BITFIA - Key Persons


Dr. Shridhar Lolla

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Dr Shridhar Lolla is well known operational excellence guru and advisor to many emerging technology start-ups. He handholds organizations in obtaining breakthrough performance. He has helped Startups on various aspects such as Strategy, Business Model, Market Strategy and Investment. Recently he helped Remedio - a successful health tech startup as part of its senior management team. He is a regular blogger and authored many books.

Manoj CJ

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder & Business Lead
Manoj is a veteran in the IT Industry in Asia, having spent more than 2 decades in it. Experienced in IT outsourcing,, new tech and transformational solutions for various clients, he has worked in global organizations like ABB, Oracle, Satyam Computers, Birlasoft and Northgate UK. His first startup team eChakra was acquired by Satyam Infoway in 2000. Manoj is an Engineering graduate from Bhopal University, a Management graduate from FORE School of Management, Delhi and a Law graduate from Delhi University. Manoj also mentors technology startups in India. As a Blockchain evangelist, Manoj is working towards mainstream adoption of Cryptocurrencies in India and Asia. PINT Wallet and Peer to Peer Marketplace is a DeFi platform focused on custody, trade and payment. Manoj is a blockchain expert and you can seek his advice on new technology products or startups on blockchain or cryptocurrency utilities and use cases. Follow him on Linkedin or Twitter and like, share or comment on his thoughts and leadership articles

Nirmal Singh

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder & Technology Lead
  • Engineer from Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ) Varanasi
Nirmal Singh is an engineer from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Varanasi. Nirmal got initiated into Bitcoin Trading when he started mining it in 2012. He is a full stack and blockchain developer and a solution architect. He has been writing smart contracts on Ethereum and other blockchain platforms. An active member in the open-source community, Nirmal has contributed to various blockchain platforms. Nirmal has assembled an impressive team of techies for developing PINT crypto wallet platform and various utilities. Previously, Nirmal has worked in multiple successful start-ups in India such as Nuvoex, Goibibo, PepperTap, Shadowfax and Shuttl as a developer and tech lead. He also co-founded Pykart, an e-logistics startup which gave him immense learning on start-up entrepreneurship.

Prof Tan Wee Liang

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
Prof Tan Wee Liang is a renowned Strategic Management expert. As a recipient of the Public Services Award, Prof Lee is an innovation and entrepreneurship guru. Under his strategic guidance, enterprises have experienced firm growth at a global scale. As an MIT graduate and PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology, Prof Tan is full time faculty at Lee Kong Chian School of business as a research expert in corporate strategy, strategic partnerships, international business and innovation.

Swapnil Jain

Job Titles:
  • Advisor
  • CEO and Founder of ObserveAI
Swapnil is the CEO and Founder of ObserveAI, a Conversation Analytics company based out of San Francisco.Swapnil completed his bachelors in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Previous to ObserveAI, he was leading the user growth team at Twitter HQ. ObserveAI is backed by Y Combinator (W18).

Vikram Singh

Job Titles:
  • Blockchain and Full Stack Developer
Vikram graduated from IIT(BHU) and is a Backend and Blockchain Developer. Vikram has extensive programming and domain expertise. He is an active member in the open-source community. Meet and follow proficient blockchain developer and cryptocurrency programmers on Linked in to know more about Bitcoin exchange platform i.