Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar, CEO, Mycelium Sona Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar is the CEO of Mycelium Sona Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
- He is also a director at Sona College of Technology, where he leads Valourisation and International Collaborations.
Podcast
Overview
In this episode of The Brand Called You, Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar, CEO of Mycelium Sona Biotech shares their educational journey and career in entrepreneurship and deep tech. He discusses his work as an incubation manager and involvement with a startup focused on biotechnology. He also talks about using technology for social impact. Dr. Nirmalesh talks about various other projects that he worked on to make a social impact. He also talks about the importance of a coach/mentor and the need for transdisciplinary learning.
About Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar
- Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar is the CEO of Mycelium Sona Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
- He is also a director at Sona College of Technology, where he leads Valourisation and International Collaborations.
- Nirmalesh recently became a Chevening Fellow at the University of Oxford by the UK Foreign Office (FDCO).
04:39- Can you talk about that educational journey?
- My father pushed me to gain enough knowledge in various fields like music and sports to appreciate them, not just specialize.
- I took this multi-disciplinary perspective into combining engineering with biology which gave me a novel vantage point in nanoscience beyond a siloed approach.
- This experience of blending diverse knowledge shapes my current work – solving medical problems requires understanding medicine plus people, society, economics etc rather than just a medical lens.
19:34- Can you describe maybe one of the platforms or products that you were part of creating?
- I worked on a platform called Annadhanam (food charity in Tamil) to connect NGOs fighting food waste and hunger, allowing them to function individually yet collectively.
- It started from COVID chaos and communities needing better coordination of existing food resources but transformed into a platform addressing food loss and waste more broadly.
- This first project grounded me in a deeper sense of purpose than any prior startup experience.
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Profile
- Dr. Nirmalesh Sampath Kumar is the CEO of Mycelium Sona Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
- He is also a director at Sona College of Technology, where he leads Valourisation and International Collaborations.
- Nirmalesh recently became a Chevening Fellow at the University of Oxford by the UK Foreign Office (FDCO).
