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SANJAY ANANDARAM

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Executive Board Member at Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP). 30 years experience as entrepreneur, corporate executive, venture capitalist, angel investor, teacher, advisor and mentor. Advisor to early stage funds and a social fund. Involved with companies like redBus (acquired by Ibibo group), Instahealth (acquired by Practo). Founder of a VC backed Silicon Valley startup (part of Infoseek/Disney), co-founder of JumpStartUp one of India's earliest US-India crossborder VC fund, several years with Wipro (NYSE:WIT) in various executive roles in India, MiddleEast, Africa, Far East. Set up India's first e-magazine for entrepreneurs in 1999. Lecture, Teach and write extensively on entrepreneurship; Believe that entrepreneurship is the vehicle for socio-economic l transformation.Interested in:i) Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India - transforming India ii) Mentoring and Advising startups iii) Social entrepreneurship iv) Teaching/WritingSpecialties: - Early stage angel/VC investing in India- Start up formation, strategy and development- Executive coach for early stage companies- Organization building in early stage companies- Entrepreneurship policy- Cross border technology development - International BD, Sales and Marketing.