Hello, Myself Vishal and my co-founder Deeksha from rural region of Karnataka (where we could not even get access to any incubation or mentor), however an industry leader and social impact leader recommended Shrddha's mentoring and advisory to us on online more and that was the turning point of our business idea and we as aspiring entrepreneur; our speed and passion and confidence elevated from then and now nothing can stop us; We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Shrddha who has been a steady and strong supporter, mentor and advisor of our social impact startup empowering women and working towards the cause of providing better hygiene and sanitation and also awareness programs and generating employment for rural women. What is most special about Shrddha is her sense of empathy in understanding from diverse and non-biased perspective and her maturity and emotional quotient; this is a very rare quality which does not just help us as a founder when we take her guidance but also helps us in developing solutions which is empathetic and considerate of our customer and user experience. Shrddha's business acumen and advisory for social impact is top notch and exceptional and she is an amazing people person, super connector, if she believes in your potential and vision then she will make sure you get connected to all the relevant people in your industry who can help you go forward; be it incubators, collaborators, other nonprofits, industry experts, target users or even potential future investors. The support that you can expect from Shrddha is endless if you passionately work towards your goal of making a positive impact in the lives of living beings or planet. I highly recommend anyone who is struggling to grow in their startup or take that leap to start own venture to atleast get one clarity call with Shrddha to take your business idea to reality. We feel blessed to have her as a constant support and we wish her lots of success and power in making difference in the lives of so many who need her guidance and motivation. Thank you, Shrddha, Bless you always!
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*Shrddha Shetty* from Mumbai, India,
An Independent Business Advisor and Strategy Consultant|
Social Impact focused| People + Innovation centric| Outreach Enabler (for Startups and Growth of Students, Rural and Women Entrepreneurs) | Ex-Accenture, Capgemini (16+ years’ experience)
*I am excited and looking forward to collaborations/ Partnership/ Advisory consulting opportunities (remote and partime), please feel free to reach out to me to explore possible synergies*
About me:
*Current Active Engagements*
✓ Core Committee member @INDIA-UAE Bilateral WICCI Business Consulting & National Council member @WICCI
India National Startup Council for women empowerment and DEIB initiatives.
✓ Strategy Advisor and Business Mentor @Atal Incubation Centers across India and G20 WEP @NITI AAYOG Startup
India flagship initiative of Government of India,Wadhwani Foundation (Ignite, flag off & WF NEN programs), StartupBootcamp over 4 continents empowering sustainable global businesses, T-Hub, Flash mentoring to startups at E-Summit @ IIT Bombay.
✓ Juror for final startup evaluation
@KAN2 by Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM)for startups from Bengaluru and Beyond Bengaluru Aspirational Districts with Shine Foundation & DERBI,
@Evaluation of Top 20 startups across India at Youth Co-lab 2026 by UNDP with T Hub Hyderabad for the final Demo Day
@Juror for Selection of Top 10 out of 30 promising startups from Mysuru Cluster before they pitch to investors on Mysuru BLUE 2026 Mysuru Big Tech Show by KDEM.
@Selection of final round for Top 10 beyond MVP early traction Tech (Sector Agnostic) startups for 90 days acceleration program at Bower Capital.
@Juror for Selection of Top 10 promising startups from Hubballi-Dharwad-Belagavi region in Karnataka, HDB Cluster before they pitch to investors on North Karnataka HDB Techceleration 2026 by KDEM.
✓ Social Enterprise Consultant @Stanford Seed Transformation Program & Stanford Spark for Africa and Asia.
✓ Career Mentor for Youth @ MentorTogo, Wadhwani Skilling Network, Tetr College of Business.
✓ Linkedin Coach @AspireforHer in association with Linkedin Social Impact.
✓ Career and Personal development Mentor for Women @AspireforHer in association with Kerastase India L'Oreal India.
✓ Employability Mentor for Sports girl leaders from marginalized backgrounds across India empowering them for a sustainable career @Kickoff solutions.
