Our Team

Madhumita Agrawal
Managing Director
B.Tech, LLB, MBA
IIT-Kharagpur & IIM-Bangalore
She is an IIT Kharagpur and IIM Bangalore Alumni having a combined experience of over 7 years. She holds a B.Tech, Biotechnology, a LLB degree with specialization in IP laws and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. She heads Business Development of IPexcel and is responsible for the growth of the organization. Her expertise includes Technology Analysis & Consulting, Intellectual Property Protection, Commercialization and Technology Scouting. She is highly active in the Start-up Ecosystem and brings a great network of connects to help companies find the right partners and customers. She has helped multiple companies with Technology Commercialization & Technology Scouting Services. On a social front, she is also the Secretary for the IIT Kharagpur Alumni Association.

Dinkar Agrawal
Founder & President
Dinkar Holds a B.Tech in Electronics and a LLB with Specialisation in Intellectual Property Laws. He is an IIT Kharagpur Alumni and has a decade of experience in supporting organizations to develop new and innovative technologies. Dinkar is responsible for managing High Quality & Timely Delivery of work products in IPexcel along with identifying strategic future growth areas for IPexcel. Prior to joining IPexcel, he has worked with General Electric (GE) for 7 years where he helped technologists in developing innovative technologies for GE. One of such projects include Wireless Power Transfer Technology where he played an instrumental role in developing a technology portfolio of wireless power transfer systems and applications, which was later commercialized with a strategic partner. He is an innovator and has filed multiple patent applications as an inventor. One of his patent applications includes US20160105036A1. He also has hands on experience in developing new ideas by designing around existing proprietary technologies. Dinkar holds the expertise of drafting more than 150 US patents and 200+ US & India Office actions and is trained directly by US Attorneys. He is qualified in United States patent & trademark office equivalency examinations..

Dr. Anand Biswas
Vice President – Operations & Growth
Anand is a Technology Analyst with over than 15+ years of experience in the Technology & Patent Domain. He holds Masters (Integrated) in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Materials Science both from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India. Over the years, he has gained immense hands-on experience in consulting Technologists & In-house R & D Teams of Fortune 50 organizations for developing, protecting and licensing innovative proprietary technologies. He has worked onsite/offsite extensively with global teams of attorneys, technologist and business leaders across many jurisdictions such as US, Europe, Canada, China, South Korea, Singapore, and Middle East.
Prior to joining IPexcel, he has worked for 8+ years, in a Fortune 50 organization – General Electric (GE), where he provided Inhouse R&D teams with Technology & Competitive insights to help them in various stages of technology development & commercialization. He has also worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, where he was responsible for working closely with Technologists in creating, protecting, maintaining and commercializing IP Portfolios of KAUST. He was also a Director in an International Technology Consulting Firm, where he was responsible for driving growth of the Organization in global markets. Anand has also published 17 research papers in journals & conferences of International repute on Technology & TRIZ.
Certifications:
- 1. Six Sigma Green Belt
- 2. TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) practitioner
- 3. Certified WON Information Specialist, Netherlands
- 4. Certification Course on US Patent Bar Review, Patent Resource Group (PRG), USA
- 5. Competitive Intelligence (CI), Frost & Sullivan
- 6. Customer Driven Innovation by Faculty, Kellogg School of Management
- 7. Market Analysis, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Khaja Safiullah Haruni
Director - IPFlair India
United Kingdom

Rishi Verma
Patent Professional
Vellore

Sahana R
Lead Patent Professional
Bangalore

Kanmani Neralahalli
Lead Patent Professional

Harish N
Principal Associate
IIT Kharagpur
Patent Attorney
Harish loves reading books on non-fiction and is a Hodophile who loves places with scenic beauty.

Pooja Gupta
Patent Professional

Jithinraj PR
Patent Professional
Jitinraj is fluent in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi & English and likes playing Cricket. He is also a cybernaut who loves surfing specially on concepts related to mechanical engineering.

Namrata VB
Patent Professional
R.V College of Engineering
Bangalore
Namrata has completed her M.Tech from R.V College of Engineering in Communication Systems Bangalore and B.E in Electronics and Communication from EWIT Bangalore.
She has also published paper on Network Management using SNMP in UGC Approved Journal, “INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (IJARET)”.
She has done her internship from Siemens Technology and Services Private Ltd. Bangalore.
Her technical interest lies in Electromagnetic fields, Antenna design, Computer networks, Mobile technologies, Image processing and Signal processing. Namrata loves to play Badminton and is a cooking enthusiast. She has a creative side too that loves to play around with oil and water colours.

