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Karthik Kittu is an Innovation Catalyst & Social Entrepreneur.My current focus is on Strategic Advisory | Innovation Program Management | Public Policy & Public Private Partnerships | Academic & Startup Incubators Build | Investment Promotion to build our State & Country's Innovation EcosystemI was most recently was Head Strategic Initiatives & Public Policy / Chief of Staff to Chairman & was a Founding Team Member at Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM).I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London and was National Lead for Youth Civic Engagement, UNICEF YuWaah a Member of the Chief Minister of Karnataka's War Room on Covid-19. part of the team that built the National Incubator Capacity Building Mission. I also currently serve as the President of Rotary Bangalore Southwest, District 3191 - 2023-24I represented India on a CII Start-up Mission to the United States & was a White House Invitee in December 2017 & represented India on a Cyber Security Delegation to & was an Invitee to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office National Cyber Bureau in 2015 and was an Invitee to the Commonwealth Asia Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs to Brunei in 2014.I was the Founder and President of Rotaract in South Asia which he founded with 8 people and is now present in 8 Countries spread over 44 Rotary Districts with 120,000+ Members.He also served as a Member of the Rotary International Rotaract and Interact Committee 2016-19 at Evanston, USA ( About 90 out of 1.2 million Rotarians serve on the Presidential Committee every year - 0.0075%) Karthik has 20+ Years of Experience having worked with many Fortune 100 Clients and previously used to work for KPMG’s Risk Consulting Team and co-founded a startup in the Edu-tech Space.Karthik holds a Bachelor of Science and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Bangalore University & a Master's in Arts (Psychology) from IGNOU & a Advanced Management Program in Public Policy from the Indian School of BusinessHe is also Cisco, Checkpoint and Bluecoat Certified & is also a member of the National Cyber Security Task Force for India, constituted by NASSCOM & DSCI; as envisioned by Hon'ble Prime Minister of India.
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Principal ConsultantKarthik Kittu & CoBengaluru, Ka, In
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DirectorCulkey Foundation Jul 2022 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, InCulkey Foundation established in 2019, is a registered not-for-profit, 80G compliant organization. has been appointed as the Project Management Unit for Namma Smaraka, a Government of Karnataka initiative to conserve and showcase Karnataka's diverse Cultural Heritage and Historic Landmarks under the ‘Adopt a Monument’ scheme We collaborate with local governments, communities, and stakeholders to bridge the gap between local heritage preservation and global consciousness. Furthermore, we engage in technology and research initiatives, positioning ourselves as a culture-tech foundation.I lead Research & Development, Partnerships and Community Relations to raise awareness to safeguard and enrich Karnataka's historical gems. -
Head Innovation / Strategic Initiatives & Public Policy / Cos To ChairmanStartup Karnataka Jan 2023 - Jun 2024Bengaluru, Karnataka, InA few Noteworthy Strategic Projects I led are as follows:My most recent work included the Design of 3 Compendiums of National Schemes and Incentives - Development and Promotion of Start-up Incubation Landscape in India & for Startups in India & Procurement from Startups. I was part of the Core Team that conceptualized and operationalized the National Incubator Capacity Development Program, a joint initiative by the DPIIT and Invest India which Selected the Top 25 Incubator in India I have worked with the Startup India and G20 (Startup 20) Secretariat, Govt. of India on the inputs to build the Startup 20 Communique.I was involved in the Conceptualization, Design and Execution of the Activities in the Incubator / Accelerator Pavilion and the Sessions, Roundtables and Panel Discussions in the Track and was personally responsible for ensuring the participation of 200+ Incubators, 360+ Startups, 17+ Government Departments and about 34400+ eyeballs across the pavilion as Co-Lead - Incubator / Accelerator Pavilion and Track at Startup Mahakumbh I was a member of the Regional Ecosystem for Technical Excellence (RETE) Development Committee. This committee was tasked to identify Colleges in each district of Karnataka that can be developed to deliver high standards of teaching, research and extension activities leading them to become institutions of excellence.As Head of Strategic Relations & PRO UnboxinbBLR Habba, an 11-day festival featuring a convergence of history, films, art, food, and culture I was the Liaison to the Government Departments. -
