IIT Madras Rural Development

Can you list me the names of current partners, management council and Governing Board members of IIT Madras' Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI)?

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IIT Madras' Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI) is a registered not-for-profit society established in Oct 2006.

Its mission is to incubate start-ups whose focus is to impact rural/underserved societal segments, leveraging ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Current Partners

o Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi
o Department of Information Technology (DIT), Government of India, New Delhi
o Technology Development Board, Government of India (TDB), New Delhi
o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India, New Delhi
o National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)
o Agriculture Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
o Department of Bio-Technology (DBT), Government of Inida, New Delhi
o Omidyar Network Fund LLC, USA
o Ford Motor Company & IIT Madras
o NTT DATA Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., Singapore
o FenWay Health

Management Council

Ms. Suma Prashant
Director

Mr. Seenivasan
Senior Finance & Accounts Officer

Ms. Jayalakshmi Umadikar
Senior Manager(Agricultural Initiatives

Governing Board

Chairman
Dr. Bhaskar Ramamurthi,
Director,
IIT Madras,
Chennai - 600 036.

Co-Chairman
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala,
Professor,
Electrical Engineering Department,
IIT Madras,
Chennai - 600 036.

Members

Dr. Timothy A. Gonsalves
Director,
IIT Mandi, Mandi - 175 001,
Himachal Pradesh.

Dr. Krishnan Balasubramanian,
Professor & Dean (IC & SR),
Mechanical Engineering Department,
IIT Madras,
Chennai - 600 036.

Dr. V. R. Muraleedharan,
Professor,
Humanities & Social Science Department,
IIT Madras,
Chennai - 600 036.

Dr. A. Thillai Rajan,
Associate Professor,
Management Studies Department,
IIT Madras, Chennai - 600 036.

Mr. H.K. Mittal,
Adviser & Head (NSTEDB),
Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India, New Delhi.

Mr.R. Ramaraj,
Senior Advisor,
Sequoia Capital,
Murphy Road, Ulsoor,
Bangalore - 560008.

Mr. Puneet Gupta,
CEO,
IFMR Rural Finance Services Pvt.Ltd,
IIT Madras Research Park,
Chennai - 600 034.