Advisors & Judges
Equal Innovation is proud to engage a set of global leaders as judges and advisors to the organization and the startups we work with
Gururaj (Desh) Deshpande
CEO, Sparta Group and Deshpande Foundation
Former Co-Chair, President Obama's National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Karina Montilla
Senior Vice President, Head of Academies and University Alliances at SAP
Former Director of Technology Transfer, US Department of Energy
Chetna Gala Sinha
Founder & CEO, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank
Global Co-Chair, 2018 World Economic Forum
Cheryl Martin
Principal, Harwich Partners
Former Director, US Dept. of Energy ARPA-E
John Harthorne
Managing Director, Two Lantern Venture Partners
Co-Founder, MassChallenge Accelerator
Aneesh Chopra
President, CareJourney & Hunch Analytics
Former Chief Technology Officer, Obama White House
Prerna Mukharya
CEO, Outline India
Ramji Raghavan
CEO, Agastya International Foundation
Ashok Kamath
CEO, Akshara Foundation
Ved Arya
Co-Founder and CEO, SRIJAN India
Executive Director, Buddha Fellows
Mora Segal
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, A-Street Ventures
Former CEO, Achievement Network
John Kania
Executive Director, Collective Change
Founder and former Global Managing Director, FSG Impact Advisors