Program Manager - Startup & InnovationKarnataka Digital Economy Mission (Kdem) Dec 2021 - Dec 2022Bengaluru South, Karnataka, InKarthik Kittu was a Founding Team Member and Program Manager - Startups & Innovation at Karnataka Digital Economy Mission.Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (A Government of Karnataka and Industry Initiative) is a Section 8 organization designed to function as the knowledge bridge between the Government of Karnataka and industry with a view to accelerating the growth and investments of the IT, BT and S&T sectors in Karnataka.While at Karnataka Digital Economy Mission his focus was on the following:Grassroot & Rural Innovation Development – he worked on developing a Rural and Inclusive Innovation Report depicting Rural Entrepreneurship Scenario in Karnataka Capacity building for State-sponsored Centre of Excellence (CoE) , Startup Incubator, and accelerators Technology Business Incubators – He led Startup Ecosystem Development in the State with a special focus on Beyond Bengaluru, was instrumental in creating programs for CoE Development, Incubator Development & helped conduct sessions for Women Entrepreneur’s & HNI’s from Clusters for Angel Investing too.He was instrumental in developing a Startup Pitch Event at Clusters called #Blue which turned into Mysuru Blue, Hubli-Belgaum-Dharwad Blue & Mangaluru Blue with a Special Focus on developing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Beyond Bengaluru, the Winners were recognized the Honb’le Ministers from the Central & State Government and KDEMHe conceptualized and led a month-long Bootcamp to the Kalyana Karnataka Region which was the first of its kind to the region in association with Kalyana Karnataka Development Board and Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society on behalf of the Dept of IT, Bt & S&T, Government of KarnatakaHe also led the development of a Dashboard and a Tool to be integrated into the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission Web platform which would effectively manage all the Centres of Excellence, New Age Incubation Networks and Technology Business Incubators in the State -
Chief Innovation OfficerInternational Institute Of Information Technology Bangalore Oct 2019 - Nov 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, InAs Chief Innovation Officer @ IIITB, my focus was to build IIITBIC into a model Centre of Excellence along with exceptional researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to create socially relevant solutions and ventures that help us, our communities and our governments and also the Global Innovation Partnership Network with key External Stakeholders for involving local and international universities, various Ministries, Consulates and other Incubator / Accelerators, creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Ecosystem at IIITB, creating an academic ecosystem that nurtures Student Entrepreneurship & built Innovation Centre 3.0 (Post COVID-19) I was tasked by the Founder Director of IIITB to set up the IIITB IC-MeitY (Govt. of India - Ministry of Electronics and IT) TIDE 2.0 G2 Centre.I was a nominated Member of the Karnataka - Finland Innovation Corridor Committee and built a platform to facilitate the exchange of information and expertise in the fields of science, research, innovation and skill developmentI served as a Core Committee Member of the Chief Minister's War Room on Covid-19 and was part of the Team that built covid19.karnataka.gov.inI was nominated to join the Technology Team of the Karnataka Chief Minister’s War room on Covid-19 on Day 3 – 28th March 2020 of the Lockdown in Karnataka and was part of the Core Team that Build Covid-19 Dashboard (https://covid19.karnataka.gov.in/) for Karnataka - https://youtu.be/Pa06ICyVRnM?si=nWGWTkzkXuUJLMD9&t=60The Covid-19 Dashboard for Karnataka is the single window Website for Covid-19 Updates for Karnataka, It was built in a few days in Co-ordination with various teams in Government of Karnataka spearheaded by Dept. of Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka in Co-ordination with Academia (IIITB) and Startupswas part of the team that built Covid -19 Bangalore Quarantine Data Analysis and diffusion modelling.#Innovation through Co-Creation -
Entrepreneur In ResidenceInternational Institute Of Information Technology Bangalore Jun 2018 - Sep 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, InAt IIITB Innovation Centre we focussed on helping startups at the intersection of Society and Technology. We work with exceptional researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs to create socially-relevant solutions and ventures that help us, our communities and our governments As an Entrepreneur In Residence, my focus was building Partnerships and Alliances with Key External Stakeholders for IIITB Innovation Centre, handling the Entrepreneurship Cell for Students apart from working on my start-up Idea with a focus on Technology for Social Good, & Indian Culture.IT was here i Co-founded Culkey Foundation
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Co-Founder & DirectorCulkey Foundation Feb 2019 - Sep 2019Bengaluru, Karnataka, InCulkey Foundation – Established in 2019, we are a registered not-for-profit organization compliant with 80G regulations. We collaborate with local governments, communities, and stakeholders to bridge the gap between local heritage preservation and global consciousness. Furthermore, we engage in technology and research initiatives, positioning ourselves as a culture-tech foundation
