Each Thanksgiving, Upaya happily dedicates time to thank the donors, partners, and friends who make our work possible — YOU!

Our Current and Most Recent Board Members

Anurag Chandra, Former Treasurer
Asawari RaoRane Agrawal
Bill Harrington
Brian Boland
Caroline Bressan
Caroline Norton Vance
Kim Rachmeler, Vice-Chair
Kumar Ganapathy
Kusi Hornberger
Nainesh Shah, Treasurer
Parvathy Ramanathan
Robin Wolaner, Chair
Sachi Shenoy, Co-Founder
Sharmila Rathinam, Former Chair

Those who have donated their time and expertise to Upaya 

Abhinandan Das
Anita Ankerkar, Anita’s Voice
K&L Gates
Leila Bulling
Tableau Software/Salesforce

Industry experts who make up our selection and investment committees 

Caroline Vance
Ellen Fish
Govind Shivkumar
Karishma Kiri
Mukund Ghangurde
Nainesh Shah
Robin Wolaner
Sharmila Rathinam
Sharonyka Kumar
Srinivas Ramanujam
Sriram Gutta

GALA

Committee
Aaria Manchanda
Priya Nagar
Sharmila Rathinam, Chair

Table Captains
Asawari RaoRane
Caroline Vance
Erica Goldsmith
Karishma Kiri
Kate Cochran
Nainesh Shah
Parvathy Ramanathan
Ramesh Manne
Remala Family Foundation
Robin Wolaner
Sharmila Rathinam
Steve Schwartz
Suman Bhat-Kincaid 
Windy Wilkins

In Kind donors
Ashmita Gulati
Garrett Padera
Geeta Reddy
Gowri Pabbati
JugniGypsy
Largesse
Nugu
Priya Nagar
Ranjini Rajan
Seattle Wine Company
Shruti Sardesai
Thompson Hotel

Donors Who Inspire our Community to Give Through Matching Donations

Bill Harrington
Kumar Ganapathy
Simpplr

Interns and Fellows

Isabel Clarke
Ushanjani Gollapudi

Organizations and individuals who helped promote our Accelerator Program

AIC BIMTECH
AIC-IIITH Foundation 
AIC@36INC
ANDE India
Assam Startup
Atal Incubation Centre - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP)
Deshpande Startups
IIM Calcutta Innovation Park
ISB Dlabs
KL Technology Incubators Foundation (KLTIF)
Maharashtra State Innovation Society
Priya Krishnamoorthy, 200 million artisans
SINE IIT Bombay 
Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay
Start-up Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur
Startup Oasis
UnLtd India
Villgro 
Vruksh Ecosystem
Wadhwani Foundation
Women on Wings

Those who have given their time and expertise to make our Accelerator Program a success

Aiswarya Ravi, Kinara Capital
Amritha Mani
Amrut Joshi, Gamechanger Law Advisors
Aparna Ananthan, Caspian Debt
Prashant Mandke, Rural Marketing Expert
Richa Natarajan, Unitus Capital
Sandeep Farias, Elevar Equity
Shekar Prabhakar, Hasiru Dala Innovations
Srinivas Ramanujam, Villgro
Vinay Kothari, Go Desi