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Santosh Kumar

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Director - WISE Tech at SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Santosh is the Director of WISE Tech at SPJIMR, spearheading initiatives to boost Indias startup ecosystem. A former Head of Innovation at Citi, his expertise lies in FinTech, strategic investments, and corporate innovation. An IIM Bangalore alumnus, colleagues describe him as an active, hard-working, and knowledgeable networker with a positive attitude.

Outside of work, he is an avid endurance cyclist with over 70, 000 kms and four international championship rides completed. He also demonstrates strong community leadership, having recently guided his 900-family residential complex in Bengaluru to achieve 100% on-site waste composting.

Unique fact: He has won the Startup Chile global investment competition and is an International Leadership Innovation Excellence Awardee.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Director - WISE Tech
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Startup Mentorship
Heads the WISE Tech accelerator at SPJIMR, judges pitch competitions, and actively fosters the growth of early-stage startups in India.
FinTech Ecosystem
Draws on his experience as the former Head of Innovation at Citi India, where he led strategic FinTech investments and now supports FinTech accelerators.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Director - WISE Tech
SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
11-2019
National Chairman at Young Leaders Council - AIMA
All India Management Association (AIMA)
4-2022 - 5-2024
Head Of Innovation
Citi India
5-2020 - 4-2022
COO
GoQuest Media
1-2019 - 5-2020
CEO
Digibooster
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Education
Executive Management Program
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Symbiosis
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