About
Dheeraj Bhojwani is Vice President at IIMA Ventures, the investment arm of IIM Ahmedabad. He brings over a decade of senior management experience across private, public, and nonprofit sectors, with expertise in entrepreneurship, education, skill development, and livelihood initiatives. His background includes working with local government leadership in Gujarat and collaborating with private sector partners at the board level.
Experience
- IIMA VenturesVice Presidentcurrent2023 — presentAhmedabad, Gujarat, India
- AIC GUSEC - Atal Incubation Center, Gujarat UniversityChief Executive Officer2019 — 2023Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- TiE AhmedabadExecutive Director2016 — 2019Ahmedabad Area, India
- KESPLDirector2010 — 2016Ahmedabad Area, India
- Tata GroupAssociate Manager2008 — 2010Ahmedabad Area, India
- Standard Chartered Investments & Loans (India) LimitedCredit Analyst2007 — 2008Ahmedabad Area, India
- i-Process Services (I) Pvt. Ltd.Credit Analyst2005 — 2007Ahmedabad Area, India
Education
- Symbiosis Institute of Management StudiesMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance2006 — 2009
- Gujarat UniversityBachelor's degree, Business/Commerce2001 — 2004
Skills & more
Strategic Planning14Team Management14Business Strategy11Team Building8Management7Higher Education5Educational Leadership4Public Speaking3Business Development6
From Dheeraj's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies5
Vaibhav NadgaudaManaging Partner at Moneta VenturesParag PatilSenior Vice President & Global Head – Human Resources at WadzPayTejinder SinghFounder & Managing Director at 360 NauticaRathnakar SamavedamVenture Partner at 3Lines Venture CapitalSupriya NairManager - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Also attended Gujarat University19
Mukesh SharmaCo-founder, Partner & Head-Investment Management at Menterra Venture AdvisorsShobhit GuptaPrincipal at Avataar Venture PartnersAnjali BansalFounder at Avaana CapitalManthan KharaPrincipal Officer - GIFT City Branch at Anicut CapitalNitin SavaliyaPartner at Dholakia VenturesNisarg LakhmaniMedia Director at TiE Toronto
+ 13 more
Colleagues at IIMA Ventures
Aakriti Shah Kamdar
Sr. Manager - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aashna Sheth
Sr. Associate - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Abhimanyu Saxena
Sr. Manager - Programs at IIMA Ventures
Adhwant Mishra
Analyst - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aditya Dwivedi
Associate - Seed & Acceleration at IIMA Ventures
Aditya Gupta
Analyst - Legal at IIMA Ventures
Akash Kalra
Sr. Manager – IIMAvericks at IIMA Ventures
Amitkumar Jain
AVP - Finance & Accounts at IIMA Ventures