Junicarnival 2025
Despite the rain, the energy in the room was unstoppable. I had the honour of hosting a powerful pre-summit event (Junicarnival) for young innovators, in collaboration with the Sachi Empowered Livelihood Foundation led by Sid Mohanty and Empowered Young Thinkers led by Anil Pradhaan. The spotlight was on youth from underrepresented and rural backgrounds, who pitched their startups and boldly shared their visions for the future.
As Group CEO of IFIN Global Group and Founding Director of the International Startup Foundation (ISF), it’s deeply fulfilling to witness and support this kind of grassroots innovation. These young minds aren’t just dreaming — they’re building, pitching, and stepping confidently onto the global stage.
A proud milestone: 38 ISF Junicorns are now on their journey to the Global Junicorn & AI Summit 2025 in Texas, US
It was a privilege to share this space with passionate leaders and changemakers, including our incredible volunteers:
Prakash Bodla veteran Industry Leader, we don’t know how we can thank him as he is the one who took us to reality interacting with the US Consulate on this project for the young innovators from rural some who didn’t been to towns to get their US visas paving way for their first time travel
Vishala Reddy Vuyyala – the unstoppable lioness who turned concept into reality in record time
Nagarjuna Reddy, Padma Alluri, Ashok Padil, Sanjogita, Sai – your efforts made it all possible
Dr. Yuvaraju Chinnam, Crop Scientist, Blue Eye Soft Corp
Srikanth Kodeboyina, Managing Partner, Blue Eye Soft Corp
Dr. Siva Mahesh Tangutooru, a steadfast advocate for youth-led innovation and education
Capt Bobby Azmera for the inspiring address
A special shout-out to Ranganath Vangala, TK Sisters – Saroja, Sujatha, and Suswara Madurima Vaishnav and their team for the electrifying cultural performances — the beatboxing was a crowd favorite!
Gratitude to Tanvi Kuncha, Chaitanya, and the entire Draper House team for hosting this magnopus gathering, and to Prakash Bodla for facilitating engagement with the consulate.
