deAsra’s panel of Experts brings years of expertise in various business sectors and processes. Achieve your business goals effectively with their guidance and knowledge.
Mr. Pritesh Bhende, is a Civil Engineer by profession, is also a Chartered Engineer and Valuer. As a first generation entrepreneur he has more than 15 years of experience in the tendering business. He has worked with reputed organisations like DCSEN, Department of Atomic Energy (BARC), and Indian Register of Shipping (Industrial Division) etc. He has experience in handling various government and private tendering portals. He has also participated in auctions and reverse auctions. He also has to his credit a first hand experience of participating in more than 10,000 nation wide tenders.
Mr. Vikas Dangat is a Serial technopreneur with 40 years of diversified experience in setting up business units in hard core engineering, food processing, Agriculture, Automation & nutrition. He is a first-generation entrepreneur with quite a humble background where he was schooled in his village with minimum resources and zero comfort. He started his career as a Production Engineer in SKF Bearings India in 1984. After a stint of 10 Years in SKF, he ventured into his first business of Providing automation solutions from concept to reality. He is a creative thinker and helps entrepreneurs to resolve their business obstacles with innovative ideas and passion. He is a speaker and mentor at more than 5 universities. He mentors students in the fields of engineering, food processing and innovation, agriculture and life sciences. He is instrumental to support many startups to scale-up. The organisations he leads are into Conveyors, Automation, Spindles, Food Processing & Engineering & Agriculture. He is associated with various NGOs and works with them for the upliftment of rural farmers and to help them achieve sustainability.
Advait has more than 30 years of experience in industry, management consulting and coaching. His expertise is in the areas of business strategy, designing business processes.
He has experience across various sectors – manufacturing, automotive, Infotech, Hospitality, BFSI, Retail
Mr. Chakor Gandhi is DME, MBA & self-employed for more than 30 years. He is a successful entrepreneur and handles different portfolios like trading, distribution, retailing as well as manufacturing. He has also partnered with multinationals.
Has a passion for teaching. He has been Mentoring, Consulting & Coaching Businesses for Growth for more than 25 years. Closely Associated with Startups, Incubation Centers & a part of Startup Eco System.
Concept to Commissioning of processed food products
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1. Bhagyashri is a founder and director of Food Monk Consultants LLP
2. Bhagyashri is a food technologist having 16+ years of experience from various domains of food industry
3. She has worked upon more than 50 product and brand development.
3. Her area of expertise is in R&D, New product development, shelf life improvement, packaging solutions, turnkey solutions, manufacturing unit setup guidance etc.
4. Bhagyashri has expertise in all the categories of food products like milk & Milk products, non alcoholic beverages, snacks, savoury products, chocolates & Confectionary, bakery products, RTE,RTC,millet based products, infant and toddler products etc.
Objective
Her mission is to support 1000 entrepreurs by 2030 with her knowledge and passion about food industry.
• Understanding bottlenecks for entrepreneur, enterprise.
• Collating them
• Finding Solutions to provide escape velocity to the enterprise
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Sandeep Tapaswi started Fands Infonet immediately after his Engineering in Computer Science from the Pune University while he was studying MBA.
Currently, Fands Infonet is one of the leading Corporate Training organizations in the country. We have served almost all the top IT organizations in the country. Since our inception, 20 years back, we have served over 500 customers across the country.
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Fands has offices in Mumbai and Hyderabad and clients across the country. For more details www.fandsindia.com
Fands also serves prestigious academic institutions and Manufacturing companies in Pune
It is my great pleasure to inform you that the story of Fands, has been featured in a book titled “Making It On My Own” by Prashant Karhade.
Intellectual property laws, Setting up of businesses and licensing
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Designated Partner of SKGK & Associates LLP.
Partner of Vigilant Management & Legal Solutions LLP.
More than 14 years of experience in handling Corporate Legal Matters, Intellectual Property matters, Secretarial Matters, RBI & FEMA matters along with licensing work of Listed, Unlisted Public and Private Companies & LLP’s.
Objective
Empower businesses to be aware about the compliances.
Empower businesses to follow rules and regulations within due dates without penalties.
Business growth, positioning and transition; Technology adoption and scalability; Processes management and optimization; Market research and competition.
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An appreciative-oriented professional with over 30 years of experience in Sales & Business Development, Pre-Sales, Product Management including nearly 10 years of experience in Business Analysis, Business & Management Consulting, Strategic Planning & Analysis with the domain expertise in IT, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Supply Chain and Logistics, Banking and Finance, Recruitment, Travel and Tourism, BPO/ KPO/RPO, Education/e- Learning, Construction, Agriculture & Food.
Objective
A patient listener, who works with the business owners from ground level, at every stage, in achieving the set desired results, in order to bring "Smile" on their faces - as a "Smile Catalyst”, by getting engaged with predefined baby steps, milestones - establishing meaningful relationships journey.
