The document introduces Mr. Rohit Pawar and his role as a mentor for startups through his company Students Plus. It explains that India needs over 1 crore new jobs each year to meet the demands of its growing young population. Mentors are needed to guide entrepreneurs and help fill this gap. The role of a mentor is described as helping startups, sharing wisdom and experience, and evolving thinking. Several services mentors can provide like templates, online courses, and connecting startups to innovation challenges and funding opportunities are listed. Finally, the document provides brief biographies of several mentors recognized by the Government of India, including their backgrounds, experience mentoring startups, and contact information.

1. Students Plus
“Startup Business Solutions”

2. “Startup & Mentor Role”
Presented By,
Mr. Rohit Pawar*
M.B.A, M.Phil., Ph.D ( Pursuing)
Consultant & Business Developer
KITCoEK

3. INTRODUCTION
 India is a nation of more than 1.3 billion people. Our
demographic dividend is skewed towards a sub 35
population and we have a requirement of adding more
than 1 crore jobs each year. To meet this requirement,
India needs a collective effort from its sharpest brains
– in each corner of the country. For the crore new
working force entrants, learning the tricks of the trade
– for whatever endeavour it is that they want to
pursue, is critical. The gap is wide and the need for
experienced mentors to come forward and invest their
time in nurturing talent even if its just nudging them in
the right direction has never been more
pressing.

4. ROLE OF MENTOR
 Apart from helping the nation move forward, as a
mentor, will help in your startup as a
Recognized as a Startup India Mentor
Share his wisdom and experiences in businesses
Will try to Evolve your own thinking
Develop a new relationship

5. ROLE OF MENTOR
 Partner Services
Depending on the stage of mentee, mentor can
recommend user friendly curated partner services
around cloud hosting, application development, legal
consulting and others
 Useful Templates
Mentor can find useful templates which can be used
by respective mentees
 Online courses
Mentor will recommend foundational courses around
entrepreneurship and other related topics

6. ROLE OF MENTOR
 Innovation challenges for Market Entry programs
A host of innovation challenges across corporate can
help mentee find new market opportunities

7. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Rajeev Manjarekar (Pune)
 An expert in handling mid-size business operations
with over two decades of experience in channel
management, banking, consulting and startup
ecosystem, I am making use of conventional
strategies with a blend of new age Technology and
Data Science.
 Currently advising a few ventures on consolidation of
their business through M&A route as an Investment
Banker and arranging funds for the growth of few SME
and Technology start-ups.

8. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Actively mentoring a few budding entrepreneurs in
India, Australia and USA. I am also associated with
Faster Capital, UAE based Virtual Incubator
(fastercapital.com/mentor/rajeev-manjrekar.html) as a
Mentor and India Representative.
 earlier worked with Adecco S.A. as a Zonal Business
Head and Strategic Account Director, I was
responsible for P&L of staffing business of its Large
Corporate Vertical in India. Prior to that I have worked
in Banking for almost 11 years. As a Client Banker
with ICICI Bank, I played a strategic role in providing
commercial banking solutions to its CXO level
Corporate Clients. I have also headed the regional

9. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
Actively 41 startups mentored
👉 7 startups have successfully raised funding
👉USD 8mn invested till date
👉2 M&A deals closed
👉300 plus investor connections

10. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Ratnadeep Ranjan (Pune)
A strong techno commercial professional with over 40
years of international experience including 25 years
C-level management role in challenging environment
both inside and outside India. Has an established
record of growth in running businesses in international
markets. Led Companies both in the established and
emerging information technology /engineering
businesses specially in area of integrated systems.
Started career as an commissioned Army Engineer
officer in Corps of Engineers and served for over 10
Years.
contact: 09765917266 rdranjan@hotmail.com

11. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Nilesh Shinolikar (Pune)
Nilesh is a serial Entrepreneur, Trainer, Counceller
and a Mentor. He sets and outlines for company’s
technological vision, implementing technology
strategies, and ensuring that the technological
resources are aligned with the company’s business
needs. Nilesh has completed MCS. degree from
Somaiya College, Mumbai and MBA from Welingkar
Institute, Mumbai. He has over 10 years of experience
in Software Design, Development and Training. Along
with two successful startups. He is also a Visiting
professor at Symbiosis Institute of Geo-informatics
and University of Pune since last 8 years. He has

12. LIST OF MENTOR RECOGNISED BY GOVT OF INDIA
 Nilesh is also a specialized corporate trainer and
delivered many training to executives, managers, and
leaders in the business world. also, he has mentored
various startups out of which few are incubated at
Symbiosis incubation Centre. His another startup
'MRIE' aims on shaping the student or an employee's
career. His contribution is not limited only in the
corporate word however he also makes equal social
contribution. He has initiated multiple activities for the
benefits of society and street dogs via his community
Duddy care foundation. His vision is to make India 'To
be the nation with an Army of Smart Dogs'. You can
visit https://duddy.care for more details.

13. Thank You