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title: "Dr.Satish M. Bhavankar - Chief Executive Officer | Institution Building & Systems Leadership in Bangalore Urban | Tal"
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# Dr\.Satish M\. Bhavankar on Tal

## Headline

Innovation Ecosystem Leader \| Institution Builder \| Entrepreneurship, Startup Incubation, Open Innovation \| University–Industry Collaboration \| Rural & Tier\-2/3 Innovation \| Author

## About

I build institutions that enable entrepreneurs to succeed\. Over the past 28 years, my professional journey has evolved from design and technology to entrepreneurship, innovation, and institution building\. For more than a decade, I have dedicated my work to fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, startup incubation, and ecosystem development by bringing together academia, industry, government, investors, and entrepreneurs\. Most recently, I served as the Founding Chief Executive Officer of the Tumkuru Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council \(TIIEC\), where I established governance systems, operational frameworks, incubation programmes, strategic partnerships, and institutional capabilities for a university\-promoted innovation ecosystem\. My work has increasingly focused on democratising access to entrepreneurship by strengthening innovation ecosystems beyond metropolitan cities\. I believe the next generation of entrepreneurs will emerge not only from established startup hubs but also from Tier\-2 and Tier\-3 cities, rural communities, universities, government colleges, and first\-generation entrepreneurial families\. Building these ecosystems requires strong institutions, local partnerships, mentorship, and sustained capacity building\. Over the past four years, I have engaged more than 6,000 aspiring and first\-generation entrepreneurs, innovators, students, researchers, and faculty members through entrepreneurship development programmes, innovation initiatives, mentoring, design thinking workshops, and institutional capacity\-building efforts\. My work spans: Innovation Ecosystem Development Institution Building & Governance Entrepreneurship & Venture Development Startup Incubation & Acceleration University Innovation & Research Commercialisation Rural Innovation & Inclusive Entrepreneurship Tier\-2 & Tier\-3 Ecosystem Development Public Sector Innovation Strategic Partnerships Technology Transfer Beyond executive leadership, I serve as a mentor with the Stanford Seed and EY Entrepreneur Mentoring Community programmes and as a reviewer for the MIT Solve Global Challenge and the US National Innovator Challenge\. I am also the author of Don't Think Big, Think Giant, with two forthcoming books exploring leadership, systems thinking, and institution building\. I believe entrepreneurs build companies, but institutions build ecosystems\. My mission is to strengthen those institutions so innovation can create lasting economic and societal impact—especially where opportunity has traditionally been limited\.

## Location

Bangalore Urban

## AI stack

aistudio

anthropic apis

antigravity

## Work experience

Chief Executive Officer \| Institution Building & Systems Leadership at Tumkuru Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council, Feb 2025 \- Dec 2025 · 11 mos, Tumakuru, Karnataka, India, Built a university\-backed innovation and entrepreneurship institution from inception\. Key outcomes: • Established incubation and entrepreneurship programs serving 1,500\+ participants • Incubated 9 early\-stage ventures from ideation to market readiness • Built partnerships with incubators, corporates, and ecosystem organizations • Conceived and delivered ANVAYA International Entrepreneurship Conclave with 30\+ speakers and 600\+ participants

Co\-Founder at Avas Digitech International Pvt\.Ltd, Sep 2021 \- Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Co Founder and Director at Avas Digitech International Pvt\.Ltd, Jun 2021 \- Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Trust Member \- AgriTech at The EvXprts Foundation, Apr 2021 \- Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Mentor UX/UI at Springboard, Mar 2020 \- Sep 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Founder at Aasalabs Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., Mar 2018 \- Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

## Education

MBA, General Management, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation \- University

Doctor of Philosophy, Business Administration and Management, General, CMJ UNIVERSITY

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