Bandhana Katoch

Bandhana Katoch, Esq., MBA, MS, RTTP serves as the Executive Director of the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator at Binghamton University Entrepreneurship & Innovation since May 2023, overseeing tenant applications and new member onboarding. Bandhana is also the Principal Advisor for IKP PRIME, a technology transfer initiative in India, and Executive Vice President of Strategy & Planning at UMAHARI LLC, focused on soil health solutions. As a Social Impact Global Fellow at MovingWorlds Institute, Bandhana supports the United Nations' sustainable development goals. Additionally, Bandhana has provided strategic guidance at the Larta Institute, acted as a Business Advisor for the Small Business Development Center at College of the Canyons, and co-founded the Samya Foundation. Previous roles include Executive Vice President at NextGen Technologies, Marketing & Business Development Analyst at the University of Missouri System, and various legal positions. Bandhana holds a Juris Doctor in Intellectual Property Law and multiple graduate degrees in business, biological sciences, biochemistry, and zoology.