Building an Ecosystem that Nurtures Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Deshpande Foundation India

Building an ecosystem that nurtures innovation and entrepreneurship

The Deshpande Foundation India’s Hubballi Sandbox is an empowering ecosystem encouraging an entrepreneurial culture to problem-solving in the community. It is a living laboratory for catalysts to test ideas, make changes and eventually develop truly scalable solutions that will address the pressing social challenges of the 1.1 billion living in rural and smaller metros of India.

Our Programs

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Agriculture

The Agricultural Initiatives has created a holistic ecosystem bringing together best practices in agriculture with national and international partnerships to create cost-efficient, demand-driven programs that transform the face of agrarian India.

Deshpande Startups

India’s largest platform provides a startup ecosystem to support mission driven entrepreneurs with resources, connections, knowledge & talent to scale their ventures and to penetrate the untapped market of rural India and its Tier II and III cities.

Navodyami

For micro-entrepreneurs with unique products, the program helps them expand their businesses through mentorship, assistance and support.

Deshpande Educational Trust

DET’s pioneering experiential training programs bridges the education-employment skill-gap through demand-driven industry specific skilling programs that transforms unemployed rural youth into skilled intrapreneurs, offering them not just a livelihood but a professional career.

Agriculture

Deshpande Startups

Navodyami

Deshpande Educational Trust

Agriculture Initiatives

The Agricultural Initiatives has created a holistic ecosystem bringing together best practices in agriculture with national and international partnerships to create cost-efficient, demand-driven programs that transform the face of agrarian India.

Deshpande Startups​

India’s largest platform provides a startup ecosystem to support mission-driven entrepreneurs with resources, connections, knowledge & talent to scale their ventures and to penetrate the untapped market of rural India and its Tier II and III cities.​

Micro-Entrepreneurship Development Program

For micro-entrepreneurs with unique products, the program helps them expand their businesses through mentorship, assistance, and support.​

Deshpande Skilling

Deshpande Skilling’s pioneering experiential training programs bridge the education-employment skill-gap through demand-driven industry-specific skilling programs that transform unemployed rural youth into skilled intrapreneurs, offering them not just a livelihood but a professional career.

Our Impact

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Partner with Us

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Deshpande Center for Social
Entrepreneurship Building

DCSE Building, B.V.B. Campus,
Vidyanagar, Hubballi – 580031,
Karnataka, India

Our education programs fan the sparks of interest in our youth and help set alight their true potential.

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Our People

Board of Trustees

Gururaj Desh Deshpande

Founding Trustee

Jaishree Deshpande

Founding Trustee

Sanjay Nayak

Trustee

Arnab Roy

TRUSTEE

Dr. Kumar R. Sivarajan

Trustee
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Serge Bhachu

Trustee
Shreekant Deshpande

Shreekant Deshpande

Trustee,
Deshpande Skilling

Vivek Pawar

Trustee
GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS
Raju Reddy

Raju Reddy

Sushil Vachani

Govinda Chintala

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Smita Deshpande​

Founder & Executive Director,
EarlySpark

Hemang Dave

INVESTOR

Phanindra Sama

Co-Founder,
Kakatiya Sandbox
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP TEAM

Anand Bariya

Chief Executive Officer
Deshpande Foundation INDIA

P. N. Nayak

Managing Trustee & Chief Executive Officer ,
Deshpande Skilling

Karthik Sankaran

Chief Executive Officer,
Deshpande Startups

Shubo Biswas

Global Chief Technology Officer,
Deshpande Foundation

Sonali Sarma

Head,
Human Resources

Vijay S. Purohit

Sr. Director,
Micro-Entrepreneurship Development Program

Mohammad Innus Khan

Sr. Director,
Agriculture Initiatives

Chakravarthy Vasudevan

General Manager,
Finance and Accounts

Benjamin Mathew

President,
Rural Transformation Innovation & Knowledge Center

Dnyanada Deshpande

Vice President,
Partnerships
DESHPANDE STARTUPS BOARD
Raju Reddy

Raju Reddy

Chairman ,
Deshpande Startups

Ramanathan Narayan

DIRECTOR,
Deshpande Startups
Rachit Parekh

Rachit Parekh

Director,
Deshpande Startups

Karthik Sankaran

Director,
Deshpande Startups
KAKATIYA SANDBOX
Raju Reddy

Raju Reddy

CO-FOUNDER,
KAKATIYA SANDBOX

Phanindra Sama

CO-FOUNDER,
KAKATIYA SANDBOX

Manish Jaiswal

Chief Executive Officer,
KAKATIYA SANDBOX