C Balagopal .

I have spent a couple of years doing research as part of an unfinished PhD program in 1975-76. I then joined the Indian Administrative Service and worked in various jobs from 1977-1983. I quit the IAS in 1983 to promote a pioneering bio-medical devices company which I grew and ran till 2012. During this time I became familiar with the challenges of entrepreneurship in India, and have worked at helping to create an eco-system that will help startups. Even while running my company, I mentored several startups, and have continued doing this more actively after selling my company and retiring from an active role.

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  Director, Federal Bank Ltd. as Independent Director

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