NICE
Community
They are co-creators and supporters of NICEorg’s initiatives and enablers in shaping India’s cultural entrepreneurship ecosystem.

NICE community comprises of experienced professionals, domain experts, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, policy-makers and others who believe in the mission of NICEorg and adhere to its values. To add to it, every NICE community member is a co-creator and supporter of NICEorg’s initiatives and hence, an enabler in shaping India’s cultural entrepreneurship ecosystem.
It is said that it takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, for any large mission to succeed, it needs the support and involvement of a large number of people who passionately believe in the mission. Such people commit time, expertise, knowledge and effort to make the mission come alive. To us, they are our NICE Friends.
NICE Friends enable the creation of successful cultural enterprises by providing mentorship, strategic guidance, and access to networks. They also assist NICEorg in various capacities as ambassadors, service providers, and volunteers.
Director
Aagur Agro
Abhijeet Mishra
Abhijeet Prahlad
Co-Founder
AyuRythm
Abhishek Mukherjee
Abhishek Sarasawat
Founder
BluePine Foods
Aditya Gharami
Aditya Nath
Director
Mensch Ventures
Ajay Prabhu
Managing Partner
Tatvaa
Akshat Gandhi
Amit Jain
Heritage Inspired
Faculty Co-Chair, Creative and Cultural Businesses Programme
IIM Ahmedabad
Roobaroo Walks
Andy Dey
Co-Founder
TagZ Food
Managing Partner- ATK Consultants, Former CFO
FabIndia
Co-founder & CEO
Karigar Mandi
Director – Marketing & Growth
Anand Sweets
Anoop Balaraman
Business Head
Amazon
COO
Araku Coffee
Co-Founder
Aazol
Apurva Purohit
Aravind Govirdhan
Archana Rai
Arihant Patni
Founder
BrandEigen Insights & Analytics
Arun Gupta
CEO
ConvertCart
Arun Natarajan
Founder
Just Herbs
Brand Strategists
Brandscapes Worldwide
Ashish Dikshit
Ashoke Agarrwal
Ashutosh Wakankar
Investor
Adukale
Designer and Planner
Ayush Kasliwal Design Pvt Ltd
Managing Director
Vista Consulting Group
Balakumaran GS
Balu Masti
BG Mahesh
Director and Chief Business Officer
Adukale
Bhargav Dasgupta
Bhaskar Majumdar
CEO
BunkoJunko
Bhavna Parsarampuria
Bina Trivedi
Binita Kapadia
Chandra Chandrasekar Kandaswamy
Entrepeneur- advisor
Shankara Building Products
Co-Founder & Business Head
Gurucool Fun
Leadership, Executive & Happiness Coach
Celebrity Chef
Chef Sanjeev Kapoor
Chejarla Anjaneyulu
Chinar Balsaraf
Chintan Bakshi
Chitra Chandrashekhar
Cofounder
Kahaniyah
Co-founder
Amayra Naturals
Founder & CEO
Auric
Deepak Srinath
Deepak Vinchhi
Deependra Moitra
Deepika Warrier
Managing Director
Agave India
Founder & CEO
Impactsure Technologies
Dhruv Chopra
Dileep More
Dimple Peri
Founder
Zouk
Divam Jain
Divya Kalra
Content Writer
Dr. Bindu Sathyajith
Dr. Dakshayini Kanna
Associate Professor
Rishihood University
Dr. Neeta Singh
Dr. Ramabrahmam Vellore
Dr. Shubha Banerji
Dr. Suresh Kumar Agarwal
Ganapati R Bhat
MD&CEO
Paradise Biryani
Creative Director
Heads Up For Tails
Geetha Ramamurthy
H.D. Sharma
Haragopal Mathsyaraja
Hari Krishnan
Entrepreneur
Indic Wellbeing
Co Founder
Amayra Naturals
Harshita Shakalya
Harshwarddhan Singh
Heena Vinchhi
Hemant Soreng
Jagadish Nadig
Head
New Business Venture Nadathur Fareast
Jawahar Bekay
Jayadeep K
Jayatheertha Koundinya
Jayeeta
Research Associate
IIT Guwahati
John Shrader
Kadam Shah
Kalpesh Rawal
Founder & Investor
Fireside Ventures
Karthik Kittu
Karthik Subbaramaiah
Principal Consultant
