Strategy
Strategy From the Field
Case teaching built from his own five ventures, not textbook cases — five distinct ventures, five distinct strategic contexts, from early-stage pivots to structured divestment.
New Delhi, India · IIM Ahmedabad (PGDM, 2003) · ICSI Company Secretary (2001)
Vikas
Gupta
Strategy & Governance Educator · Venture Builder · DEI Advisor
Vikas teaches and advises on strategy, entrepreneurship, and institutional inclusion — drawing on two decades of founding and scaling businesses, and on a return to the classroom as Adjunct Faculty at IMT Ghaziabad.
About
Operator. Investor. Ecosystem Builder.
Vikas brings operator instinct, institutional rigour, investor perspective, and governance expertise — built around category-driven models and capital-efficient scaling. As a differently abled entrepreneur, he brings lived experience to governance, policy, and inclusion work.
Teaching & Advisory Focus
- Strategy, entrepreneurship & venture-building case teaching
- DEI centre design and institutional advisory
- AI governance & inclusive policy
- Board advisory & governance structuring
- Early-stage investment & accelerator design
Teaching Credentials
IMT Ghaziabad
Entrepreneurship · Strategy · Public Policy · Marketing
Headed the Research Centre for grass-roots innovation research. Designed curriculum to build entrepreneurial mindset in management students.
Guest Sessions
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IMI New Delhi
- JGU Business School
Executive Education
MDP: Creativity & Problem Solving
LDP: Appreciating the Macro Environment
Academic Publications
Peer-reviewed
Sulabh International: Social Transformation Through Sanitation
Vikalpa, IIMA Journal · 2009
Peer-reviewed
Augmenting Entrepreneurship Among the Privileged Class
ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development · 2005
Topics
Inclusion
Building DEI Into Institutional Design
Grounded in the Diksha Foundation work and disability advocacy — framed as an institutional differentiator, not a compliance exercise. DEI as governance architecture, not HR policy.
Technology & Governance
AI, Standardisation & the Inclusion Gap
The AI governance argument reframed for hiring tools and HR systems in a business context — what standardisation means for talent pipelines, and what responsible procurement looks like.
Innovation & Accountability
From Grassroots Innovation to Governance
Ties the IMT Ghaziabad grassroots-innovation research centre to the constitutional petition as one throughline: institutions that fail to see people who don't fit the standard pattern.
Available Formats
- Adjunct / Visiting Faculty appointment
- Single guest session — 60–90 min, no cost
- DEI centre advisory engagement
- Case-based workshop
Venture Building Experience
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LandEdge Projects
Founder & Promoter · CurrentIndustrial and commercial park development in Tier-2/3 markets.
02
Growth Originator
Founder · CurrentFood & Agri venture accelerator.
03
Spring Lake Mart
Founder · 2022Retail-tech, Kirana store digitisation.
04
Commsoft Infotech
Founding Director · Early 2000s–2016/17B2B digital, Tier II/III e-commerce pioneer. Structured divestment.
05
Imaginitiate Ventures
Founder, Chief Mentor & Lead Investor · 2017–ongoingIncubation and investment platform. Six portfolio companies across D2C and B2B.
Governance & Board Experience
Diksha Foundation
Founding Board Member · Inclusive learning for children
ICWAI Railway Project
Strategic Advisory Board
ET 'Power of Ideas'
Jury Member · 2015 & 2018 · CII / CIIE / IIM-A
GEM India Report 2014
Contributor · Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Selected Writing
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View all writing at columnist.vikasgupta.world →
India Has Spent Billions on Skilling. Why Are So Many Young People Still Unemployable?
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India's Young Population Will Create Wealth Only If We Stop Treating Demographics as Destiny
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How AI Efficiency is Turning Diversity into a Liability
Disabled World
The AI Divide: How Technology is Leaving India's Public Schools Behind
Counterview
When Algorithms Decide Who Belongs: Can AI Undermine Disability Rights?
OpenGlobalRights
Honours
- ABILIS Foundation Finland — Emerging disability leader & World Social Forum delegate · 2004
- ActionAid India Leadership Development Programme in Human Rights · 2004
- ICSI Scholarship for top performance · 1999–2000
Institutional Accountability in Practice
In 2025, Vikas filed a constitutional petition before the Delhi High Court (W.P.(C) 11495/2025) arising from disability rights violations in custodial settings — a working example of the institutional design failures his teaching addresses. It is background, not the pitch.
Contact & Connect
Invite Vikas to teach, advise,
or speak at your institution.