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Rahul Kulshreshtha

Manager

Rahul is working as an “Enabler” and comes with rich experience in promoting Research & Innovation Ecosystem at the national & global level by bringing different stakeholders together. He is a Chemical Engineer by training and comes with 14+ years of working with Industries and Government Ecosystems.
Rahul started his career in Commissioning, Erection, and Manufacturing in Industries like Vedanta & Saint Gobain for seven years, after which he entered the research and innovation ecosystem. He was nominated as an Honorary Member-Special Interest Group on 'Smart City Infrastructure’ at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Rahul is also a Registered Patent Agent at the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks under the Ministry of Commerce. Before this, he worked at Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (JV of Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India & CII) as Head of Strategic Project Management. He was responsible for Joint Industrial Research & Development programmes funded by the Government of India with eight countries. He had also played a catalyst role in many of the national funding programmes for technologies development by industries sponsored by multiple ministries like the Technology Development Fund under DRDO, Technology Acquisition Fund programme under the Department of Heavy Industries & Technology Acquisition & Development programme under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Under his current role in the Strategic Alliances Division, he is responsible for facilitating partnerships between International Industries, Global Foundations, Government, public sector units with India’s research & startups innovation ecosystem comprising six Science & Technology City clusters.