Mr. Anniket Morey is a Business Growth Strategist and expert in Franchise & Brand Development through his venture, QuantumBiz Learning & Solutions LLP. He is also the founder of the Business Acceleration Forum. With over 12 years of experience in brand building, franchise model designing, marketing, and sales, Anniket has developed a proven formula for creating successful and well-known brands. His extensive research and hands-on experience have equipped him to assist new and established businesses in scaling and thriving in competitive markets.
Objective
He is on a Mission to Help 100,000 Entrepreneurs Achieve Growth using Brand Building and Make an Impactful Revolution in the Food Industry.
Growth Strategy, Sales, Marketing and CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
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Mr. Abhay Kardeguddi is the CEO and Chief Consultant-Trainer at NIVA Growth Consultants, Pune. NIVA works with a vision of “Helping Organisations GROW”. Mr. Abhay has 30+ years of rich experience in the field of Strategy, Sales, Marketing and CRM with an excellent track record. As a consultant, he has guided 250 plus organisations from diverse fields such as electromagnetic to polymers and plant nursery to software. He plays an advisory role cum faculty at reputed institutes like Symbiosis, PUMBA, Shivaji University, TISS – Mumbai and others. He has written 3 books on CRM – Customer relationship Management. He has conducted 400+ Training Workshops in India and abroad.
Objective
To provide assistance and mentoring to small business entrepreneurs to grow their business through effective Sales and Marketing strategies.
Dr. Anand Godse is an expert in the field of Psychology. Supporting entrepreneurs during their journey through soft skills, communication, emotional intelligence, and other areas of self awareness is Dr. Anand’s core expertise. He works with the transformation process for entrepreneurs by working on their personal growth, behavior, professionalism, team building, confidence, entrepreneurial mindset as well as satisfaction and happiness during work. He is also specialized in working with young entrepreneurs and college students during their early phase of entrepreneurship.
Objective
Entrepreneur Transformation and Support as a contribution towards deAsra's mission of supporting Small Businesses
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
Share my experiences with entrepreneurs who are building 'real' businesses for India. Learn from them.
32 years in International trading, business negotiations and merger acquisitions
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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
Primarily to guide entrepreneurs to negotiate and close the deal. This includes guiding them to understand customers’ requirement, preparation of proposal , negotiate and close the deals. Guide entrepreneurs who wish to start import export business.
Export documentation, Finance and Compliance. Order Management, Data analysis.
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Ms. Sushma Kolwankar is the founder and director of GF (Global Fortune) Mission India Pvt.Ltd. She is specialized in providing training and consultancy of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development. She also is the proprietor of Kaushal Food Products which is into manufacturing, trading and exporting of Agro Products, Processed Food and Spices etc.
Objective
She guides entrepreneur who are interested in import and export business.
Shweta has done Diploma in Business Management and has experience of more than 25 years in fashion industry. Shweta is the pioneer in bringing nearly 5000 colour shades of plain blouses to wedding collections, party wear and corporate wear. She also brought innovations in blouses from its fabric to designs. She started with traditional simple blouses to trendy, designer blouses.
Objective
To guide any entrepreneur in developing their skills and helping them to set and grow their businesses.
Marketing Management, Product management, Business development
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Mr. Deshpande is a Digital Marketing professional with comprehensive experience of managing multi-functional digital operations. He is serving as a head in digital marketing and CRM at Kumar properties. He has a 20 years of experience of managing operations aboard ship-defence.
Objective
To make impactful contribution to enhance sales volumes through many initiatives.
Designing Corporate, Wedding & Casual wear. Skilled in all types of Embroidery and Painting. Expert in Natural Fabrics of India.
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Mrs.Kavita Awasthee is a Fashion Designer and a owner of her own brand – ’Poshakh”. Poshakh is a 25 year old boutique specializing in woven and printed fabrics from more than 14 states of India. She is also into customized designing and tailoring with a team of over 30 designers and Karigars.
Objective
To help entrepreneurs in the fashion industry to set up and grow their businesses by sharing the latest ideas and trends in fashion industry.
Beauty treatments, Advanced Hair and skin, Aroma Therapy.
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Smita Deshpande is the Proprietor at Orchid Beauty, Skin and Hair Care.
Mrs. Deshpande is a beauty professional with 25 years of experience in Skin, Hair & beauty treatments.
Objective
Guide beauty entrepreneur to expand their business and excel in their field.
Make up – Bridal fashion and Portfolio, Skin treatments – Pigmentation, anti – ageing and anti – scarring.
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Leena Khandekar is the Proprietor at Lee’s Beauty Centre and Spa.
Ms. Khandekar has completed her graduation and post-graduation in Spa from CIDESCO, (Zurich) CIBTAC (London). She has started her own Lee’s Beauty and Spa Training Institute.
Objective
Guide beauty entrepreneur to expand their business and excel in their field.
Financial and Cash flow management, High value stress assets management, Import/Export and foreign exchange management.
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He brings with him a rich experience of 40+ years in industrial finance, risk management, credit management, international banking and more. During his tenure with State Bank of India (SBI), he launched the first of its kind online vendor finance portal for ease of credit assessment and management.
Objective
Mentoring entrepreneurs, assessing their techno economic viability & preparing project reports for appropriate funding arrangements and financing SMEs.