Chairman & CEO of IKP Knowledge Park

Deepanwita Chattopadhyay developed the first Life Science Research Park in India, in Hyderabad. She pioneered a Hardware Product Incubator and Makerspace, IKP EDEN, in Bangalore and works with Indian and global partners to nurture and fund over 270 innovators and early startups. Deepanwita is an Electronics Engineer by training and worked in the Telecom Advisory Division of ICICI Bank before being deputed to IKP Knowledge Park as CEO in 2000. In 2018 she was awarded the “Top Women Achievers of the Year 2017 in Asia” by AsiaOne Business Magazine and “Women of the Decade in Life Sciences & Innovation” by the Women Economic Forum. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay is the Founder Chairman of Support Elders Pvt. Ltd. She is the President of IKP EDEN and a Director on the Boards of IKP Trust, IKP Investment Management Company and TiE Hyderabad Chapter. She is a Member of the Governing Councils of the Lucknow Biotech Park, IIT Hyderabad i-TIC Incubator and NCCS Atal Incubation Centre, Pune, and member of several government committees including the Committee of the Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research and the DBT Committee on Biotech Parks.

Deepanwita Chattopadhyay is the Founder Chairman of Support Elders Pvt. Ltd. She is the President of IKP EDEN and a Director on the Boards of IKP Trust, IKP Investment Management Company and TiE Hyderabad Chapter. She is a Member of the Governing Councils of the Lucknow Biotech Park, IIT Hyderabad i-TIC Incubator and NCCS Atal Incubation Centre, Pune, and member of several government committees including the Committee of the Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research and the DBT Committee on Biotech Parks.