Dr. Ravi Shankar Saripalle has 26 years of experience encompassing consulting, program management, training, mentoring, and innovation incubation. Currently, He works as a Professor of Entrepreneurship, at the GITAM School of Business and Mentor at Venture Development Cell, GITAM University. Before this, he was the Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering for 13 years. His roles include enterprise education, inspiring students through storytelling, incubating startups, guiding the patenting process, facilitating funding opportunities, and promoting innovation through design thinking. He also trains faculty on innovation & Entrepreneurship and reaches over 10,000 students through Inspire to Innovate Storytelling Letter Series (http://i2iTM.blogspot.com). Prior to this, he served Wipro Technologies for 13 years.