Who We Are

Venture Development Center (VDC) is a venture pre-incubator and the epicenter for all the startup action at GITAM. The centre is an abode for various entrepreneurship activities on campus with a dedicated team of venture coaches, trained & certified by Northeastern University, Boston, and a wholly student-run E-Club. Our startup coaches come from different industries with an average of 5+ years of industry experience. Some of our student venture teams have represented GITAM & India at various global startup events and won laurels & grants.
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Futuristic Infrastructure

Team

Anil Pukkala
Attendant
apukkala2@gitam.edu
Suresh Gaddipalli
Attendant
sgaddipa2@gitam.edu
Raja Phani Pappu
Dean - School of Business
dean_innovation@gitam.edu
Mahesh Varier
Deputy Director
mvarier@gitam.edu
Fakhruddin (Sameer) Sheik
Deputy Director
fsheik@gitam.edu
Vikas K Srivastav
Head - VDC - Vizag Campus
vsrivast@gitam.edu
Tinoo Nandkishore Ubale
Program Manager
tubale@gitam.edu
Raja Kumar Bollem
Principal Venture Coach
rbollem@gitam.edu
Damodar Rao Yampavali
Head - Makerspace & Principal Venture Coach
dyampava@gitam.edu
Vasudev Vangara
Senior Venture Coach
vvngara@gitam.edu
Balamurali Bhaskaran
Senior Venture Coach
bbhaskar@gitam.edu
C Sandhya Rani Vandrasi
Senior Venture Coach
cvandras@gitam.edu
Prakash S
Senior Venture Coach
psubrama@gitam.edu
Pardha Saradhi Kantamani
Venture Coach
pkantama@gitam.in
Vineet Kumar
Venture Coach
vkumar4@gitam.edu
Sandeep Dokuparthi
Venture Coach
sdokupar@gitam.edu
Soundarya D K
Venture Coach
sdevanga@gitam.edu
Nagaratna K
Venture Coach
nkatti@gitam.edu
Monika Sree Goudu
Venture Coach
mgoudu@gitam.edu
Chandrika Bandari
Venture Coach
cbandari@gitam.edu
Makena Venkata Maheswara Patrudu
Engineer Makerspace
vmakena@gitam.edu
Rakhi Banik
Executive Assistant to CIO
rbanik@gitam.edu
Tejaswi Guthula
Venture Coach Administrator
tguthula@gitam.com
Anil Pukkala
Attendant
apukkala2@gitam.edu
Suresh Gaddipalli
Attendant
sgaddipa2@gitam.edu
Mahesh Varier
Deputy Director
mvarier@gitam.edu
Fakhruddin (Sameer) Sheik
Deputy Director
fsheik@gitam.edu
Vikas K Srivastav
Manager - Outreach
vsrivast@gitam.edu