He is a Startup Mentor at Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, IIT Bombay, and SIBM, Pune. He is often invited as a guest speaker/judge at various seminars/BPlan competitions at other management institutes. He has mentored 500+ entrepreneurs and assessed 2500+ BPlans in the span of the last 5 years. He was also awarded for his “Contribution to Entrepreneurship Ecosystem” by Shri Balaji Society.

Arjun hailing from Nagda MP, did his engineering from Indore and pursued MBA from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He worked with an esteemed organization ESRI in Los Angeles. To follow his ever cherished dream to be an Entrepreneur, he turned down a permanent offer in the same company and returned back to India to make the way of his own in 2015. He started a chain of Mexican food outlets brand “PapaZapata”, which expanded to 6 outlets in the span of 3 years. Arjun has written a novel “What Happens in America” that portrays a story of the Indian students’ life in the US and their diverse experiences. It is for all the ones who aspire to go to the US for higher studies. It’s available on Amazon.