About
Valerie Mendonca is Senior Manager of Insights at IIMA Ventures, the incubator affiliated with IIM Ahmedabad, where she develops case studies and curricula for early-stage ventures. She conducts research in narrative methodologies and has worked across entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, gender inclusion, and technology-based livelihoods. Mendonca contributes to entrepreneurship education through knowledge-building resources and case writing, and is a member of the Case Centre UK Member's Forum and expert columnist at Higher Education Digest.
Experience
- IIMA VenturesSenior Manager - Insightscurrent2026 — presentIndia
- IIMA VenturesManager - Insights2022 — 2025Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- IIMA VenturesSr. Associate - Insights2020 — 2021Greater Ahmedabad Area
- IIMA VenturesResearch Associate2016 — 2019Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Indian Institute of Management, AhmedabadAcademic Associate2011 — 2016Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Seventh Day Adventist College of ManagementFaculty2011 — 2012Surat, Gujarat, India
- Centre for Social Studies, SuratResearch Officer/Publications Asst2008 — 2011Surat, Gujarat, India
- DHIRAJ SONS MEGASTORE PRIVATE LIMITEDHR Executive2007 — 2008Surat, Gujarat, India
Education
- Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, SuratMaster of Arts (MA), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration2005 — 2007
- The Maharaja Sayajirao University of BarodaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Clinical Psychology with Honors in English Literature2002 — 2005
- Lourdes Convent High School, SuratSecondary1987 — 2000
Skills & more
Research Project ManagementEntrepreneurshipAcademic WritingCase StudiesTime ManagementTraining and Development (HR)Operations ManagementPolicies & ProceduresPublication DevelopmentDigital PublishingEducational LeadershipEducational Assessment
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University TeachingEnglish TeachingTrainingResearch SkillsAcademic AdministrationTest CasesAcademic AchievementAcademic ManagementTeam LeadershipPublic SpeakingManagementTeamworkLanguages English · Gujarati · Hindi · Konkani
- Teaching with Cases Part 1 — Harvard Business Impact Education
- Teaching with Cases Seminar — Harvard Business Review
- Social Return on Investment Accredited Practioner Training — Institute for Social Value
- Workshop on Research Methods
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Same school
Also attended Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat3
Also attended The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda7
Brajesh MishraInvestor at Elevar EquityJayesh ParekhManaging Partner at Good StartupAshita GuptaPrincipal at Merak VenturesMaya GadhviFounding GP at Chakra Growth FundMirant ShahFinance Manager, Fund Operations at Beringer Capital Partners Ltd.Toral ChokshiFinancial Accountant at Liverpool Partners
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Shared employers
Also worked at IIMA Ventures57
Tarun AgrawalHead of India at InsitorAnirudh SinghPartner at Avataar Venture PartnersKunal UpadhyayManaging Partner at Bharat FundSanjay JainPartner at Bharat FundRohan ChoukkarVice President at Bharat FundArjit JohriVice President at Mars Shot Ventures
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Also worked at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad4
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