startup series
DR ASHISH LELE, DIRECTOR
Ashish is a Scientist at the National Chemical
Laboratory Pune and is part of the Complex Fluids
and Polymer Engineering Group. He obtained his
Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering in 1993 from the
University of Delaware. Ashish has been a Research
Associate at the University of Cambridge, U.K in the
Department of Chemical Engineering. and a Visiting
Scientist at I.S.I.T.V., Toulon, France.
PIYUSH JOSHI, COO AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Piyush brings with him an unique experience of
commercializing technology via spin-off route. Piyush
has more than 5 years of experience in mentoring
and monitoring pre-incorporation stage projects
(probable future start-ups) from material science
and medical device domain on business planning,
start-up incorporation and fund raising. Piyush holds
bachelor’s degree in Polymer engineering from MIT,
Pune.
DR V PREMNATH, ADVISOR
Premnath is currently the Head, NCL Innovations –
the group within National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
charged with the responsibility of championing the
cause of technology innovation within NCL. He holds
a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology
– Bombay and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, USA.
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BioVoiceNews | July 2017