IDEAS TO IMPACTS - Key Persons


Anant Kulkarni - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
A passionate techno-creative with over 27 years of professional experience thrives on building innovative IT solutions from the ground up.

Anshoo Gaur - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Group CEO
  • Co - Founder and Group CEO at Ideas
Anshoo is the Co-founder and Group CEO at Ideas to Impacts. He has over 30 years of experience as a founder, CEO, board member, advisor, and investor in the global tech industry. He is a seasoned tech executive and successful entrepreneur with expertise in restructuring businesses for growth and scale. He has held numerous positions in senior management during his lucrative career and is a strong believer in the incredible potential of technology and innovation. His previous collaborations with Amdocs (Global Management Member, Global Officer), EDS (Managing Director and President, Mphasis ITO), and STL are remarkable (Advisor and CEO-Software). Additionally, he has ties to a number of intriguing early-stage businesses and also works with young leaders who are dedicated to bringing about social change through his start-up accelerator, Praavega. He is the Founding Curator at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and he is working carefully to build a self-sustaining organization that is highly democratic and purpose-driven to make sure that positive change comes across all communities. Anshoo is a believer in the potential of mentoring and skilling to alter lives. He works with social sector entrepreneurs and NGOs to scale their impact. He's an advisor with Mentor Together, Teach for India, and Life School. He has gained various honours, including the Bloomberg-UTV CXO IT MNC Asia Business Leader of the Year Award in 2010.

Chandrashekhar Deshmukh

Job Titles:
  • Business Head of I2i - Emerging Technologies, Nashik Smart Town Model ( STM )
  • Head of IIoT
Chandrashekhar is the Business Head of i2i-Emerging Technologies and has over 20 years of extensive experience in the technical space with specializations in delivery management, IoT, Devops, RPA, Cloud, and Performance Engineering. He has effectively managed numerous complex and technically challenging projects in product and service companies, including Industrial IoT, Automation, Banking, ERP, CRM, Digital Publishing, and Legal Services. He has a proven track record of managing large customer engagements for i2i, including Siemens, Infinite-uptime, Intuit, Microsoft, and LexisNexis. He also holds expertise in writing business proposals, estimating projects, implementing and improving processes, project planning, and managing people. His pragmatic approach to problem-solving consistently motivates the rest of the team to be more productive and efficient.

Niranjan Mahabalappa

Job Titles:
  • Business Leader
  • Head of Software Product Engineering
Beyond business, Niranjan is an inspiring and entrepreneurial figure, passionate about corporate social responsibility, sports, and alumni events. His commitment extends to leading impactful volunteer initiatives and showcasing his prowess as a national-level long-distance runner, earning numerous accolades. In addition, Niranjan spearheads Alumni Council initiatives, elevating branding, networking, and collaboration efforts. Niranjan is a seasoned business leader with a proven track record of steering large global business units, generating over USD 200 million in revenue, and overseeing 4000+ personnel. With expertise spanning business growth, customer engagement, delivery, and team building, he excels in scaling operations for startups in the product engineering space.

Rohan Jadhav

Job Titles:
  • Head of Sales & Marketing
  • Head, Sales & Marketing
A seasoned marketing specialist and GTM expert, dedicated to optimizing businesses and guiding them towards their full potential. Rohan is a seasoned professional dedicated to optimizing businesses and guiding them towards their full potential. Specializing in identifying lucrative business opportunities and shepherding ideas from conceptualization to launch, his passion for Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies is rooted in the conviction that every product or service can make a significant impact.

Sandeep Ingale

Job Titles:
  • Group CFO
  • Head of Operations
  • Group Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations at Ideas
30+ years of multifaceted experience in the global technology space and 10+ years of expertise in the field of human resources. Sandeep is the Group Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations at Ideas to Impacts. He has more than 30 years of multifaceted experience in the global technology space. In addition, he has more than 10 years of expertise in the field of human resources, where he excelled at performance management, employee grievances, benefits, compliance, and retention. As a seasoned executive in the global tech industry, he is adept at managing financial and business affairs, conducting audits under IFRS, US GAAP, and Indian GAAP, managing shared services units in India for US MNCs, and monitoring FDI compliance, due diligence, and setting up operations for Indian and multinational companies in the IT sector. In addition to handling various responsibilities at the group level, he is currently focused on the business operations associated with Ideas to Impacts' pioneering new ‘Work From Home-town (WFHT®)' offering, which enables businesses to design, build, and implement work delivery models from tier 2/3 towns. Prior to joining Ideas to Impacts, Sandeep worked as a leader for organizations such as Verisoft India Infosystems, SQS Software Systems AG, and SQS Software Systems USA, Inc. He is passionate about Ideas to Impacts' core ideology of ‘Distributing the Future Evenly®,' as it strongly resonates with his aspiration to be a part of an organization committed to bringing about positive change in diverse communities across the world. Outside of work, he loves to travel and contribute to the Indian startup ecosystem.

Trupti Joshi

Job Titles:
  • Head of Business Unit Finance at Ideas
  • Head, Business Unit Finance
Trupti is the Head of Business Unit Finance at Ideas to Impacts. She works with tech-solution-focused Business Unit Leaders to assist them in strategically aligning their financial operations with anticipated growth strategies. She is also responsible for defining and