Board

AdvisoryBoardBaluNayar
Founder&ManagingDirector,Morpheus Fund

MrBaluNayar is the Founder and Managing Director of Morpheus Media Fund,an independent venture fund,which invests in mid-level Indian consumer businesses. Prior to this,he was Managing Director of IMG India and played a key role in the conceptualization,business modeling and monetization of the IPL. He was earlier associated with Yahoo as Regional Director for Yahoo’s Connected Life businesses across India,South-East Asia &Australia. Prior to Yahoo,he worked in Hutchison,as head of the Telecom'sVASdivision and in STAR TV,where he helped set up the marketing division. A graduate of the IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore,he is also involved in mentoring start-ups in the area of media and technology. At BloodConnect,he guides the team in fund raising &brandoutreach. LinkedInMail



SharatSingh
CTO,MakeMyTrip

SharatSingh is the Chief Technology Officer in MakeMyTrip. He is responsible for developing and executing on global technology strategy and planning ongoing technology innovations for MakeMyTrip. Prior to this,he set up the India Centre of Excellence and led end-to-end product and delivery of engineering systems and automation at Shopzilla Inc as Managing Director-India. He has earlier worked with Nextag,Inc.,Microsoft Inc. and co-founded a startup – Ideas.com. He holds an MBA from The Stern School Of Business,New York University and a B. Tech. from IIT Delhi. At BloodConnect,he guides the team in expansion of its ground level activities &inbrand outreach. LinkedInMail



Management Team

BloodConnect management team consists of people who are passionate for this cause and have worked with BloodConnect in the past and are still contributing to it. The management team as a structure came up in the summers of 2012, when the team realized the importance to keep people who are graduating, associated with the cause even after graduation. They help plan out the short-term and long-term goals of BloodConnect along with the Advisory Board


Utkarsh Kawatra
Co-founder, Operations

A 2013 graduate from IIT Delhi, he is currently working as an Analyst with Helion Venture Fund. He along with Nitin, started BloodConnect in 2010. In IIT, he also served as the General Secretary (Student head) of NSS IIT Delhi (Social service wing of IITD). Before joining Helion, he worked with Opera Solutions for 1.5 years.

Himanshu Aggarwal
Expansion

A 2014 IIT Kanpur graduate, he is currently working in EXL Service. He laid the foundation of Raktarpan, the Kanpur Chapter of BloodConnect in 2013. He was awarded IIT Kanpur Convocation Award for excellence in Community Service for his work in Kanpur city in the field of blood donation.

Deepak Goel
HR

A 2008 IIT Delhi graduate, he is currently working as a Consultant with Royal Dutch Shell, Bangalore. Being the General Secretary (Student head) of NSS IIT Delhi (Social service wing of IITD), he was instrumental in establishing the blood donation culture in college. He has also been the 'Alumni Community Service Award' (2007) for his great work.

Aakash Tulsani
Outreach

A 2012 IIT Delhi graduate, he is currently working as a Senior Associate with The Parthenon Group. Prior to that, he worked in Opera Solutions for ~2 years. In college, he was the Marketing Coordination for Rendezvous, the annual cultural fest of IIT Delhi.

Sumanth Chinthala
Operations

A researcher in the stream of Environmental Engineering by profession, he is currently doing his research in Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Delhi. He has been associated with BloodConnect for the last 6 years and has volunteered as the Helpline Head and President (Delhi/NCR) in the past.

Nachiketa Goyal
Director Operations, Delhi and U.P.

A lawyer by profession, he is working with a leading law firm of the country in Gurgaon. He has served Toastmasters International in the capacity of Division Director, handling operations of Gurgaon & Rajasthan. He has been associated with BloodConnect for the last 3 years and has volunteered as the Media & Marketing Head and President (Delhi/NCR) in the past.

Komal Khatri
Director Operations

Along with being a Trainee Graduate Teacher, Science at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, she is currently pursuing her M.Sc degree. She has completed her B.Ed and has done Chemistry Hons from Hansraj College, Delhi University.

Deeksha Goyal
Director Marketing and Fund Raising

A 2015 graduate from LSR, Deeksha is currently working at Letzchange Foundation, and is also due to appear for her CA finals. She has been associated with BloodConnect for close to 3 years, and has been a key member in its growth, first as a member of the Expansion team, and then as head for Business Development.

Nikhil Rastogi
Director

A 2016 graduate from IIT Kanpur, Nikhil is currently working at American Express. He has been admitted into the ISB Young Leadership Programme and is a CFA Level 2 candidate. Since joining BloodConnect, he has worked on the development of Uttar Pradesh chapter.