About

Managing Director of FITT, IIT Delhi, and a leader in innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization.

Portrait of Dr Nikhil Agarwal

Dr. Nikhil Agarwal is the Managing Director of the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, Independent Director at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Co-founder of Healing Home Wellness Pvt. Ltd. He has extensive experience in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation and institutional-industry collaboration.

He holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. He has also been associated with entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives and is the founder of Entrepreneur Café.

His experience includes working across innovation ecosystems, supporting technology-led initiatives, entrepreneurship programmes, institutional partnerships and policy-oriented initiatives.