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Co Founder, Designated Partner & CeoPassionconnect Apr 2013 - Mar 2018The world is filled with people who are passionate about various things but only 13% of people let their passion lead them says a Forbes Study. Passion Connect is a Platform for people to Identify, Nurture and Live one’s Passion, launched in July 2015, they have developed a digital comprehensive ecosystem wherein students/individuals can understand their true interest, know how to earn a living from doing what they love, get mentoring support from experts, and interact /connect with like-minded peer groups filtered by location and like-mindedness based on our test results and platform analysisAs Founder & CEO, I started working on the Idea and converted it as an MVP and later a full-fledged product. My openness to learning required me to know Psychology to develop product and I chose to complete my Masters in Psychology, which would help immensely in Product building. I also build the team from scratch working with 2 Interns to later getting in a Co-founder, a team of 26 highly skilled professionals from various fields such as Engineering, Design, Film Making, Content writing and Sales. And build a Culture / Ecosystem to seamlessly work together in a startup. To develop brand Passionconnect the thought was always make it – simple, powerful and unique and we strived to build the same and it's a reality after almost 5 Years.People, Product, People, Market People – is how we build the Product / Team Culture. -
Manager - Risk ConsultingKpmg India Oct 2012 - Apr 2013Gurugram, Haryana, InIn my assignment at KPMG, I used to work in the Advisory Practice as part of the Risk Consulting Team. I managed the Information protection function & technical evaluation of some fortune 100 clients. KPMG is a global network of firms providing professional services. They operate in 152 countries and have 145,000 people working in member firms around the world. KPMG globally ranks 2nd in Universum’s World’s Most Attractive Employer’ for the second consecutive year.KPMG in India is the Indian member firm of KPMG International and was established in September 1993. It strives to provide rapid, performance-based, industry-focused and technology-enabled services, which reflect a shared knowledge of global and local industries and its experience of the Indian business environment. KPMG provides services to over 2,000 international and national clients in India. -
Principal Security EngineerDimension Data Jan 2011 - Sep 2012Bryanston, Johannesburg, ZaDimension Data is headquartered out of Johannesburg & now acquired by NTT and is the leading independent IT services and solutions company in Asia Pacific. Specializing in customized business solutions. Datacraft is a Cisco Gold Certified Partner & Specializations include - VPN Security Specialization, Advanced Routing & Switching, Advanced Wireless LAN, Global Commerce Specialization and IP Communications Specialization.I used to work as a Lead Engineer from 1st January 2010 to 5th September 2012 and have worked as Sr. Security Engineer from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2009 & was Network Engineer from 1st January 2008 to 31st December 2008 & Support Engineer from 1st August 2007 to 31st December 2007. I used to work in Managed Services Team, which is the Design, Implementation and Support team for Dimensiondata Asia-Pacific. My Job Responsibilities included co-ordinations of various projects in Multiple locations in Bangalore, provide assistance to client in Implementing Network & Security Infrastructure, conduct network audit in client locations for new network expansion co-ordinate with vendor TAC for major issuesI have • Worked on security deployments and design strategies.• Worked on extensive array of Firewalls & Security Solutions• Worked on Security Project Implementations • Worked on POC ( Proof of Concept’s) for Clients • Have conducted sessions for Trainee Engineer’s / Associates / Engineers / Sr Engineer’s to improve their technical skills and competencies. -
Sr. Security EngineerDimension Data Jan 2009 - Dec 2010Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
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Network EngineerDimension Data Sep 2007 - Dec 2008Bryanston, Johannesburg, Za
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Senior Network & Security Training ConsultantTop Gun Network Technologies Pvt Ltd Sep 2006 - Aug 2007InI worked on Designing Lab Content and Workbooks for Network and Information Security relatedSeceario for Students of CCNA, CCSP & CCIE Security Also worked on various Configurations and Troubleshooting for SNMP, SSH, Creation of Secure access networks, Network Address Translations, VPN / Access Control and configuration of Prevention against attacks like DOS, Smurf Attacks, etc -
Lab Instructor - Network & Information SecurityTop Gun Network Technologies Pvt Ltd Sep 2005 - Aug 2006In
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Executive - Technology Infrastructure GroupInfosys Jul 2004 - Aug 2005Bangalore, Karnataka, InI started my Career at Infosys. I used to be a Executive - Technology Infrastructure Group and work on Technology Infrastructure Projects for some US based Clients.
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Indian School Of BusinessPublic Policy -
Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityIndustrial And Organizational Psychology
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Bangalore UniversityBusiness Administration
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Bangalore UniversityComputer Science
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Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain CollegeComputer Science
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R J S High SchoolSslc
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