Entrepreneurship Cell

Dr. Daya Gaur (Faculty Incharge) Shashank Vaid (Executive Officer)
Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
and Faculty Incharge Entrepreneurship Cell
Office No. 112
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Nangal Road, Rupnagar
Punjab - 140001
Contact No: +91-1881-242136

Backed by global education across USA, UK, Dubai, India, China and Russia, Shashank has over 12 years experience in investment advisory, manufacturing and services. As an operative and strategic planning specialist, he has deep knowledge of and familiarity with cross-border deals for startups, small and medium enterprises and global businesses.
Shashank has been the founder of an investment advisory firm and partner at a boutique investment bank that has a history of forging strategic alliances and of creating funding syndicates through a very strong bond of relationships and a global network. He has also undertaken a proprietary market research and analysis for a unit of a very large bank that has a geographical asset exposure of over USD 10 billion.
Shashank has sales revenues of USD 1 billion under his belt solidly built over work experience at leading advisory, manufacturing and services companies. He is passionate about activating organic and inorganic growth in emerging markets across Asia and Africa. Shashank's experience is built on developing integrated strategy for network, business development, sales and marketing. His management style and cross cultural skills have been further developed through experience across twenty different multinational teams. Shashank has an MBA from Duke University and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (Calcutta).

Contact Details:
Executive Officer (Entrepreneurship Cell)
Office No. 229
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Nangal Road, Rupnagar
Punjab - 140001
Contact No: +91-1881-242169
Email: shashank.vaid[AT]iitrpr.ac.in

Funding opportunities for Prototype Development

With the goal to foster innovation within industry, academia and government bodies, IIT Ropar has launched a prototype development and innovation fund (PDIF). The PDIF has been established to address the technology gap between research labs and commercial products. The PDIF will fund projects that would validate the commercial potential of a technology and projects that serve the immediate technological needs of the nation in general and the regional industry in particular.

Governed by an eminent board chaired by Director IIT Ropar Professor M. K. Surappa the PDIF will fund upto 20 projects in the first two years. Average contribution to a project from PDIF would be 10 Lakh. Typical project would be a partnership between the industry and the academia with a strong case for commercialization of the technology based on the prototype to be developed in the project. Industry partners are expected to provide matching funds for the prototype development.

For detailed inquiries Daya Gaur, Head Department of Computer Science and Engineering and incharge Entrepreneurship cell IIT Ropar may be contacted at
Phone: 01881-242136


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Please watch this space closely for announcements regarding the guidelines and the application process.