At the helm
Shweta Rajpal Kohli
Managing Partner
Shweta brings deep policy and technology expertise, having spent 25+ years across venture capital, technology, media and public policy, including Sequoia Capital India, Uber, and Salesforce. She currently leads an industry body representing 75+ high-growth startups with a combined valuation of over $100Bn, while also serving on advisory boards of India's capital markets regulator SEBI and World Economic Forum.
Avantika Gode
Director
Avantika leads policy advocacy at SPF, focusing on government and member engagement. She focuses on solving policy challenges and building proactive policy programs for our member community. A seasoned public policy and media professional, Avantika led public policy at Razorpay and federal affairs at Uber India. Formerly a journalist with Bloomberg TV India, she holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the National Law School of India.
Shubhangi Poddar
Director
Shubhangi drives high-impact collaborations and partnerships, creating engagement platforms for our members with diverse global stakeholders. She helps build bridges across startups, investors, think-tanks, global institutions and thought leaders. With prior experience of driving Strategic Partnerships at the World Economic Forum, Geneva, she is now focused on amplifying the voice and impact of India’s innovation ecosystem on a global stage.
Not just access. Actual participation.
This isn’t about observing India’s ecosystem from the outside.
NEC puts you in the room with founders, policymakers, investors, and global industry leaders who are actively shaping what comes next. From closed-door roundtables to university labs, startup cohorts, and policy forums, you're not just present. You're part of the conversation that's building India's next chapter.
We work across both directions: helping global companies engage India's ecosystem meaningfully, and helping Indian innovators find their footing on the world stage.
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Whether you're a global company seeking meaningful engagement with India's innovation ecosystem, or an Indian startup ready to take your next step outward - this is where that conversation begins.
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