Navratan Katariya
Director- innovation & Entrepreneurship
NASSCOM COE IOT & AI
Experience of setting up 14 new businesses for companies he worked for and 2 of his own, over 3 plus decades. Domains have been renewable energy and engineering. He started and led the solar business of the largest solar construction and then the largest module manufacturing companies in India. He also spent almost a decade in IT industry, working with California based large enterprises.
He is now a startup and energy consultant and serving as Director, Startup engagement, Innovation and International partnerships at Centre of Excellence, Internet of Things (COE-IoT & AI), NASSCOM, Bangalore in areas of Agritech, Cleantech, Healthcare, Mobility/transport, Industry Automation (IIOT 4.0), smart city etc. Navratan is an electrical engineer, Masters in cleantech/energy systems from IIT Mumbai and a MBA from The Netherlands. He loves to travel, spends time for conflict management, social impact areas and mentors startup founders. He introduced the concept of carpooling in June 2000 in Bangalore and ran a not-for-profit online carpool Bangalore group.