Shailesh Upreti

Short Bio:

Shailesh Upreti is an IIT Delhi India Alumni and former team member of Professor Stan Whittingham, Nobel Laureate, the inventor of Li-ion battery. With 23+ years of experience in developing strategies to advance technologies, his scientific and entrepreneurial work has triggered and influenced many projects in academia as well as in industry. Mr. Upreti is well known in the industry for establishing and stabilizing an ex-Asia supply chain that includes 200+ global brands. Mr. Upreti is currently the CEO of C4V and Founder of iM3NY, the largest home grown Gigafactory in North America. Mr. Upreti's expertise lies in bridging the gap between meaningful findings from early stage development and commercialization. Mr. Upreti has received Entrepreneur of the Year award from the New York State Government for his leadership in establishing a Li-ion battery-manufacturing ecosystem. He has won several other awards including a $500,000.00 cash prize in one of the largest clean tech business competitions and 50 most influential entrepreneurs in the Energy space.