Mr. Aakarshan Sethi is an Entrepreneurship Enthusiast and is in the entrepreneurship ecosystem for more than 8 years. He is currently working as Customer Success Head forIndia & MENA Region with Airmeet (a series B funded startup, backed by Sequoia Capital) and has also worked on various entrepreneurship related projects with several State Governments and Central Government, highlight of which being was Government of India’s flagship initiative Startup India Yatra where he spread out awareness about entrepreneurship on grassroot level especially tier 2/tier 3 cities along with it, he scouted the best ideas among them and provided full support of Government & mentored them personally to turn their ideas into potential startup businesses. He has also worked with Startup Himachal team and was the Senior Startup Consultant to Government of Himachal Pradesh. He worked and revamped on the State Startup Policy of Himachal Pradesh. He directly reported to Smt. Deepika Rana (Executive Director HPCED and Deputy Director of Industries, Government of Himachal Pradesh).
He is also a recognized mentor by Startup India, Mentor of Change under Atal Innovation Mission, and a recognised Startup Mentor by 5 State Governments. He is also a recognized as Business Coach by Business Blasters program under Government of Delhi and is an
official volunteer of Aam Aadmi Party (Govt. of Delhi). He is a member and on advisory/mentor of 8 startup communities, 7 Incubation Centers (including IIM Shillong) and has been or currently is a board of advisor and mentored approx. 75+ different startups till now.