Mukund Mohan: A dream mentor for entrepreneurs

Mukund Mohan is director of Microsoft Ventures in Bangalore.

Mohan joined the company two years ago to head an initiative wherein the world's largest software product firm offers budding start-ups workspaces, access to technology, mentorship and most crucially, lines of communication with the venture capitalist community. A file photo of Mohan addressing the Microsoft Accelerator start-ups graduate event in Bangalore on 21 June 2013.

Microsoft Ventures has done well in India - since July 2012, 36 companies have passed through its programmes and 82 per cent of them have got funded. A file photo of serial entrepreneur and managing director of Quatrro Raman Roy at the Microsoft Accelerator start-ups graduate event in Bangalore on 21 June 2013.

A happy Microsoft has now awarded Mohan a global responsibility. From July, he will relocate from Bangalore where he now lives to Redmond, the company's headquarters in the US; he will help set up and boost Microsoft Ventures's presence in the country.  A file photo of Mohan in  an animated conversation with attendees at the NASSCOM Product Conclave 2013 in Bangalore.

Mohan, 41, was born in Mumbai. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Mysore and his Masters from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  A file photo of Mohan briefing his team at an internal event in Bangalore on June 2013.

Microsoft Ventures has done well in India - since July 2012, 36 companies have passed through its programmes and 82 per cent of them have got funded. A file photo of Mohan enjoying a lighter moment at the Microsoft Accelerator Center in Bangalore.