Team
Operators, engineers, and program designers.
A multidisciplinary team that has spent over a decade running innovation programs for governments, enterprises and universities — now building the operating system to run them at global scale.
Leadership
The founding team.
Rajat Shahi
Founder & CEO
Hyderabad, India
Entrepreneur, startup evangelist and community builder. Has spent over a decade designing and operating innovation programs for governments, enterprises and universities. Architect of the Hackmania operating system.
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Major Sunil Shetty, SM (Retd.)
Director & Investor
Hyderabad, India
Former Indian Army officer and recipient of the Sena Medal. Specialises in strategic business development and hands-on mentoring of high-growth ventures.
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Tarun Aellaboina
Chief Business Officer
Hyderabad, India
Strategic business leader and growth executive with a track record of building, scaling and transforming high-growth businesses across India and the US.
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The people who run the programs and the platform.
Anna Metelska
Customer Experience
Hyderabad, India
Customer experience specialist focused on building exceptional program journeys for organisers, sponsors and participants.
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Rajesh Pondicherry
Government & Diplomatic Relations
Hyderabad, India
Lead for government and diplomatic engagements. Builds strategic partnerships with public-sector organisations and ministries.
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Shivani Singh
Business & Growth
Hyderabad, India
Drives business development and partner growth across enterprise and government accounts.
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Industry veterans guiding the journey.
Anuraag Gupta
Strategic Advisor
Bengaluru, India
Entrepreneur and operator. Built and scaled unicorns, led PE-funded staffing ventures toward IPO. Ex President & CEO First Meridian and Quess. Harvard, NYU Stern and LSE alumnus.
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Prof. Ramesh Loganathan
Mentor
Hyderabad, India
Professor of Co-Innovation and Outreach at IIIT Hyderabad. Ex Chief Innovation Officer (interim) of the Telangana State Innovation Cell. Former Managing Director of Progress Software.
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The Platform for Innovation
Build your next innovation program on Hackmania.
From internal innovation challenges to national-scale hackathons, Hackmania gives you the platform, intelligence, and operating system to discover what your ecosystem can build.