※ The Guild

Faculty, mentors, jury, partners.

The people and institutions backing AI BuildLab 2026. Names land here as they confirm.

※ Evaluators

Evaluators

Faculty Evaluation Pool — Pod Evaluation Round, Week 5.

Faculty

Prof. Ram Nidumolu

Faculty Evaluator

ISB

Faculty

Prof. Raghuram Bommaraju

Faculty Evaluator

ISB

Faculty

Prof. Vishal Karungulam

Faculty Evaluator

ISB

Faculty

Prof. Ramabhadran Thirumalai

Faculty Evaluator

ISB

※ Mentors

Mentors

Faculty mentors — 1:1 mentorship across pods through Weeks 4–5.

Mentor

Prof. Sudhir Voleti

Faculty Mentor

ISB

Mentor

Prof. Sumeet Kumar

Faculty Mentor

ISB

Mentor

Prof. Achal Bassamboo

Faculty Mentor

Kellogg / ISB

Mentor

Prof. Madhu Viswanathan

Faculty Mentor

ISB

Mentor

Prof. Sarang Deo

Faculty Mentor

ISB

Mentor

Prof. Gurvinder Sandhu

Faculty Mentor

ISB

※ Industry Veterans

Industry Veterans

Operators stress-testing ventures across tracks.

Industry Veteran

TBA

Industry Veteran

IIDS Network

Industry Veteran

TBA

Industry Veteran

IIDS Network

※ Jury / Evaluators

Jury / Evaluators

Grand Finale judges — VCs, founders, IAS.

Jury

Vasisht Ravichandran

COO, POP

Jury

Rahul Paith

Ex CEO, T-Hub

Jury

Vijay SP

Co-Founder & CEO, Tarento

Jury

Sudeepta Veerapaneni

Partner & Chief Innovation Officer, Deloitte India

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ISB Institute of Data Science

Academic Partner

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Incubator Partner

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Programme Partner

TiE Delhi-NCR

Ecosystem Partner