✓ Champion Club Mentor @Herkey for Women freshers, risers, returnees and entrepreneurs
✓ Social Innovation Mentor of Change @Atal Innovation Mission for Atal Tinkering Lab by NITI AAYOG for young minds
✓ Part of Business Advisory board and Strategic Consultant for multiple social impact startups.
I collaborate with *startups (both tech and non-tech based) *, *government* led and private social impact programs, *gender diversity* organizations, *Incubation centers, Universities and Educational Institutes*, Mentoring and coaching platforms,
*Upskilling/ livelihood projects, non-profits, Women/ Rural Entrepreneurs*
My Expertise is primarily into:
Business Advisory and Strategic Consulting For startups, incubators, non-profits, government:
❖ Jury Panel and Advisory for startups with Entrepreneurship cell, Incubators and accelerator.
❖ Idea/ Product/ Market Validation, Competitive analysis, ICPs, Soft Launch with early adopters.
❖ Lean Canvas, Unique value proposition, PMF and GTM, User Journey and Customer Insights.
❖ Networking for funding with Investors, pitching events and Government Grants.
❖ Pitch Deck, Pitch Video, Pitch presentation storytelling review.
❖ RTM Business Analysis Tech and Functional, UAT, RCA of the UI/ UX of the MVP/ Prototype testing.
Career Mentoring for Youth and Women/ Universities and Gender Diversity Organizations:
❖ Mentoring for pre-placement/ Job readiness and upskilling/reskilling of youth and women.
❖ Technology integration, execution and measurement of impact of end-to-end mentoring programs.
❖ Optimal and diverse ways of searching jobs and internships, career transitions.
❖ LinkedIn Profile building, active engagement and optimal use of all features
❖ Networking skills for results and impact, improve personal branding and visibility.
❖ Employability skills, SMART goal settings and Time management, pre-placement readiness.
❖ Life skills in self-motivation, perseverance & confidence, Effective communication.
❖ Resume building and personalized resume review, Interview skills and Mock interviews.
Successful Impact achieved:
BUSINESS ADVISORY EXPERIENCE>
Successfully provided advisory to scale business idea to growth and market stage across diverse sectors
within India and globally to:
✓ 60+ social impact early-stage startups (Social Innovation Sector Agnostic, SDGs).
✓ 20+ women led startups
✓ 20+ College students led startups
✓ 10+ nonprofits
✓ 10+ Government led programs
✓ 20+ Incubators Accelerators (Regional, National and Global)
CAREER MENTORING AND COACHING EXPERIENCE>
✓ Recognized as Top 10 Mentors across India by NITI AAYOG, AIM developing young social
entrepreneurs aged 10-16 years from 45 days innovation bootcamp for 1000+ school students.
✓ Pre-placement coaching to 10000+ College students (online and on campus) across India.
✓ Career growth coaching to 500+ Female professionals (career risers, restarters and returnees).
✓ Facilitated DEIB program on unconscious bias and improving networking skills for 150+ Women.
Email: shrddhashetty@yahoo.com
Passion:
Social Impact & DEIB Supporter| Travel, Local culture and Regional Indigenous Food Enthusiast (Articles featured on BBC Good food, Times Food, Zee zest, The Hindu) |Bharatnatyam & Contemporary trained, Dance enthusiast and Creative art admirer| Believer of work life balance| Appreciate simple, genuine and humble conversations.
Academics:
PGDIBS (IIFT, Delhi, 2014), BE in computers (Mumbai, 2007), Startup Pre-incubations (CIIE CO IIM A, NSRCEL IIM B), Startup certifications (Startup India, Y Combinator), Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation in Education, Rural Governance and Urban Governance,
Gen AI (Wadhwani Foundation), AI changemaker badge by AI Kiran (Verix and INK Women)
CBAP BOOTCAMP (IIL), SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT (IACT), CAD (MIT PEP), NCFM (NSE)
Shrddha Shetty is an exceptional mentor recognized for her deep expertise, empathy, and impactful support, empowering career transitions, entrepreneurship, and academic growth.
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