Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar graduated in Civil engineering from Mumbai University in 1978. He subsequently earned his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from IIT Bombay. He has professional experience in a consulting firm in the Middle East of 4 years and academic experience for about 30 years.
He has been a member of Engineering Accreditation Evaluation Committee (EAEC) of the National Board of Accreditation, India and has evaluated several programs across the country for accreditation. He has guided 40 students for their M.Tech. Dissertation and 3 Ph.D. research scholars in different areas of Civil and Materials Engineering. He has been member of the BIS committees for drafting codes and standards. He has to his credit several research papers in international and national journals.

Dr. Sharad Mhaiskar
Pro-Vice Chancellor - NMIMS University, Director - AIC-NMIMS Incubation Centre

Mr. Chintan Patel
Director, AIC-NMIMS Incubation Centre
Mr. Chintan Patel is the Joint Managing Director of Deesan Group and is also a Trustee of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, an educational trust running many prestigious institutions (with 60,000 students). An entrepreneur himself, Mr.Chintan jointly oversees the textile-related business activities in Shirpur that has given employment to around 8000 locals in and around Shirpur. He is also currently overseeing the implementation of the upcoming Textile Park in Shirpur in an area of over 150 acres which would house 55 industrial units when fully developed.
Mr. Chintan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and also actively participates in several educational and developmental programs conducted at the SVKM and NMIMS group of Institutions, including entrepreneurship.
Mr. Tapan Mukesh Patel is the Joint Managing Director of Deesan Group and is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Autoriders International Limited. He is also a Trustee of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, an educational trust running many prestigious institutions (with 60,000 students) and serves as the Vice President of Shirpur Educational Society that focuses on imparting education to tribal communities in and around Shirpur.
Mr. Tapan completed his education at the prestigious Millfield School, Somerset, England and holds an MBA (Family Business) from NMIMS, Mumbai. He actively participates in several educational and developmental programs conducted at the SVKM and NMIMS group of Institutions, including entrepreneurship.

Mr. Tapan Patel
Director, AIC-NMIMS Incubation Centre

Mr. Harshad Shah
Director, AIC-NMIMS Incubation Centre
Mr. Harshad H. Shah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. He is a renowned entrepreneur and is a director with two firms Dweta Garments and Sumukha Textile Private Limited.
Mr. Harshad H. Shah is the Joint Treasurer of Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal, an educational trust running many prestigious institutions (with 60,000 students) .He is also the trustee in Shirpur Educational Society that focuses on imparting education to tribal communities in and around Shirpur.
Mr. Asoke Basak is presently working, after retirement from Government Service, in SVKM as Chief Executive Officer, looking after the administration of SVKM managed institutions. He has 10 years of experience in the Rural Development sector. He has held positions like that of Principal Secretary – Agriculture, Rural Development, Co-operation etc.
He has also worked in the energy sector for 10 years as Chairman of MSEB, Chairman of MSEDCL and Principal Secretary [Energy] in Government of Maharashtra and also worked in different other capacities like Addl. Chief Secretary [Home Dept.] and Planning Dept. He had joined Indian Administrative Service in 1967 and worked with Government of Maharashtra till retirement in March 2004.
He holds a M. SC in Geology. He has completed his Diploma in Systems Management from Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and MBA from University of LEEDS, U.K.

Mr. Asoke Basak
Chief Executive Officer