Dr Manisha Acharya has since been nominated to the Expert Advisory Committee on Innovation – Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Program [i-STED] of Union Ministry of Science and Technology.
Dr Acharya is currently the CEO of Delhi based Indigram Labs Foundation, a technology business incubator and accelerator focused on agri-tech, food tech, clean tech and healthcare. Her tenure will be for 3 years.
Dr HK Mishra, Professor of Institute of Rural Management, Anand has been nominated as the Chairman of the Committee.
Recently, she was last year awarded the prestigious British Chevening Fellowship n Science, Research and Innovation [CRISP] at University of Oxford, awarded by British Foreign and Commonwealth office. She was also invited as a speaker from India at World Incubation Summit, 2019 at Doha, Qatar.
Dr Acharya is an alumni of the Utkal University and an active member of the Vanivihar Old Students’ Society (VOSS 92). VOSS 92 members congratulated Acharya on her nomination.