Madiha Makandar
Patent Professional
Belagavi
Madiha has completed her M.Tech from PES Institute of Technology in VLSI Design, Bangalore and B.E in Electronics and Communication from SGBIT, Belagavi. She has done her internship from C-DOT, Bangalore where she worked on designing a Wi-Fi access point. Her technical interest lies in Circuit Design & Analysis. Madiha is highly creative and loves pencil sketching. Her hobbies include listening to Hindi music and playing Badminton & Chess.

Priyanka Vhanmane
Patent Professional
Bangalore

Madhusudan H. C.
Patent Professional
He loves travelling, Singing and photography.

Ajan A
Patent Professional
His hobbies include playing chess, travelling, and reading.

Komal Khare
IP Attorney
Pune.
Komal holds a BBA.LLB. degree from Karnataka State Law University and LLM in Intellectual Property Law from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. She currently handles the trademark related matters of registration, prosecution and opposition in sub-ordination with her Seniors.

Paridhi Somani
IP Administrator
Pune
Paridhi is a budding legal professional and she has completed her LL.B. from New Law College, Pune. Her area of interests includes Legal Analytics, Contract Management, Criminal Laws, Company Law, Contract Law and Intellectual Property Rights. She has also completed a Diploma in Human Rights and Law from Indian Society’s Law College, Pune. At IPexcel, she is responsible for IPR related administrative matters.
Paridhi is a Cynophilist and she has done some great work on fostering homeless street dogs. Paridhi is also fond of dancing, travelling and reading books on fiction.

Srilekya Kolli
Patent Administrator
BBA LL.B.
Alliance School of Law, Alliance University
Srilekya holds a BBA LL.B. degree from Alliance School of Law, Alliance University specialising in Corporate Laws. Her areas of interest are Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Law and Sports Law. At IPexcel, she works on IPR related administrative matters.
She loves to travel and photography. She is a pâtissier who loves baking caked and pastries.

Sangamithirai V T R
Patent Administrator
BBA LL.B.
KLE Society’s Law College, Karnataka State Law University
Sangamithirai holds a BBA LL.B. degree from KLE Society’s Law College, Karnataka State Law University. She has completed a certification course on Merger & Acquisition and Contract and Management. She currently handles IPR related administrative matters. Her areas of interest are Intellectual Property Rights, Corporate and Contract laws.
She is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. Her hobbies also include travelling and cooking cuisine. She is a foodie who loves exploring new eateries.

Prakriti Bhattacharya
Sr. Business Development Executive
Bhopal

Bijoylaxmi Garg
Business Development Executive
She did her B.Sc in Biotechnology from Gauhati University and MBA from the Prestigious Uttarakhand Technical University. She works as a Business Development Executive and is responsible for creating and managing new Leads for IPexcel.

Prachi Pandey
HR & Operations Manager
Prachi works as HR & Operations Manager at IPexcel and she is responsible for hiring right talent for the growing organization. Prior to joining IPexcel, Prachi has worked in several organizations including ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Aviva Life Insurance & Centre for Management Technology and brings over several years of combined experience in Human Resource, Finance, Marketing and General Administration. Prachi holds a Post- Graduate degree in Business Management from Uttar Pradesh Technical University. Her hobbies include Painting, Photography and travelling.

Swathi NA
Accounts Officer
Swathi loves listening to music.

Geeta Gopalakrishna
Senior Accounts Executive
Bangalore

Vidya Bhaskar Nandiyal
Vice President - Operations & Growth

Amit Mendiratta
Senior Manager - Patent Analytics
M.Tech in Information Technology
PG Diploma in Patents Law
Amit holds a M.Tech Degree in Information Technology and Post Graduate Diploma in Patents Law. He has 15 years of work experience out of which he has spent 12 years in the domain of Patent Search and Analytics. Prior to joining IPexcel, Amit has worked with CPA Global and has played various roles during the tenure. Amit has an extensive hands-on experience in conducting litigation searches, invalidity/validity analysis, patentability searches and landscape studies. His area of interest includes Augmented/Virtual Reality, Gaming Technologies, Wearable Technologies, Natural User Interface, Artificial Intelligence and Network Security. Amit’s personal interests include travelling and experimenting with food.

