"Our core team is supported by an expert advisory board, including Dr. Girija Nair (Startup Mentor) and Dr. S Shyamala (Product Advisor), who bring deep industry and academic expertise."
Dynamic marketing-communication leader with a 30+ year track record across brand building, project proposals, and creative development. Founder of Bestie Technologies; principal point of contact for this funding round.
Adapted directly from the BestieGuard investor deck's "Section 01 · Promoter & Team." Names, titles, and bios are transcribed verbatim; portraits are placeholders because the deck itself names them without headshots.
Startup Mentor, Centre for Incubation and Business Acceleration, Mumbai.
Professor, Vel Tech University — under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) – Chips to Startup (C2S) Program, which licenses Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools such as Synopsys, Cadence, Xilinx, Ansys, and Keysight to academic institutions and R&D organisations.
B.E. Electronics & Communication · Programmer Analyst at Cognizant. Creator of an RF-based bike helmet detection system and a published Braille-Watch wearable for the visually impaired. Owns the embedded firmware, mobile app, and the AI route-and-risk detection layer of BestieGuard.
20+ years across private and social sectors · Project Officer, CSIE at IIT Madras (2022–24) · UNHCR Repatriation Facilitator. Builds relationships with colleges, women's-safety NGOs, and government safety programs that anchor early demand.
