Mr . Praveen Dorna
Executive Member
Praveen Dorna has over nine years of combined work experience working with start-ups , SMB ’ s , MNC ’ s and Non-Profit organizations across payments , fleet , education , media and ERP technologies across US and India . He has graduated with a B . E . in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from OUCE and holds a MBA degree in Entrepreneurship from Babson College ( USA ). He has been an active alumnus since graduation and has been instrumental in driving various key initiatives at college . He is currently working on his startup venture " Startup Byte " in addition to building the newly launched OUCE startup incubator ( OUCE Idea Labs ) as a Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) and also consults a couple of startups on scaling businesses . He is serving on the OUCE Alumni Association as an Executive Member and the Chairman of Initiatives Committee that focuses on driving new and meaningful initiatives benefiting students , college and alumni . He is the youngest in the Executive Committee and his ability to drive things is what he brings to the table .
Brig . Pogula Ganesham
Chairman , Innovation Committee
P . Ganesham has graduated from UCEOU in 1972 and has also secured his MBA from FMS Delhi University . He has served in the Indian Army , receiving the prestigious VishistSeva Medal ( VSM ) from the President of India in 2005 . He also served at BDL as Director . Subsequent to his retirement , he played a key role in forming a voluntary organization “ PALLE SRUJANA ” which is part of nation ’ s wide Honeybee Network to pursue mission of National Innovation Foundation . The innovations of honeybee were showcased and connected to formal reputed institutions achieving 12 President of India awards , 14 patent awards and 13 successfully marketed innovations . He brings in vast experience of nurturing innovations and running voluntary organizations to the association .
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