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About mentoring

The Top 20 teams were mentored by ZS leaders and renowned industry experts. Each team received one-to-one mentoring to sharpen their idea for further presentation and pitch to the ZS Jury.

The mentoring schedule was:

  • Phase 1, 4 weeks: Top 20 teams
  • Phase 2, 1.5 weeks: Top 8 teams shortlisted from the top 20 teams

Lessons from industry

A customized mentoring session was created for the top 20 teams for ZS PRIZE. Through the intensive mentoring from ZS leaders and renowned industry experts. This mentoring module exposed each team to industry best practices to sharpen their pitch to the ZS PRIZE Jury.

Audience Session Speaker
Top 20 teams Lean Start-up Idea Abhishek Trigunait
ZS Principal
  Q&A Session Sandeep Gudibanda
CEO and Co-founder, HealthPlix
  Frugal Innovation Suhani Mohan
CEO, and Co-founder, Saral Designs
  How to take an idea to market? Kavita Iyer Rodrigues
Co-founder and CEO of Zumutor Technologies
  How to pitch? Sandeep Singhal
Co-founder and MD Nexus Venture Partners
Top 8 teams Q&A Session Saurabh Arora
CEO, and Founder, Lybrate

Timelines of mentoring phase

Phase 1: For Top 20 Teams

28 Jan to 10 Mar 2021

Phase 2: For Top 8 Teams

11 Mar to 3 Apr 2021
28 Jan to 24 Feb 2021
ZS Mentoring Program
{Evaluation}
11 Mar to 22 Mar 2021
ZS Mentoring Program
24 Feb to 3 Mar 2021
Presentation to the ZS Panel
3 Apr 2021
Jury Presentation

Phase 1: For Top 20 Teams

28 Jan to 10 Mar 2021
28 Jan to 24 Feb 2021
ZS Mentoring Program
11 Mar to 22 Mar 2021
ZS Mentoring Program
{Evaluation}

Phase 2: For Top 8 Teams

11 Mar to 3 Apr 2021
24 Feb to 3 Mar 2021
Presentation to the ZS Panel
3 Apr 2021
Jury Presentation

Featured mentoring videos

  • Apoorva Aggarwal
    In conversation with ZS PRIZE 2021 Mentor- Apoorva Aggarwal, Office Managing Principal, ZS India
    Apoorva Aggarwal is all praises for the Top 20 teams for ZS PRIZE. Here, she shares her experiences of coaching one team and helping them through their entrepreneurship struggles. Watch the video on how she helped the team get past the challenges of entrepreneurship while adding finesse to their solution.
  • Tarun Pandey
    In conversation with ZS PRIZE 2021 Mentor - Tarun Pandey, Office Managing Principal, ZS India
    Tarun Pandey coached one of the Top 20 teams for finalising their go-to-market strategy. His rich experience at ZS, dealing with finding viable business solutions for clients, came in handy here. In this interaction, he talks about his 'rewarding and fulfilling mentorship experience'.
  • Gautham Pasupuleti
    ZS PRIZE 2021 Top 20 team Gautham Pasupuleti, CEO & MD, Biodesign Innovation Labs
    Gautham Pasupuleti, CEO & MD, Biodesign Innovation Labs aims to tackle the shortage of ventilators and lower the mortality rate in India. He left a promising corporate career to become an entrepreneur. Watch him, share the details of his innovative idea, his career graph and his experience with ZS PRIZE in this interesting video.
  • Gowrishankar Wuppuluru
    ZS PRIZE 2021 Top 20 team - Gowrishankar Wuppuluru, Founder & CEO, Padmaseetha Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
    Padmaseetha Technologies' Founder & CEO, Gowrishankar Wuppuluru shares in-depth details about how his portable dialysis device was designed and how he can help millions in need. Listen in, as he shares the various experiences of his entrepreneurial journey and what keeps him excited about his product along with his journey with ZS PRIZE.
  • Rutuja Udyawar
    ZS PRIZE 2021 Top 20 teams - Rutuja Udyawar, Founder, Optimum Data Analytics
    Rutuja Udyawar, Founder, Optimum Data Analytics aims to help the visually impaired read using their innovative solution Bindu Smart Cap. In this video, she explains her innovative concept, her vision for the product, and how the mentors at ZS helped make the product market-ready.
  • Shankar Viswanathan
    In conversation with Shankar Viswanathan, Office Managing Principal, ZS India, and ZS PRIZE 2021 Evaluator
    In this candid conversation, Shankar Viswanathan, Office Managing Principal, ZS India mentions how the Top 20 teams used cutting edge technology to solve some of India's deep-rooted healthcare challenges. He feels that all the Top 20 teams have passion and a deep sense of purpose in their ideas, and thus align naturally with the ZS PRIZE vision.
  • Abhishek Trigunait
    In conversation with Abhishek Trigunait, Chief Technology Officer Principal ZS, and ZS PRIZE 2021 Evaluator
    Abhishek Trigunait says that most of these ideas are scalable and will help solve India's healthcare crisis. In this video, he explains how most ideas will make a sustained impact in the healthcare domain.