Board of Advisors

Nishant Saxena

Strategy Advisor

Nishant Saxena is CEO of a large global diagnostics business. He is curator of 99reads.org with a million hits and a prolific writer with articles for top magazines and newspapers. A TEDx speaker, Nishant is part of YPO, the apex global org of young CEOs. A distinguished alumnus of IIM Lucknow and NIT Trichy, he is a board member at IIM Amritsar and certified trainer of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Nishant has lived and worked in six countries and travelled to eighty. He has won multiple awards: Leader-in-making (Business World), Young CFO of the Year, Path-breaking CEO (Economic Times), 50 Social Entrepreneurs Making India Better (Outlook).

Dr. Ashok Karania

Sales & Strategy Advisor

Dr. Ashok Karania (“Ash”) scales success with strategy, storytelling, and soul — proving purpose and performance are never a trade-off. As an Agentic AI leader in a Silicon Valley firm, he helps organisations to reimagine the future and actualise the vision. A former CEO, and growth architect, Ash advises next-generation companies to scale with speed, imagination, and purpose. A TEDx speaker, he founded Ignite — touching thousands of lives — and spearheaded Gujarati Lexicon, recognised by the US Library of Congress & Oxford University.

His Bollywood doctorate, academia collaboration and startup ecosystem ties reflect a mind that connects culture, commerce, and curiosity. Ash holds a PhD (University of Mumbai), MBA from S.P Jain, and completed Oxford's FinTech Programme. An explorer at heart, he finds joy in books, travel, cinema, music, philosophy and helping people win. Ash is an angel investor at Delulu and is also helping shape our Sales and Strategy initiatives.

Nupur Tandon

Sustainability Advisor

Nupur is a noted Social Entrepreneur, Sustainability Champion, Change Maker and TedX speaker and currently leads the Environmental Agenda through Pro Waste, her social enterprise social enterprise, headquartered in Bangalore. She has earlier worked with Trade Mission & Scientific Department of the French Embassy as well as Media India and Star TV. Nupur holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science from Manipal University and a PG Advance Certification in Sustainable Engineering and Smart Cities from IISc Bengaluru. She advises iShots on environmental and sustainability best practices

Umang Patel

Product & Commercialization Advisor

Umang is an experienced Entrepreneur and has over a decade of experience in a large pharmaceutical company leading global business. His expertise areas include portfolio, go to market strategy and scaling businesses. He is currently founder of Zenith Health Science, a Dubai based pharma company and a graduate from University of Ballarat, Australia. He advises iShots in portfolio, commercialization and export (strategy).