{"id":17509,"date":"2021-07-04T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T08:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risingqueens.in\/savehimalay\/?page_id=17509"},"modified":"2023-01-25T05:22:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:22:12","slug":"nikhil-agarwal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/risingqueens.in\/savehimalay\/about-us\/hum-secretariat\/nikhil-agarwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Nikhil Agarwal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_nofslyz1hn\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_tsg36hzfki\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_rrgejmijg\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_center\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Himalay Unnati Mission Secretariat<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_ho2wm72u7h\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div id=\"ourfounder\" class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_vuxp379gg\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_fb_ef96kw9r8s\" class=\"cmsmasters_featured_block\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_inner\">\n<div class=\"featured_block_text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_row_fbhkj7ji1i\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div id=\"ourfounder\" class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner cmsmasters_row_fullwidth\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin cmsmasters_row_columns_behavior\">\n<div id=\"cmsmasters_column_pb33861ig\" class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column_inner\"><div id=\"cmsmasters_heading_2rmut2f0n8\" class=\"cmsmasters_heading_wrap cmsmasters_heading_align_left\">\n\t<h2 class=\"cmsmasters_heading\">Dr. Nikhil Agarwal<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"cmsmasters_text text-justify\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #230903;\">Advisor: Entrepreneurship Innovation and Policy\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Dr Nikhil Agarwal is India\u2019s foremost Innovation and Policy expert. He holds the dual charge of CEO of FIRST and C3I Hub of IIT-Kanpur. Foundation for Innovation &amp; Research in Science &amp; Technology (FIRST) is responsible for all the incubation, innovation, research and startup activities at IIT-Kanpur. Cybersecurity and Cyber Security of Physical-Systems Innovation Hub (C3I) is possible through a generous INR170cr grant (USD $24m) from Govt of India to set up India leading center for cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, he was appointed as Vice Chairman, Mahaashmita Livelihood Rural Accelerator Program (MILAP), Govt of Maharashtra \u2013 a program in joint collaboration with MSRLM and FICCI. In 2014, Indian Prime Minister urged Indian diaspora to return to the country to serve the motherland. Dr Agarwal responded to the call and returned from the UK to join Govt of Andhra Pradesh as Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society (CEO, APIS) to kickstart the statewide innovation agenda between 2015-2017. He was involved in developing large scale innovation projects such as cyber security innovation park, rural innovation labs, incubation centers, startup ecosystem, setup INR 1 billion startup fund to name a few. He is instrumental in forging important national and international relationships for the state.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the founder of Entrepreneur Caf\u00e9 \u2013 a global movement spread in 110 cities and six continents, connecting over 45,000 entrepreneurs. Dr Agarwal has founded businesses and advised firms on strategic matters in the last 20 years of his career. He has worked with global multinationals like Cadbury&#8217;s, FIC and Zensar (RPG Group). He has lectured at leading universities like Virginia Tech Polytechnic &amp; State University, University of Bradford and University of Cambridge. His articles, interviews and work has been extensively covered in international media including Harvard Business Review Blog, Forbes, CNN Money, BBC Radio, The New York Times and Economic Times.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Agarwal has served on many international think tanks and holds leadership positions in global organizations such as QuestionBox and WBAF. Between 2006 -13 he served as high-level-advisor to United Nations Global Alliance on ICT &amp; Development (UNGAID). He was the International Advisory Board Member at World-Entrepreneurship-Forum (WEF) and Open Mind Foundation. He was the first Asian to be elected as Co-Chair of the prestigious Internet Society Advisory Council (ISOC-AC) for 2008-10.\u00a0 Between 2017-19, he was the Hon Fellow of IC<sup>2<\/sup> Institute, University of Texas at Austin. He is recipient of \u2018Excellence in Promoting Innovation in Governance&#8217; &#8216; by Govt of Rajasthan, India.<\/p>\n<p>He has traveled extensively around the world and worked with global institutions, corporations and multinationals. He has published over 70 research papers, conference publications, editorials and articles in leading publications. Professor Nikhil Agarwal has earned his MPhil (University of Cambridge) and PhD (University of Edinburgh) in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Nikhil has interest in martial arts \u2013 he is co-recipient of \u2018Guinness World Record\u2019 in Taekwondo in 2017. 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