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Team
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Core Committee
- Dr. Neena Panandikar, Principal Don Bosco College of Engineering.
(Education Industry) Dr. Neena has a PhD in Structural Engineering. Dr. Neena is a Member of various committees including Goa State Innovation Council and GCCI Education Committee.
- Mr. Atul Pai Kane, Chairman & Managing Director at Power Engineering (India) Pvt Ltd.
(Manufacturing Industry) Atul has over 25 years of experience in industry and has been active in industry associations having served as the Chairman of the CII Goa State Council (2013-14), President of the Goa State Industries Association, headed the Task Force to prepare the Investment policy of Goa state in 2012, and is also a member of the Investment Promotion Board of the state.
- Mr. Maendra Jocelino Araujo Alvares, CEO - The Big Foot Trust
(Tourism and Hospitality Industry) Winner of various awards including Lokmat Gaurava Puraskar (Tourism) 2010, State Art Award from the Govt. Of Goa Daman and Diu in the Applied Art category (1981 - 82), International Gold Star Millenium Award from Global Economic Council in Kathmandu (2001) among others.
- Mr. Mangirish Salelkar, CEO & Founder -Umang Software
(Service Industry) CEO & Co-founder-Brand My Bizness Founder & current President-Goa Technology Association Member of various other committees
- Mr. Lalit Saraswat, CEO of Sancoale Technologies.
(Business) Lalit is a BE (Mechanical, Honours) from REC Jaipur. Lalit was past Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Goa. Lalit specialises in strategy, startups and marketing.
- Mr. Avik Sarkar, Founder Director of Thinkering.
(Design) Avik is a Porvorim based Product Designer from the National Institute of Design- Ahmedabad, with more than 3 decades of design experience. Avik runs a design company called "Ethos" and has launched "Thinkering"a hands-on learning facility that also has a maker space built in.
- Founding Team
The founding team mentioned above will be a permanent part of this committee.
Our Associates

Goa State Innovation Council
Creating an innovation movement with the involvement and commitment of people at all levels which is critical for solving challenges of inclusion in our society to set India in the path of inclusive growth and sustainable development is the ideology behind the activities initiated by Goa State Innovation Council. The focus areas have been identified which is the roadmap for the progress of innovation.

FiiRE
FiiRE (Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship) is a technology business incubator established with the support of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India under the National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations, hosted at Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, Margao, Goa.

Design Intervention (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Uses 2 decades of innovation and multidisciplinary experience as the factors that integrate everything they do. After winning many awards in various disciplines of design, the firm diversified into hands-on education content creating brands like d'Art of Science on YouTube and FabLabShow (exhibit based stage show based on science). www.designintervention.biz

Make in Goa
Make in Goa is an initiative to help product design & development in Goa from the point of view of getting Industrial Designers, Engineers, Architects and other professionals to interact with the participants registered on the site and the bi-annual event in Goa. While most other initiatives revolve around helping people do business, MIG’s focus is on the product itself.

ADI - Goa
Association of Designers of India is a network that brings together Design professionals , Students, Educators and other stakeholders of design on a common platform. ADI's vision is to be a world class network representing professional interests of Indian Design community, creating a meaningful interface between design professionals, people as users, the industry, education institutions and the policy makers. ADI-Goa is the Goa chapter of ADI with members who live in Goa.

GCCI Education Committee
Education is the basic necessity for the socio-economic development of the individuals and the society. The broad agenda for the "Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry- Education Committee" is to create a forum for academia-industry interface to understand and bridge the gap between industry needs and academic processes. Also, to influence policy matters to ensure quality training, trainers and curriculum.

Thinkering
Thinkering is an experiential learning environment which is multi-disciplinary, collaborative and organic, making it possible for young minds to learn skills, build attitudes and acquire competencies that are crucial for surviving and thriving in these times. At the heart of all this is Critical Thinking. Thinkering is in Nachinola, North Goa, and it houses a fully equipped maker space where one can make prototypes of any kind.