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Deepak Menaria

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Mentor at VisionForge Ventures Pvt Ltd
📍 Maharashtra, India

Deepak Menaria is a mentor, investor, and the Founder & Chief Idea Farmer at Lemon Ideas, an ecosystem dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. A co-founder of what is now GlobalLogic, he attended IIM Ahmedabad and is recognized for creating innovative learning models. People often describe him as positive, effective, and deeply knowledgeable.

Deepak is passionate about reforming education to be free of fear and driven by experience. He is actively involved in global and national alliances for alternative education. His personal interests include music, adventure, and driving, and he has a newfound love for mentoring young, aspiring entrepreneurs aged 12-16.

Unique fact: Deepak proudly identifies as a "PhD drop out" and uses the title "Chief Idea Farmer" to reflect his philosophy of patiently cultivating ideas like crops.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Mentor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Maharashtra, India
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Priorities

Topics Deepak cares about

Startup Mentorship
As the founder of Lemon Ideas and Lemon School of Entrepreneurship, he has personally supported over 5000 entrepreneurs and more than 150 startup ventures.
Experiential Learning
He champions a "Learning by Doing" pedagogy at his Lemon School of Entrepreneurship, which he describes as a "new age Gurukul" to train entrepreneurs.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Mentor
VisionForge Ventures Pvt Ltd
2-2026
Advisor (incubation)
Indian Institute of Information Technology Nagpur
7-2015
Founder & Chair- Experiential Learning
Lemon School of Entrepreneurship
5-2014
Founder
INNOPRENEURS.in
8-2013
Founder & Chief Idea Farmer
Lemon Ideas
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Media appearances

Ep.2 Deepak Menaria: Lemon School of Entrepreneurship (LSE) – Ecoversities. Featured in Ecoversities
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Ep.2 Deepak Menaria: Lemon School of Entrepreneurship (LSE). Featured in Ecoversities
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Education
2013 - 2013
Management Course
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
2008 - 2010
MS
IPMS-Medicina Alternativa
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