Sunada Kanungo is our mentor from Bhubaneswar, Odisha and is extremely passionate about her ideas and thoughts. She is a sociable woman with a reliable soul. She is one of those who knows exactly how to strike the perfect balance between personal and professional.
After completion of her bachelor’s degree from Ramadevi women’s College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Sunanda immediately involved herself in multiple human rights campaigns. During these years, she was simultaneously pursuing her masters degree in English language from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
Sumathi Iyer has been associated with BYST since 1996 and her contributions are unparalleled. She has directly mentored 4 entrepreneurs, counselled over 5000 aspiring entrepreneurs and trained 1000 others! She is associated with the Chennai Chapter of BYST and has played a plethora of roles in the organisation through the years. Before joining BYST, she was a banker with Canara Bank. Sumathi was instrumental in setting up the Entrepreneurship cell of Canara Bank in 1996. From then on, there was no looking back.
Naina Shah from Chennai has been an active mentor at BYST for the past 15 years and she is the Chairman of the South Chapter. Along with mentoring in business development arenas, she is also a strategic committee member for BYST. Naina pursued her higher education in Pune and also completed a certificate course in French from the University of Pune. That is not the end of the excellence for her. She did certificate courses on Interior Designing from Abhinav Kala and on Baking and Confectionary from Indian Institute of Food Technology.