Apoorva Srikkanth
www.nesta.org.uk/team/apoorva-srikkanth/
www.nesta.org.uk/team/apoorva-srikkanth/
Initiative Manager, Innovation Growth Lab
Apoorva Srikkanth is the initiative manager at IGL, where she leads a new global initiative to advance science commercialisation and industry-university collaboration.
Prior to joining IGL, Apoorva was a Venture Partner at Zinc VC, supporting founders to build high-impact ventures, and led UKRI's Healthy Ageing Accelerator, driving the commercialisation of ageing-related research from UK universities. She also served as a Technology Transfer Manager at UCL Business, as an Innovation Adviser for high-growth SMEs at Innovate UK London, and as an EU IP Helpdesk ambassador for the UK.
Apoorva holds a Global MBA from Bologna Business School, an MSc in Entrepreneurship from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a BE in Industrial Production engineering from Osmania University, India.
Apoorva leverages her applied experience in technology transfer and innovation management to develop, test, and scale innovative evidence-based approaches that bridge academia and industry and maximise the societal impact of research.
