UKIS 2026 Mentors

Meet selected programme mentors guiding students, developers and working professionals as they build solutions for the UKIS innovation series.

Rohan Pant

Rohan Pant

Program Manager · Amazon

Guides teams on product thinking, delivery, and stakeholder alignment through the innovation series.

Program ManagementProduct
Virendra Pal

Virendra Pal

Operations Manager · Amazon

Supports builders on operational design, execution discipline, and scaling practical solutions.

OperationsProcess
Kevin Patel

Kevin Patel

Software Engineer · Google

Mentors teams on engineering quality, architecture choices, and shipping reliable products.

Software EngineeringSystems
Alexandra Maxi Dudzinski

Alexandra Maxi Dudzinski

Data Scientist · Google

Data Scientist at Google.

Data Science
Prasant Shekhar Singh

Prasant Shekhar Singh

Staff Engineer · Qualcomm

IIT Roorkee alumnus mentoring teams on systems engineering, technical depth, and building reliable products.

Software EngineeringSystems
Bhavesh Saini

Bhavesh Saini

Risk Manager · IIT Roorkee, IIM Calcutta

IIT Roorkee and IIM Calcutta alumnus guiding builders on risk, strategy, and sound decision-making.

Risk ManagementStrategy
Himanshu Rawat

Himanshu Rawat

Software Engineer · Google Warsaw

Mentors teams on software engineering, scalable systems, and building reliable products.

Software EngineeringSystems
Anmol Dixit

Anmol Dixit

Senior Software Engineer · Rubrik

Helps teams strengthen technical depth, code quality, and production-ready implementation.

Software EngineeringBackend
Ayush Gupta

Ayush Gupta

Data Engineer · Zeta

Advises on data pipelines, analytics, and turning real-world signals into product insight.

Data EngineeringAnalytics
Sagar Singh

Sagar Singh

Software Developer · Scapia

Works with builders on product development, rapid prototyping, and user-focused delivery.

Software DevelopmentProduct
Sparsh Goil

Sparsh Goil

Senior Software Engineer · ThoughtSpot

Mentors teams on engineering craft, analytics products, and shipping high-impact software.

Software EngineeringAnalytics
Ankit Jain

Ankit Jain

Software Engineer · Stripe

Mentors teams on engineering excellence, scalable systems, and shipping production-ready software.

Software EngineeringBackend
Niraj Kamdar

Niraj Kamdar

Blockchain Technical Lead · dOrg & Zenchain

Ex-founding engineer at AITV (prev. Polywrap) with 4+ years building blockchain protocols and infrastructure across 5+ networks. Mentors teams on Rust, Solidity, and taking secure protocol systems from first principles to mainnet.

BlockchainProtocol Engineering
Chandrakant Purohit

Chandrakant Purohit

CEO · TechYard Labs

Guides teams on digital marketing, search visibility, lead generation, online reputation, and website development.

Digital MarketingSEOPPCSMMORMLead GenerationWebsite Development
Anshul

Anshul

Founder & CEO · Nirikshan AI & AVR AI Technologies

Builds enterprise AI across real-time computer vision and LLM architectures. Serves on university boards aligning curricula with industry needs, and founded IECDBUU to mentor students and developers in DevOps and cloud.

Artificial IntelligenceComputer VisionLLM ArchitecturesDevOpsCloud