People

Team Members

Board of Directors

Leading Voices Empowering the Startup Ecosystem

Dr. A.S.Ganesan

Chancellor – VMRF

Dr. Anuradha Ganesan

Vice President, VMRF

Mr. J. Suresh Samuel

Chief Strategy Officer, VMRF

Advisory Committee

Rajasekaran Puthiyavapillai

Finance Officer

Chennai

Prof. Siva Umapathy

Ex IISER, Bhopal Director

Chennai

Dr. Ramanan Ramanathan

Former ATAL Innovation Mission, Mission Director

Chennai

Prof. N. Ramesh Babu

Advanced Manufacturing Technology Development Centre, IIT Madras

Chennai

Ms. Ambika Natarajan

Senior Vice President, HCLTech

Chennai

Dr. Sarman Singh

Director – Medical Research

Puducherry

Dr. Rakesh Sehgal

Dean, AVMC

Puducherry

Dr. Muthu Singaram

CEO Incubation at Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre at IITM

Chennai & Puducherry

Dr. M. R. Rajagopal

Chairman, Pallium India

Puducherry

Dr. Muthu Dhandapani, PhD

Regulatory Expert

Puducherry

Mentors

Ms. Sujaya Rao

Co-Founder, Teenr, Start-up Mentor & Entrepreneurship Educator

Chennai

Dr. L. Prabhu

Vice Principal , AVIT

Chennai

Dr. Ananth Padmanabhan

Dean, VMLS

Chennai

Dr. S. Ravikumar

Dean, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies; Head, Center for Biomedical Research

Puducherry

Dr. S. Parthiban

Director, Center for AI in Medicine

Puducherry

Dr. Arundaniel Jayakumar

Faculty, Dept of community Medicine, AVMC Hospital, Puducherry

Puducherry

Management Team

Chennai and Puducherry

S. Padmamalini

Chief Executive Officer

Rubika Panneerselvam

Incubation officer

Ilakiya J

Office Executive