Priya Sharma
Lead Patent Professional
Kurukshetra
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication and pursued her Masters in Instrumentation Technology from NIT Kurukshetra. She has carried out research in Advance Optical systems at IIT Roorkee and presented technical poster in National Conference on “Nano Science and Instrumentation technology”. She has also published many international papers in highly reputed journals. She majorly works with MNC’s and US Clients and has drafted more than 70 US Patent drafts in the Technologies such as Smart Cars, Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics, IOT, and AI. She has also carried out 50+ Patentability/ Novelty Assessment and developed full spectrum understanding of IP. She has also completed her Global IP certificate course on IPR offered by World Intellectual Property Organization.

Vivek Kumar Gupta
Senior IP Associate
Prior to joining IPExcel, he has worked with KPMG in Intellectual Property Advisory and Contract Compliance Services where he worked on various aspects of Market Research & IP Analytics including IP Strategy, IP Commercialization, IP Risks Identification, IP Audit, IP Due Diligence, Patent Portfolio Management etc. He has also worked with reputed Law Firm where he helped in Filing & Prosecution of different kinds of IP including Patents, Trademarks and Designs.
Apart from professional work, he is a budding photographer and ardent traveller, a culinarian who likes experimenting with food.

Meghnad Bandyopadhyay
Lead Patent Professional
IIT Kharagpur
Meghnad holds a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering and an LLB from IIT Kharagpur with Specialization in Intellectual Property Laws. He is a qualified Indian Patent Agent. His expertise includes drafting of provisional & non-provisional patent applications and drafting of office action responses. He also got experience in preforming patentability search and preparing various analysis reports.
Meghnad has hands on experience in prosecution and hearing, relating to trademark cases and design cases. His expertise further includes contract drafting, copyright matters and other Intellectual Property related subjects. Prior to joining IPexcel, Meghnad had worked with an IP law firm as well as with a R & D team of a renowned corporate, where his responsibility was of handling patent search, patent drafting and prosecution related to patent applications.

Anusha Chakraborty
Patent Professional
IIIT,Bhubaneshwar

Mittu Sateesh
Patent Professional
Mittu has completed her M.Tech from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam University in Computer Science and Engineering and B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Lourdes Matha College of Science and Technology in Kerala. She has also published paper titled “Collaborative filtering using graph kernel and boosting” on IEEE Explore Digital library.
She loves pencil sketching, origami and reading books on fiction.
Areas of Interest: Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Web Development and Deep Learning. Also, include : Working Knowledge of Programming languages like Python, Java, C and C++

Sejal Samaiya
Patent Professional
B.E (CSE), M.Tech
Banasthali Vidyapith
Sejal has completed her M.Tech. from Banasthali Vidyapith & B.E. from Global Group of Institution in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE). She completed her thesis from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK). She has also published papers titled “Real Time Database Management System” in IEEE 2018, 2nd International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control and “Grid Partitioning based Fuzzy Classifier with weighted feature reduction algorithm” in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. Her technical interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Computer applications.
Her hobbies include penning Poems, singing and dancing.

Astha Jain
Patent Professional
B.E (CSE), M.Tech,
Banasthali Vidyapith
Astha has completed her M.Tech. Degree from Banasthali Vidyapith and B.E from Guru Ramdas Khalsa Institute of Science & Technology in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). She has completed her thesis from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK). Her technical interests include Image Processing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. She carried out research in Computer Vision and published paper titled “Inventory Management using KAZE features under different Lightning Conditions” using Image Processing and Machine Learning Techniques presented at AIPR2019.
She has a wanderlust and loves travelling to new places. Her hobbies also include playing Badminton & Chess.

Pranjal Mittal
Patent Professional
B.Tech in CS
Vellore Institute of Technology
Pranjal has completed his B.Tech from Vellore Institute of Technology in Computer Science. His technical interest includes IoT, Web Development and Database Management Systems. Pranjal loves playing snooker and has represented college Snooker team as a captain in International Sports and Cultural Carnival. He also loves playing Cricket and reading autobiographies.

Sonal Srivastva
Patent Professional
LPU-Punjab

Shrobanti Banerjee
Business Process Officer
B.Tech. (CS)
University of Engineering and Management
Shrobanti has completed B.Tech. from University of Engineering and Management in Computer Science. Her professional interests include Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things. She has an online certification on Big Data from IIT, Chennai and has done a project on “Gym Management System” based on Real time Database Management System.
Shrobanti is a trained Odissi dancer. She loves reading blogs on scientific researches.

Alok Kumar
Inside Sales Executive
Alok loves playing Cricket and watching Soccer. Alok loves listening to music specially Rock & Bollywood out of all genres.

Moohib Khan
Business Process Associate
Imperial College of Management, Bangalore.
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