CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Startups
CII set up its Centre of Excellence for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-ups (CII-CIES) on the 11th of July 2020 to create a strong ecosystem for entrepreneurship in the country. Being an industry-led initiative, CII-CIES has the reach, resources and perspective to design programmes and interventions that increase the odds of entrepreneurial success in India.
The Government of Telangana is supporting the Centre by way of space at T-Hub technology startup incubator in the city. CII-CIES is also supported by Pratiksha, a charitable trust founded by Kris Gopalakrishnan, who also co-founded Infosys.
Vision
To be a world-class, state-of-the-art, corporate-driven,Start-up Resource Platform that enables growth of successful start-ups in India.
Mission
To evolve and leverage corporate partnership in development and growth of India’s start-up ecosystem with end-to-end support at a single platform aiming to faster transformation of business ideas to successful ventures impacting social and economic development through employment generation and wealth creation.
Governing Council
Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan
Chairman, Advisory Board and Co founder
CII CIES Infosys
Jayesh Ranjan, IAS
Jayesh Ranjan, IAS
Principal Secretary, Industries Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT) Departments
Government of Telangana
Mr. Kunal Bahl
Chairman, CII National Startup Council, Co-Founder & Chairman, AceVector Group, and Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Titan Capital
Mr. CK Ranganathan
Co-Chairman, CII National Startup Council; Chairman, CII Startupreneur Awards; and CMD,
CavinKare Pvt Ltd
Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee
Mr. Chandrajit Banerjee
Co-Chairman, Advisory Board and Director General
Confederation of
Indian Industry
Mr. Prateek Garg
Chairman, NR Committee on
Entrepreneurship & Startups and
Founder & CEO
Progressive Infotech Ltd
Mr. Ninad Karpe
Chairman, CII WR Sub-Committee on Start-ups & Entrepreneurship and Founder and Partner
100x.vc
Mr. Sankar Ghosh
Chairman, CII Eastern Region
Startup Taskforce and Managing
Director
Accenture
Mr. GopichandKatragadda
Mr. Gopichand
Katragadda
Chairman, CII Southern Region
Taskforce on Innovation & Startup
Ecosystem and Founder & CEO
Myelin Foundry
Mr. Shekar Reddy
Chairman, CII Telangana and
CMD
CSR Estates Ltd
Our Team
Shweta Sanjay Lalwani
Shweta Sanjay Lalwani
Program Manager
Varun Akhnoor
Director
Shankar Lanka
Shankar Lanka
Executive officer
Vaishnavi Mallu Reddy
Vaishnavi Mallu Reddy
Program Manager
Prince Sujay
Prince Sujay
Intern
Nishit sharma
Nishit sharma
Programme Associate