Ketoki Basu & Associates
Kingshuk Sircar
Kiran Kumar
Founder
Relove
Kisan Ramchandra Patil
Krishna Prakash
Group CEO
Access Livelihoods Group
Kshama Nargund
Business Leader & Brand Architect
Founder-Director
Hidden India Safari & Lifestyle Experiences
Laxmikant Govind Dadape
M Imtiaz Hussain
Changemaker & Social Entrepreneur
1BRIDGE and G.A.M.E
Founder
Indigharana
Mahendar
Founder
Beyond Snack
CEO
Lal10
Co-founder
Printo
Co-Founder and Director
Maya CARE
Manjulika Pramod
Manjunath Gowda
Co-Founder
Val-More Action Advisory
Social Alpha
Co-founder
Koo, Vokal India
Mayur Channagere
Meena Girisaballa
IFS Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
Meenakshi Negi
Meera Harish
Meghana Das
Udhyam Learning Foundation
Millind Pasad
MJ Aravind
Mukul Chowdhary
Mumu Pande
Lead Investor
Indian Angel Network & Partner- Acumen Fund
Nagendra Venkaswamy
Nagesh Sidhanti
Nainesh Jaisingh
Namrata Bhatia
Namrata Sharma
CEO
Doart
Nayana Tadvalkar
Nayantara Singh
ND Badrinath
Consulting Partner
Brandscapes
Co-Founder & CEO
Affable
Nishant Manoj
NS Kannan
CEO
Ekaya Banaras
Pallavi Mahajan
Parul Sharma
Pavan Krishnamurthy
Phani Pattamatta
Founder redBus
RedBus
Piyush Agarwal
Poonam Prabhu
Pragati Baheti
Prakash Belawadi
Prakash Patel
Prakhar Tripati
Pranab Dutta
Director – Listings
Amazon
Pranjulaa Singh
Prasad Harish Phadke
Prashant Singh
Prashanth Prakash
Praveen Rachabattuni
Senior Vice President
Fireside Ventures
Brand Advisor
Priya Chetty Rajagopal
Priyank Patel
Priyanka Dhavale
Punit Dhandhania
Co-Founder and CEO
LetsTransport
Radhika Subramanian
Raghuram SK
Investor
Stellaris, Mamaearth
Founder
DirectCreate
Rajiv Kuchhal
Managing Partner
LoEstro Advisers LLP
Rama Krishna Kompella
Business Head and SVP Jaypore
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail
Ratna Sudha
Ravi Bagri
Renu Sharma
Designer
Eka
Ritik Gupta
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Ankur Capital
Rituparna De
Sachin S Revankar
Samatha Sharma
Sandeep Singhal
Co-founder
NICEOrg
Founder & CEO
Mindsphere Consulting
Sanya A. Bakshi
Sateesh Andra
Managing Director and CEO
Marico Ltd
Saugata Gupta
Saurabh Khedekar
Shekhar Prabhakar
Shiva Kakkar
Shivani Mehrotra
Shobhit Arora
Shradha Agarwal
Shradha Sharma
Shubha Narayanan
Shyam Krishnakumar
Founder
Sumedha Venture Advisors
Sihi Kahi Chandru
Tech Entrepreneur & Founder, CEO
GoCoop
CEO
Zamstars
Sonali Mishra
Sonia Munglani
CFO – Kantar Insights, South Asia
Kantar
Sridhar Pai
Impact & Social Sector Investor
Unitus Ventures
Srinivas Yelandur
Founder
Ziro
Senior Manager
Pegasus India Evolving Opportunities Fund
Co-founder and CEO
Zwende
Sunaina Suneja
Sundararajan Mahalingam
President-Early Stage
Let’s Venture
Founder Director
Skillster Heroes
Suresh Narasimha
Surya Narayanan
SVL Narayan
Co-founder & CEO
Poocho
Founder
AnalytIQ 361°
Tarun Sharma
Chief Investment Officer
Cause First Ventures Pte Ltd
Thiyakharajan SP
Tilottama Shrinivasa
Toolika Gupta
Uday Wankawala
Uma Subramaniam
Uma Sudhindra
Vaibhav Chauhan
Vaishnavi Prasad
Co-Founder and CEO
Again Drinks
Vasudha Bhogaraju
Vasudha Madhavan
Venkatesan Sitaraman
Business Mentor and Entrepreneur
Jury, NICE Aarohana Business Plan Competition
Vikash Singhal
Vinay Dixit
Vinay Prashant
Founder
Millet Bank
Vishnu Swaminathan
Yogishri Sai
Founder & CEO
Impactsure Technologies
Founder & CEO
Mindsphere Consulting
CFO – Kantar Insights, South Asia
Kantar
Co-Founder and CEO
Again Drinks
Business Mentor and Entrepreneur
Jury, NICE Aarohana Business Plan Competition
Content Writer
