Bharat Ramani

Mobility Startup Competition Chair

Bharat Ramani is Global strategist and entrepreneur with 30 years experience in building and managing a multinational corporation. He's an expert in creating strategic alliances, partnerships, collaboration, business restructuring and turnarounds in cross border environments and an accomplished executive who promoted, grew and exited, a listed company - Melstar in India. The company had operations in India, Europe and U.S. and was acquired by the Birla Group. He was involved in setting up IT Application Outsourcing Centers for Fortune 500 companies in Mid 1990's. He has lived and setup operations in US, India, Russia, UK, Germany and Hong Kong.

Experience in understanding the culture, profile, politics, and other critical components that drive success of M&A, Alliances, Collaborations and Partnerships over a variety of geographies.

The GSC is a non-profit organization focused on sustainable, socially responsible sourcing practices. He is also actively involved in Promoting and Helping Young Startups in US India Corridor and helping them to work together and create innovative Products and Services. He is passionate about mentoring and helping young entrepreneurs succeed. Strategic Advisor to Autonebula, conceptualized it, build different part of the Connected Transport Incubator / Accelerator Ecosystem together and hired the operational team

Board Member for Global Sourcing Council and Advisory Board Member for AM&AA New York Chapter, Advisor to Ride 5 Group, Game of Games

Masters in Marketing Management from Bombay University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management from St. Xavier Institute of Management and a Bachelor of Engineering from VJTI Bombay University. CM&AA. Connected Vehicle Professional.

Specialties: Cross Border Partnerships, Collaboration, Joint Ventures, Digital Transformation , Mobile Learning, Entrepreneurship, Connected Car Technology, Corporate Advisory, Entrepreneurship ,Creating Opportunities in Multicultural and Diverse Environments and Industries -USA/UK/India/China.