As a Mentor of Change with Atal Innovation Mission, I mentor and guide student tinkerers and innovators at Atal Tinkering Labs across the country in taking their innovative ideas forward and bringing them to life. If you would like, I can answer questions related to tinkering, prototyping, problem-solving, innovation, product design, incubation, entrepreneurship, change making or 21st century skills...
About
Kiran Kumar H S is an innovation and product strategy expert with over 30 years of experience, including 16 years in key leadership and technical positions at Infosys, Motorola, Philips, and ABB. As an independent management consultant, he advises tech startups on digital transformation, platform strategy, and commercialization of new technologies. He holds an M.S. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology (USA), a B.E. in Computer Science from Bangalore University, a PGD in Marketing from Symbiosis (Pune), and an executive certificate in leadership from Common Purpose (UK).
Since 2018, Kiran has been associated with the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Government of India as a Mentor of Change, fostering innovation and entrepreneurial mindsets among students in classes 6 to 12. Flagship initiatives pioneered by him-including Tinkerpreneur and Tinker Champs-have been adopted nationwide by AIM, earning him multi-year recognitions as a Top, Exemplary, and GEM Mentor. As a Regional Mentor of Change, he develops ATL Sarthi Clusters and builds collaborative networks across academia, research organizations, NGOs, and industry to provide mentoring, workshops, bootcamps, and incubation support to student tinkerers.
