Step 01
Validate the idea
Pressure-test your instinct with founders who have taken ideas from zero to market — before you invest months building the wrong thing.
Campus Life
The VIIV Mentor Network
Learn from those who've been there. Build with those who've done it.
At VIIV, learning goes beyond classrooms. Students gain access to a growing network of 100+ mentors from IITs, IIMs, leading startups, global technology companies such as Microsoft, and the wider entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Meet the mentors100+
Industry mentors
IIT & IIM
Alumni in the network
Microsoft
& global tech companies
Mentors at every stage
From validating an idea to pitching to investors.
Our mentors bring real-world experience into every stage of the student journey — so you're never guessing at the next step.
Step 02
Build the MVP
Get hands-on guidance on scope, architecture, and speed. Ship a first version that real users can react to, not a perfect one that never launches.
Step 03
Find product-market fit
Learn how to read early signals, iterate on feedback, and find the wedge that makes customers come back and tell others.
Step 04
Pitch & navigate careers
Practice telling your story to investors, prepare for placements and internships, and make confident calls about your next move.
The people in the room
Startup founders. Business leaders. Investors. Global tech professionals.
Anuj Patel
Deputy Vice President – Large Corporate Lending
HDFC Bank
Anil Kumar
National Head - Strategic Mid Market
Exotel
Leonard Selvaraja
Director of Engineering
icrewsystems
Chenthil Kumar
Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
Ayappan Perumal
Senior Advisory Software Engineer
IBM
Manoj C
Senior Software Engineer
DHL IT Services
Dr. M. Ananth Kumar
Senior Education Consultant
IIT Roorkee Fellowship
Akbar Ali
Regional Sales Manager
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Hameed Rahamathullah
Director of Engineering
SayAboutUs
Rammohan Sangatala
Portfolio Lead
Unilever
Thinakaran M
Lead Consultant
TCS
Prabhakaran N
Senior Risk Manager
Amazon
Subramanya Nikhil Prathi
Director
Blinkit
Hari Kumaran
Director of Marketing
SayAboutUs
Dinesh Somasekaran
Head of Revenue & Business Operations
Zuddle
Who is in the room
Different experience. Shared builder mindset.
01
Builders
Students who share the ambition to make, test, sell, and improve—not simply complete assignments.
02
Mentors
Founders, operators, marketers, investors, and specialists who help students ask better questions and make stronger decisions.
03
Founder Circles
Small groups for honest progress reviews, shared accountability, peer feedback, and learning through one another's ventures.
04
The Wider Ecosystem
Incubators, accelerators, business leaders, alumni, and university partners brought into reviews, workshops, and Demo Day.
How we work together
The culture is something everyone practises.
Honest feedback
Critique the work directly, protect the person, and leave every review with a useful next step.
Shared accountability
Make commitments visible, communicate early, and help the team finish what it starts.
Build in public
Share progress, evidence, uncertainty, and lessons so the whole community can learn faster.
Give back
Senior builders mentor, facilitate founder circles, and pass practical knowledge to the next cohort.
Join the room