Presenting the jury members of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2016.

1. The Economic Times
Startup Awards 2016: The
jury

2. The Economic Times has assembled a jury comprising the finest
minds tracking Indian startups to select the winners of ET Startup
Awards 2016
On 6th August 2016 they will meet to choose eight winners of the
second edition of India's most prestigious startup awards
Presenting the jury:

3.  He has invested in nearly a dozens of
startups
 He invested in Team Indus, which is
building a spacecraft capable of landing
on the moon
 The former Infosys CEO, who led the
Aadhaar project is also a mentor to a
dozen other startups
 His investment philosophy is to back big,
transformative ideas that address major
pain points of society

4.  He is the CEO of NITI Aayog
 He is a key architect of path-breaking
federal initiatives like 'Make in India' &
'Startup India'
 Till March 2016 as secretary of DIPP, he
was responsible for formulation of
industrial & FDI policies
 The credit of re-positioning Indian
tourism with the 'Incredible India'
campaign in 2002, also goes to him

5.  The co-founder of Flipkart, have also
established several innovations that
have defined India's e-commerce sector
 He is also a keen investor
 He has backed electric scooter maker
Ather, which is preparing for a
commercial launch this year
 He had prepared an online platform for
artists called TouchTalent & news
aggregator In Shorts

6.  His latest obsession is his new payments
bank
 He is the CEO of One97 Communications
whish is the parent company of Paytm
 He is preparing to launch financial
products including insurance, loans &
wealth management services — returning
to the cycle of starting up
 He had cofounded his first venture Xs Corp
while he was still completing his
engineering

7.  He was among the earliest investors to bet
on future unicorns Flipkart & Mu Sigma
 His other investments include Myntra &
Perfint
 He has been involved in raising three
India funds, taking firm's total assets
under management to over $500 million,
as a senior partner at Accel India

8.  He is MD of Google— Southeast Asia &
India
 He has backed about 60 early-stage
ventures in the big data, consumer internet,
cloud computing & mobile commerce
segments
 He was among the earliest backers of
Druva, Capillary Technologies & Sapience,
recommended to be among the next big
product tech ventures to emerge from India

9.  She is MD of Kalaari Capital
 She holds a fortunate record of spotting
entrepreneurs who would go on to build
some of the largest companies in their
categories
 Among them are:
 Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl & Rohit Bansal
 Myntra founder Mukesh Bansal
 She won ET Startup Awards 2015's 'Midas
Touch Award for Best Investor'

10.  He is the founder of Myntra
 Currently, he is busy with his second
venture — a healthcare, sports & fitness
company
 He sold Myntra to Flipkart in 2014 for
about $375 million, which is still among
India's largest startup acquisition deals
 He helmed the core online commerce
business at Flipkart, until shortly before he
stepped down in February 2016

11.  He teaches internet commerce &
entrepreneurship at Wharton School
 He is also an entrepreneur & an investor
 He co-founded:
 Milo that was sold to eBay
 Yodle that was acquired by Web.com
 LiveLovely that was bought by RentPath
 He has invested in number of startups
including RJMetrics, Sociosquare &
NextGenPMS