Founder Professor, Desai Sethi School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay First School in IIT System dedicated fully to Entrepreneurship Courses covering all aspects of new venture creation Full support to students up to pre-incubation level Over 2,000 students and about 50 new ventures Professor, Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay Courses in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management General Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd. Design and execution of Technology Development and Commercialization Programs Program for Advancement of Commercial Technology (PACT): Indo-US Joint R & D Program Sponsored Research and Development (SPREAD) Program: Supporting projects by SMEs for development of new products and processes in cooperation with technology institutes in India Technology Institutions (TI) Program: Encouraging national laboratories and academic institutes to undertake industry-oriented R & D activities Member, Academic Council, Mumbai University Member, Board of Directors, Venture Centre: Leading Technology Incubator at Pune set up by CSIR Member, High-Powered Committee, New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative: Program for supporting break-through technologies launched by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar at CSIR Member, Board of Directors, IPCA Laboratories, Mumbai: Leading pharmaceutical company in India Chairman, MITCON Limited: Leading business and technology consultancy company in Maharashtra for SMEs