every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.
Entrepreneurs need mentors to support and guide them in their business journey. It is said that a good mentor explains, a superior mentor demonstrates, however, the greatest mentor inspires and every great achiever is inspired by a great mentor.
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Our Mentors
Aishwarya Waghmare
Proprietor at Mireille by Aishwarya.
Industry / Vertical:
Fashion
Expertise:
Specialised in customised clothing, indo-western clothing
Bio:
Aishwarya Waghmare is the Proprietor at Mireille by Aishwarya.
At very young age Aishwarya has excelled in the field of fashion designing. She has worked under renowned fashion designer Nivedita Saboo and also helped her through Pune fashion week season 5.
Objective:
Other Contributions:
Aishwarya has won the national level design competition Consortium of Green Fashion (CGF) in 2014 under the category of best collection -jury.
Avinash Trimbake
Industry / Vertical:
Capital Market
Expertise:
In depth knowledge of Indian Capital market. Extensive experience in handling Personal Finance / Investment portfolios
Bio:
Leading Investment professional from Pune. SEBI registered Stock & Share Sub Broker with more than 35+ years of experience in Capital market. Member of Pune Stock exchange till 2017. Leading agent for Fixed Deposit of many well-known financial Institutions Like HDFC/ LIC/ PNB/ Bajaj. Leading distributor for all mutual funds.
Objective:
Bhaskar Thakur
Co-Founder upGrowth
Industry / Vertical:
Consumer Internet, Online B2B, Technology, Marketing
Expertise:
Digital Transformation, Growth, and Marketing
Bio:
Bhaskar is an Experienced Entrepreneur and a Seasoned Digital Transformation Leader with demonstrated history of turning around and scaling businesses online. He is among the first wave of digital marketers in India has built and scaled marketing operations across industries, multiple times in his career. He has been part of the founding team of four startups in the Internet and Mobile space and mentored, consulted and advised multiple startups on growth and marketing. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of upGrowth.
Objective:
Other Contributions:
Mentor Businesses and startups at multiple forumsincluding CIIE-IIMA, NASSCOM, Google Ventures etc.
Makarand Pundalik
Proprietor of two firms M P Associates & Engineers , MAKRO Academy
Industry / Vertical:
Import and Export
Expertise:
32 years in International trading, business negotiations and merger acquisitions
Bio:
M P Associates & Engineers is in import export business of engineering items, textiles, cosmetics. They import from 22 countries and export to 48 countries.
MAKRO Academy is in corporate training in sale & negotiation, import export and business communication
Objective:
Other Contributions:
Involved in formation of SHG {self-help groups}, microfinance activities. Provide training on microfinance to Rotary clubs in 20 countries. Also involved in malnutrition projects in 12 states of India. Total 5200+ malnourished children are provided nutritional food supplements every month.
Soumitra Ghotikar
Industry / Vertical:
Digital Marketing, Manufacturing, Services
Expertise:
Setting up Mineral Water Projects from Scratch to Fully Operational, Helping Businesses in getting Conversions from their Online Marketing Activities.
Bio:
Basically, a Mechanical Engineer by education, a Mumbaikar, now settled in Pune. Transformed his Machinery Business from Offline to totally Online. Currently works in 2 verticals- 1. Consultancy for Mineral Water Business & 2. Helping Offline Businesses go Online
Objective:
Other Contributions:
He was the past Chairperson for Saturday Club , Pune Chapter. He also serve as a for different organisation who support entrepreneurship
Arun Vartak
Industry / Vertical:
Banking, Finance and Insurance
Expertise:
Business Planning, Credit appraisal, credit processing and credit management, Trainer for marketing of banking products and services, systems and processes, legal recovery of loans, etc.
Bio:
Mr. Vartak has 34 years of experience as a banker specialised in handling credit processing cells. He has served in many banks including State Bank Of India, Janata Sahakari , Saraswat Bank and various other management institutes.
Objective:
Other Contributions:
Imparts commerce education voluntarily to the underprivileged students.
Ashok Magdum
Industry / Vertical:
Banking, Finance.
Expertise:
Business administration and leadership, MSME lending.
Bio:
Mr. Magdum has 37 years of experience in banking, law, finance and psychology. He was a member of the board of administration at Maharashtra State Co-operative bank, Mumbai during 2015-17.
Objective:
Other Contributions:
Delivered lectures at various institutes on leadership, finance and banking.
Dhananjay Khire
Industry / Vertical:
Banking and Finance.
Expertise:
Business Administration and Customer Relation Management.
Bio:
Mr. Khire has a 40+ years of experience in banking where he has undertaken various senior managerial roles.
Objective:
Other Contributions:
He initiated setting up of 22 branches for Bank of Maharashtra in Nashik district.
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